Network Centric Operations Conceptual Framework Version 1.0

Abstract : Transformation is the roadmap that will lead the U.S. to a there is a window of opportunity to leverage U.S. competitive advantage into the future. The stakes are very high; if the U.S. fails to transform, current superiority will be increasingly challenged, regional competitors will emerge, and conflict will become more likely. Transformation of this magnitude does not occur in isolation. The transformation of the military is, in fact, part of the larger transition from the industrial to the Information Age that is occurring simultaneously in societies and economies around the world.