Army Science and Technology for Homeland Security

Report 2: C4ISR
After the events of September 11, 2001, the US Army asked the National Research Council for reports on how science and technology could assist the Army meet its Homeland defense obligations. This second report focuses on C4ISR and how it can facilitate the Army’s efforts to assist the Department of Homeland Security and emergency responders.
Shortly after the events of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Army asked the National Research Council (NRC) for a series of reports on how science and technology could assist the Army meet its Homeland defense obligations. The first report, Science and Technology for Army Homeland Securitya “Report 1, presented a survey of a road range of technologies and recommended applying Future Force technologies to homeland security wherever possible. In particular, the report noted that the Army should play a major role in providing emergency command, control, communications, computers, intelligenc