Concepts Experimentation Program
Abstract
Army Experimentation program supports current and future concepts and capabilities involving Soldiers and Leaders within live, virtual, and constructive environments of exploring concepts, capability requirements and solution across Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, personnel, and Facilities (DOTMLPF) domains in order to learn and mitigate risk for current and future forces. Experiments inform Army future concepts and assess high-risk conceptual assumptions in order to focus required capabilities and represent the user's requirements in the future Army. Army experiments use the combined resources of Army battle laboratories, operational units, research labs, materiel developers, industry and academia to collaborate in the development, refinements, and assessment of future force concepts - to inform capability developments and validate concepts for current and future force. Due to significant reduction in funding, beginning in FY 2015, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) funding will focus on Simulated Experiments (SIMEX) to integrate and assess Army Concepts, Force Designs phases, with Army level issues across the breadth of a campaign that highlights validation and integration of Force 2025 outcomes. Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) lead for Accelerated Capability Developments (ACD) to address current critical operational needs. Enable development and deployment/employment of accelerated capabilities (both materiel and non-materiel) to the current force. Serve as TRADOC central coordinating organization for Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA) staff support requirements related to accelerated capabilities developments. Integrate ACD activities to ensure unity and priority of effort and synchronization and optimization of resources. Integrate accelerated capabilities development activities between proponent force modernization domains to include Joint/Service coordination. Provide specialized capabilities development and integration at TRADOC Center of Excellence (CoE) Capabilities Development and Integration Directorates (CDIDs).
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 0605326A_6_2040_PB_2016
- Change Summary Explanation
- Service Agency Name
- Army
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army
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