C5I

C5I

C5I is a military acronym describing the core capabilities involved in:Fact|date=June 2008
*Detecting pertinent military or civil activity
*Analyzing the intent or impact of the activity upon friendly forces
*Disseminating the activity and analysis to friendly forces
*Providing engagement orders to friendly units to interact, neutralize, or destroy
*Engaging hostile forces with weapons
*Capture and analyze battle damage assessment information

The "C5" part of the term summarizes five words that begin with the letter "C" — "Command", "Control", "Communications", and "Computers", and "Combat systems". The "I" portion refers to "Intelligence".

Military theorists previously used similar terms, which accounted for fewer factors.


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