New capabilities are seldom new. Most have the benefit of experience, defining the overall shape and expectations of a system (e.g., increased range, payload or precision; manned to unmanned operation ...

The authors represent the four U.S. military services in the Air-Sea Battle Office as well as the Joint Staff J-7 (Joint Force Development). AS A global power with global interests, the United States ...

Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) is the operating concept of the Department of the Navy (or DON, which includes the Navy and Marine Corps) for using U.S. naval (i.e., Navy and Marine Corps) ...

Of the many lessons drawn from over seven years of wartime experience, one that stands out prominently is the critical need to improve our ability to exercise the cognitive aspects of battle ...

Wisk Aero and Boeing released a comprehensive concept operations report for their uncrewed, self-flying air taxis, outlining a plan to utilize ground-based "multi-vehicle supervisors" (MVS) instead of ...

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit 5, fast rope from an MH-60S Knight Hawk assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) 12 in 2018. US Navy Photo THE PENTAGON – The Navy has a good idea ...

Until a few days ago, I was convinced that the expeditionary advanced base operations concept was one of the dumbest ideas to come down the pike in a long time. This developing concept envisions the ...

The U.S. Department of Defense’s 2023 Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China report noted a 2021 “core military concept” in China centered on multi-domain ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Marine Corps is getting closer to finalizing a new amphibious warfare concept, which the head of the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab said will focus on leveraging and defending ...

Soldiers from the Army’s Multi-Domain Task Force launch a Stinger missile during a live-fire training exercise as part of the Rim of the Pacific exercise 2018. (Capt. Rachael Jeffcoat/Army) WASHINGTON ...

Introduction War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to ...