Coalition Warfare

Abstract

Current U.S. military strategy and the global security environment make coalition warfare and multinational operations fundamental features of the U.S. national security strategy. Coalitions provide a broad base of technological, operational, and logistical support for military operations and ease the U.S. financial and manpower burdens associated with meeting military goals and objectives. U.S. strategic guidance confirms that coalitions and relationships with international partners are high priorities for the nation and the Department of Defense. The Coalition Warfare Program (CWP) responds to this guidance by supporting DoD organizations that: 1) work with foreign partners to collaboratively address strategic technology gaps for current and future missions; 2) develop interoperability solutions for coalition operations; and 3) develop and strengthen defense relationships. CWP is the only Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) program with this mission. CWP supplements a U.S. Government proponent’s funding for cooperative efforts, ensuring U.S. funds are sufficient to complete the engagement with the foreign partner(s). When CWP funds are used to help fund a cooperative project, that project leverages technical and financial contributions of the foreign partner(s) and speeds up the development and delivery of technical solutions to the warfighter. In its fourteen-year history, CWP has leveraged $4 of foreign partner funding and $3 of other U.S. Government funding for every $1 CWP has invested in cooperative projects. CWP funding enables DoD project teams to move a technology into the next stage of development or to complete and transition a technology to operational forces. These projects may also form the basis for future cooperation with international partners.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
0603923D8Z_4_0400_PB_2016
Change Summary Explanation
Program baseline reduced minimally to fund other department priorities.
Service Agency Name
Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cooperation
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Governments
  • Guidance
  • Interoperability
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Manpower
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Governments
  • Prototypes
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.

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