This course will expose students to a comprehensive range of technologies that govern the effectiveness of our nation’s ability to effectively conduct military operations. It focuses on material drawn from a working group of distinguished thought leaders in critical technology and operations areas, thereby exposing students to the state-of-the-art thinking and philosophies. The class material will be enhanced by the study of patents that relate to the subject which were issued to the course instructor. This course will also include advanced topics such as C4ISR algorithms, and graduate students taking this class will be expected to work on a course project involving implementation of important C4ISR algorithms.