Government and military leaders can overcome challenges of stovepiped systems in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) by adopting an Enterprise Integration approach.
The U.S. military’s C4ISR systems, while the best in the world, are nevertheless operating well below their full potential. There are a variety of factors that lead to hindering optimal potential. Stovepiped systems make it difficult—and sometimes impossible—to collect, analyze, and disseminate critical threat and operations information, or obtain a complete, single view of the battlefield.