text: Information Collection Planning and Assessment
  3-25. Reporting timeliness deals with the collector’s promptness for reporting. Some collection assets
  require additional processing time to convert data into a useable format.
  * What are the established reporting criteria for each collection asset?
  * How long does it take a collector to disseminate collected information to the requestor?
  3-26. Geolocation accuracy discusses the collector’s ability to identify exact locations. Targeting
  requirements and rules of engagement may require greater geolocational accuracy. Accuracy implies
  reliability and precision.
  * How accurate is the locational data provided by the asset?
  * Is the asset capable of providing locational accuracy required for precision guided munitions?
  3-27. Durability addresses the stability and endurance of the materials used by collectors.
  * Can the aircraft launch in high winds or limited visibility?
  * Can the prime mover cross restricted terrain?
  3-28. Threat activity deals with how much enemy activity the collector identifies. Can the collection
  system obtain and report the threat conducting activities?
  3-29. Sustainability addresses the length of time a collector can use an asset without additional resources.
  Each collection asset has distinct sustainment requirements; therefore, the staff must consider the collection
  asset’s sustainability for long duration operations. The longer the collection period, the harder it will be to
  find assets for continuous activity. Weather can significantly affect sustainability of certain collection
  assets.
  3-30. Vulnerability includes the collector’s vulnerability to threat forces, not only in the target area but also
  along the entire route of travel. Collectors evaluate their vulnerability to threat forces. Collectors consider
  the threat’s ability to locate, identify, and destroy them anywhere their collection mission might take them.
  * What is the threat’s ability to locate, identify, and destroy the collection asset?
  * Is the collection asset or sensor vulnerable to threat denial and deception?
  3-31. Performance history covers the known reliability of collection assets. Experienced staffs know which
  collection assets they can rely on to meet the commander’s requirements. Readiness rates, responsiveness,
  and accuracy over time may raise one collector’s reliability factor. Certain sensors require confirmation,
  especially if targeting is an issue.
  3-32. Staffs evaluate the availability of collection assets and know the collectors and processors available
  at their own echelon and echelons above and below. Staffs also know how to access those assets and
  resources. Theater and joint echelons apportion joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets to
  subordinate echelons. Corps and divisions allocate support from the apportioned amount they receive to
  brigade combat teams (BCTs) and below. Staffs understand the system of apportionment and allocation to
  determine what is available and what to request. Staffs do this by analyzing the higher headquarters order
  and reviewing the various scheduling or tracking mechanisms.
  Note: Military source operations take time to establish and cultivate. Human intelligence
  collection availability and responsiveness links to geographic access, support relationships,
  protection restrictions, and workload. (See FM 2-22. 3 and TC 2-22.303 for more information on
  military source and human intelligence.)
  Signals intelligence assets are also valuable collection assets in stability operations when
  properly focused and supported through all-source intelligence analysis. Staffs employ signals
  intelligence collection with another collection asset. This mix of coverage allows signals
  intelligence collectors to cue and be cued by other collection assets.
  3-33. Certain capabilities require confirmation, especially if targeting is an issue. For example, target
  selection standards may require the staff to rely on systems capable of providing targeting accuracy. If
  experience shows that a particular system is often unavailable because of local weather patterns, the staff
  considers this in evaluating the system’s performance history. The staff may select an alternate system.