2014 wausa science and technology
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The document discusses the need for the US Army to invest in capabilities that will secure its competitive advantage in the future against emerging threats. It argues that the current path of investments is unlikely to sustain dominance beyond 2025 and presents alternative paths focusing more on innovation. Specifically, it recommends that the Army focus its science and technology efforts on developing more expeditionary, lethal, mobile and networked capabilities to remain overmatched against adversaries through 2040 and beyond.
2014 wausa science and technology
- 1. COL Christopher Cross Army Capabilities Integration Center U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
- 2. The Challenge Will Todays Investments Secure the Future? 2020 2025 Beyond 2025 BN CMD CO CMD BDE CMD Today 2014 The current path is UNLIKELY to sustain our current competitive advantage CURRENT PATH WEIGHTING ADAPTATION PL AND EVOLUTION 80% of the Army of 2020 is in the force, or in the budget, now. Todays security capability rests on 1990-2000s investment National investments drive fundamental political and social changes and ensure US advantage Are our investments focused to meet the needs of the Nation? must influence events at the speed they unfold with less Capability ALTERNATIVE PATH WEIGHTING INNOVATION 1 The Innovation path is more LIKELY to sustain / increase our effectiveness By 2025 we are at risk of overmatch Time Mid-term must focus on providing leaner , more capable, expeditionary units to maintain overmatch The far-term will deliver technologies that fundamentally change the nature of the force and how we fight 03 Feb 2014 2
- 3. Imperatives for Change: Emerging Threats and the Need to be Expeditionary We Need An Expeditionary, Scalable & Ready Modern Army (From CSA Priorities, SEP 13) - Train and equip the Total Army to rapidly deploy, fight, sustain itself, and win against complex state and non-state threats in austere environments and rugged terrain (The expeditionary mindset). - Support the Joint Force with critical enablers such as aviation, intelligence, engineers, logistics, medical, signal, and special operations, both while enroute to, and operating within expeditionary environments alongside Unified Action Partners. - Rapidly deploy, fight, and win whenever and wherever our national interests are threatened. The Army will remain the most highly-trained and professional All-Volunteer land force in the world; uniquely organized with the capability and capacity to provide expeditionary, decisive landpower to the Joint Force (From CSA Priorities, SEP 13) - Focus S&T investment to maximize the potential of emerging game-changing landpower technologies to counter emerging threats. We must rebalance now to prevent overmatch and to provide new capabilities for the future force 3
- 4. Ready for the Future: Considerations for 2025 & Beyond The Army is in transition and must balance investments in readiness with increased capabilities for 2025 & beyond Innovation , Investment and Time to Mitigate Risk from Force Reductions POTENTIAL OVERMATCH ADVANTAGE (with investment & innovation) Force 2025 ARMY 2020 A more globally responsive force, capable of decisive action across the ROMO 2014 Field Army 2020, while focusing on Force 2025 and rebalancing S&T 2040 Beyond Force 2025 A fundamentally changed force, uniquely enabled and organized to conduct expeditionary maneuver A leaner, more lethal, expeditionary, and agile force than today POTENTIAL OVERMATCH RISK Achieve Force 2025, Maintain Overmatch and set conditions for fundamental change Achieve Force 2030-2040, Potential to Fundamentally the Change Army ADAPT .... EVOLVE ... INNOVATE To maintain our advantages and meet the demands of the emerging security environment, DoD and the Army must take the long view, establishing an enduring, joint effort thru the far term While remaining prepared for the near-certainty that an unanticipated crisis will arise that will require Army forces at an unforeseen time, manner and place 4
- 5. Where the Army Should Focus ... Next? Campaign Seasons - Fixed Fortifications Small Armies as Capital Investments Emergence of Levee en Masse Industry of War Large Armies- Tactical and Operational Durability Emergence of Combined Arms Warfare Precision Weapons-GPS Navigation Network-Common Operating Picture Integration of Information and Joint Effects The next Global Technical Era? Soldier Performance? Strategic through Tactical Nuclear Weapons Wars of Limited Objective Emergence of Revolutionary Warfare Beyond Digital? Mobility, Lethality, Protection, Materials? Absent breakthroughs .... The technologies and systems of Army of 2030 are in our S&T base today ... Leading to little change in the physical characteristics of that Army ... DOD must recognize landpower is the US asymmetric advantage and make it the number one Defense investment 5
- 6. Integrated S&T Lines of Effort Attributes of an Expeditionary Force LOE Outcomes S&T Lines of Effort Mobile, Protected Platforms Robotics Logistics Optimization Human Performance Optimization Information to Decision Cyber, EW, and Interoperability Improved Lethality and Effects Deploy globally and rapidly; seize & maintain initiative Aviation Increased lethality; directed energy weapons; mobile ground launch Reduced reliance on ISBs and Sustainment Forces Extended reach; increased lethality; heavy lift End State The rapid deployment of scalable, tailored, operationally and tactically significant forces on short notice to usually austere locations in order to conduct any type of operation immediately upon arrival, often in persistent antiaccess / area denial environments. Materials & Manufacturing Power & Energy; Energetics Fundamental Science Relevant intelligence to points-of-need delivered at the speed of change Maximized individual and team performance Army professionals, holistic fitness Robotics enable and augment humans; mitigate risk 6
- 7. Mobile Protected Platforms Heavy, expensive, large support reqs. Tomorrow Balance of Mobility, Firepower, and Protection Lighter, scalable protection that maximizes occupant survivability in every operating environment Lightweight, agile platforms that increase options for employment of Strategic Landpower Restored strategic responsiveness that deters conflict and enables other elements of national power 360 degree protection that identifies, prevents, and mitigates CBRN and explosive hazards at standoff range and maneuver speeds Strategically & Tactically Mobile Force 2025 Enhanced Mobility for Airborne Infantry (MAI) Ground Mobility Vehicle Ranger (GMV-R) Phantom Badger Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) LAV 25 Family of vehicles Up gunned Stryker Beyond Force 2025 Unmanned Air / Ground Vehicle Integration Robotic Wingman Army Ground Vehicle (AGV) 30-ton Tank Expeditionary, mobile, and agile units with the ability to arrive in theater first, with the most 7
- 8. Lethality Lethal formations constrained by time, terrain, distance, and uncertainty . Tomorrow Extended range precision surface-to-air and surface-to-surface fires that overcome anti-access and area denial threats and enable assured access to global commons Discriminant, scalable, tailorable effects that achieve combatant commanders' objectives while preventing fratricide and minimizing collateral damages Renewable directed energy resulting in bottomless munitions stowage and order of magnitude standoff increase Lethality, Mobility, and Survivability-balanced formations that overcome terrain, distance, and uncertainty. Force 2025 Dismounted Lethality Counter Defilade Target Engagement (CDTE) Precision Sniper Rifle Individual Assault Munitions Indirect Lethal Effects 120mm High Explosive Guided Mortar Beyond Force 2025 Extended Range Precision Surface Fires Land based Rail Gun High Energy Explosives and Advanced propellants Increased Survivability of Key Assets Mobile High Energy Lasers for Counter Rocket and Mortar Expeditionary maneuver with decisive responsiveness to prevent overmatch 8