Fleet Experimentation

Abstract

Mission: The FLEX program examines potential materiel and non-materiel solutions and develops recommendations to enhance the Fleet's ability to execute assigned missions through 12-15 major analytic activities annually, such as workshops, war-games, simulations, and live at-sea events, integrated into multi-year experiment campaigns aligned to priority capability gap areas. Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) is co-led by Commanders U.S. Fleet Forces Command (CUSFFC), U.S. Commander Pacific Fleet (CPF), and Commander U.S. Naval Forces Europe - Africa (CNE-AF) to address priority Fleet warfighting gaps. FLEX guidance is directly linked to the Jan 2021 CNO's Navigation Plan (NAVPLAN) guidance to continue refinement of concepts and capabilities through experimentation. FLEX planners collaborate with CNO NAVPLAN Naval Integration Framework (NIF) pillars to inform gap closure plans for Long Range Fires, C-C5ISRT, Navy Operational Architecture (NOA) / Overmatch (OM), and Unmanned Systems. FLEX initiatives are tied to goals for CNO-approved naval concept Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) and supporting concepts, (Expeditionary Advanced Based Operations (EABO), Littoral Operations in Contested Environments (LOCE), and others)). FLEX is aligned with National Defense Strategy lines of effort 1 and 3 as identified in the FY20-22 Business Operations Plan, which highlights the need to increase experimentation, war-games and exercises. FLEX supports the Tri-Service Maritime Strategy. USFFC N8/N9-manages the FLEX investment to support planning, execution, analysis, and reporting for analytically rigorous experiments, leveraging small scale Limited Objective Experiments (LOE), scheduled fleet exercises, and high-end operational rehearsals such as Fleet Battle Problems (FBP) and Large Scale Exercises (LSE).

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
3319_0606355N_6_1319_PB_2023

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Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs

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