This collaborative effort is a continuation of the series
of publications produced by the Center for Advanced
Concepts and Technology (ACT), which was created
as a “skunk works” with funding provided by the Assistant
Secretary of Defense (C3I). The early success of
ACT led to the creation of ACTIS when the president of
the National Defense University (NDU) merged the experimental
School of Information Warfare and Strategy
with ACT and ASD (C3I) made the Director of ACTIS
the executive agent for the DoD Command and Control
Research Program (CCRP). ACTIS has demonstrated
the importance of having a research program focused
on the national security implications of the Information
Age and in providing the theoretical foundations for providing
DoD with information superiority, as well as the
importance of an educational program designed to acquaint
senior military personnel and civilians with these
emerging issues. As a result, ACTIS’s educational programs
are being merged with the Colleges of NDU and
ACTIS’s research programs are being transitioned to
OSD under the direction of ASD (C3I).