Situation awareness and identification on the battlefield are the basis of combat decisionmaking, and the development of a combat identification system that adapts to future innovative combat concepts is essential to improving the combat capability of systematic fighting. Based on the original concept of combat identification, this paper proposes a new concept of combat identification suitable for future combat and equipment development. From five perspectives, the characteristics of the future combat identification system are described: information dominance, distributed situation awareness, comprehensive method, standardization and interoperability, and swarm intelligence convergence. The function of the combat identification system supporting future combat is summarized. Based on this, the requirement for combat identification in the air combat field is put forward. The analysis above provides a reference for the development of combat identification systems in the future.