Futures Directorate
Abstract
The mission of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory / Futures Directorate (MCWL/FD) is to generate and examine threat-informed operating concepts and capabilities and provide analytically-supported recommendations to inform subsequent force design and development activities. The Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration (DC, CD&I) is the United States Marine Corps (USMC) advocate for Science and Technology (S&T). MCWL's Commanding General (CG) is the proponent of USMC S&T and serves as the USMC Executive Agent for Marine Corps S&T. The MCWL/FD also serves as the Marine Corps' liaison to the Joint Staff for Joint Concept Development and Experimentation; thereby, facilitating service-specific experiments as well as participation in joint service experimentation. As reflected in strategic guidance, expeditionary forces will provide an ever-ready quick strike force to protect United States (US) interests. MCWL/FD pursues concepts, capabilities, and solutions to ensure that Marines of the future force will be effectively organized, trained, and equipped to win across the range of military operations in an uncertain and complex environment. Prioritized investments in S&T are necessary to enable the future Marine Corps and maintain a technological advantage over our adversaries. This project is organized into 6 activities, the core of which are represented by the Warfighting Capability Areas of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). The project emphasizes development and demonstration of advanced technology capability concepts, and the examination of their operational application and military utility in the context of formal wargames, Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (MS&A), and live-force field experimentation with Marines. This operational experimentation directly supports Marine Corps combat development to inform future capability requirements and optimize the acquisition process.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 2297_0603640M_3_1319_PB_2024
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