Command & Control (C2)
We provide a complete capability covering all three levels (tactical, operational and strategic) using a multi-environment, multi-field approach:
- Education
- Training
- Experimentation
This capability is made available to French armed forces and partner countries through the Operational Command Academy, in partnership with C2 manufacturers.
Our training center
The Operational Command Academy (OCA)
The ability to prepare, plan for, conduct and assess joint operations at strategic, operational and tactical levels represents a large spectrum of skills. Those skills range from an in-depth understanding of joint capabilities and multi-domain operations, complemented with the ability to combine them to achieve a political aim. This ability is defined by a set of familiar procedures, the right operation planning mind-set, and the managerial ability to generate efficient cross-functional thinking.
The build-up of such a Command and Control (C2) capability is a long-term effort. It implies dedicated education and training programmes, adapted and tailored to the desired goal: to bring the necessary number of staff officers, key leaders and general officers to the level of collective confidence in their ability to deliver strategic, operational and tactical effects, with the best possible use of the means allocated. Once established, this C2 capability needs to be maintained accordingly.
Within its Operational Command Academy, Defense Conseil International (DCI) has developed a unique set of programmes to enable the building up of a joint operations C2 capability.
The packages provided are adapted to each military organization’s requirement, level of ambition and expertise and encompass education and training, organisational adaptation (audit and consulting) and procedural development (e.g. Standard Operating Procedures) in order to deliver a lasting self-sustainable capability, based on the set of courses as available hereafter.
OCA’s curriculums are based on recognised method of crisis response planning and execution relevant to joint strategic, operational and tactical level armed forces, fully compatible with NATO processes. Managed by a key nucleus of reserve French officers, Operational Command Academy relies on a large network of experienced experts who occupied senior positions in French, EU or NATO countries armed forces in various operational fields. Operational Command Academy maintains ties with CECIA (French national Joint Operations Command), to guarantee the quality and currency of the education and training.