Coalition Warfare Program (CWP)

Abstract

The Coalition Warfare Program (CWP) supports 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 comprehensively addresses all three National Defense Strategy lines of effort: to develop a more lethal joint force; strengthen alliances and attract new partners; and implement business practices for greater performance and affordability. Coalition warfare and multinational operations are 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. Coalitions and relationships with international partners are high priorities for the nation and the Department of Defense. 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 the development and delivery of technical solutions to the warfighter. For every $1 CWP has invested in cooperative projects, the program has leveraged $3 in foreign partner resources – from 76 foreign partners – and $2 in other U.S. Government resources, providing an overall 5:1 return on investment. 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.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0603923D8Z_4_0400_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2021 funding request was reduced by $0.602 million as a result of the Defense Wide Review, which focused on the Secretary's guidance to streamline operations, increase efficiency, and promote greater affordability within the OSD and Defense Agencies and Field Activities in order to ensure the Department's optimum alignment to the National Defense Strategy and DoD strategic guidance, with particular focus on building a more lethal, resilient, agile, and ready force while strengthening alliances, prioritizing cyber and space capabilities, and focusing on innovation to maintain the technological advantage." An additional $0.319 million dollars was re-aligned to support planned program changes within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition and Sustainment OUSD(A&S).
• Service Agency Name: Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Autonomy
• Electronic Warfare
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes
• Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Beam Steering
• Chemical Agent Detection
• Chemical Detection
• Contracts
• Department Of Defense
• Governments
• Guidance
• Joint Military Activities
• Military Operations
• National Security
• Ramjet Engines
• Target Recognition
• Test And Evaluation
• Unified Combatant Commands
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Warfare

Fields of Study

• Political science

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• International Relations and European Studies