Substantiation of Factors and Criteria of Efficiency Evaluation of the Military Automated Control System Operation

The article deals with outcomes of the conducted research, which are valuable for the Armed Forces personnel of all levels involved in the ensuring the military automated control system (MACS) operation. The article is devoted to the urgent issue of efficiency evaluation of the MACS operation. The analysis of existing methods of efficiency evaluation of the MACS operation is conducted; the approaches to the definition of the MACS operation efficiency are analyzed. It was found inconsistencies in the existing methods of efficiency evaluation of the Military Automated Control System and principles of modern Automated Control System operation based on the analysis. The substantiation of the sustainability factor (criteria) as the main factor (criteria) of the efficiency of the aviation and air defense Automated Control System (ACS) operation is conducted in the article. The usage the proposed factor to evaluate the efficiency of the MACS operation allows considering not only the network structural sustainability but also its own sustainability, taking into account the limited bandwidth of the communication system. This approach will help reduce the cost of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to lease digital streams