Some aspects of conceptual design of military information and communication systems

The article considers the issues of conceptual design of military information and communication systems. The design of such systems involves the phased creation of a technical and organizational model of the future system capable of effectively performing the specified functions. A declarative-procedural structuring of the development of the concept of such systems is proposed. The concept of the system acts as a guiding and organizing principle in the formation of the system design, the justification of its technical appearance, and the tactical and technical requirements imposed on the system. A mechanism for forming concept options based on Zwicky's morphological method is proposed. A feature of the morphological approach is its focus on finding the completeness and commonality of system design options. This allows for the systematic identification of all possible options, analysis of the consequences of decisions made, and consideration of the multiple goals for which the designed system is intended. The application of the hierarchy analysis method for selecting the option that best meets the requirements of interested parties is justified. The issues of determining the expected results of implementing the selected concept option and their methods are considered. Based on the obtained estimates of global dominance of alternatives, a relative assessment of the concept's effectiveness is determined for the selected indicator. If several indicators are specified, an integral assessment of effectiveness for these indicators is obtained. In general, the approach considered does not claim to be complete and can be used as a pilot for the development of appropriate methods for the conceptual design of information and communication systems.