Components and indicators of command and control of combat organizations in future wars

Any military action or operation, regardless of the executive section, requires command and control over it. Increasing the speed, accuracy and breadth of the operation area, the interference of human factors and technological constraints have greatly grown the complexity of command and control systems; on the other hand, the uncertainty and complexity of the operation scene makes it difficult to use traditional information analysis methods. This study aims to determining the components and indicators of command and control of the combat organization in future wars. In this applied- developmental research, the method of data gathering is survey, descriptive-analytic. Based on the type of data needed, it is a mixed method research. In this study, a valid and reliable questionnaire (validated by experts and its reliability through Cronbach's alpha 0.85) conducted among 32 participants selected among from 110 people. In the results, normal distribution of data, correlation coefficients and factor loading coefficients of the components and indices of command and control determined. The components of command and control are decisive command with 3 indices, simple schemes and instructions with 2 indices, constant communication with 3 indices and instantaneous information with 4 indices. Constant communication with mean (7.65) comes in the first, decisive commander with mean (7.44) comes in the second, instantaneous information with mean (5.99) comes in the third place and simple schemes and instructions with mean (5.41) comes in the forth.