01455nas a2200241   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000900043653003900052653002300091653002400114653000900138653003500147653002800182653003400210653002800244100002300272700001900295245009600314300001100410490000700421520078500428       2005                            d  c200510aAdvanced Technology Demonstrations10aC4ISR Architecture10aCombined Operations10aCOTS10aEmergency Management Scenarios10aMulti-Agency Operations10aMultilateral Interoperability10aNetwork-Centric Warfare1 aVelizar Shalamanov1 aStoyan Avramov00aRuggedized Commercial IT Modules for Field C2 Posts in Coalition Operations and Emergencies  a93-1030 v163 a<p>The article describes a set of communications and IT modules that has been successfully tested in a number of emergency management exercises. The modules integrate advanced, commercially available technologies, and may serve as a pool of building blocks in the creation of advanced C4 systems for a variety of multinational, multi-agency operations, e.g. peacekeeping, stabilization operations, post-conflict reconstruction, disaster relief, humanitarian operations, etc. The authors argue that when this concept is combined with a smart approach towards development and management of a common architecture of the operation, it leads to cost-effective solutions to a number of interoperability, security and information sharing issues in coalition and emergency operations.</p>