Experimentation
Abstract
The Experimentation project funds experimentation campaigns to explore new concepts and their applications in potential future operating environments within a system-of-systems context. Concepts and enabling technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, directed energy weapons and multi-domain operations hold great promise, yet their transition to acquisition programs and fielded capabilities is typically hampered due to uncertainties regarding their military application and organizational implications. Implementing successful transition approaches for complex and widely applicable concepts requires a comprehensive and coordinated campaign of learning. Experimentation campaigns enable organizational learning through the methodical and systematic application of experimentation and supporting analysis. Experimentation campaigns are centered on an operational level warfighting concept to provide context for assessment, and use wargaming, simulation, and field experimentation to evolve, refine, and validate the warfighting concept leading to solid, evidentiary-based materiel and non-materiel capability development approaches with associated recommendations. Experimentation campaigns improve the effectiveness of operations by developing concepts and generating new information to address challenging threats of the future which aids the fielding of advanced technologies by providing the credible evidence decision makers need to make sound strategic decisions and investment choices. Experimentation campaigns are directed by the Air Force Capability Development Council to ensure funding supports the highest Air Force priorities. Further details can be provided in the appropriate forum. In FY 2017, this project was named Transition Prioritization and included both Experimentation and Prototyping activities. In FY 2018, this project was renamed to Experimentation, and Prototyping activities such as Hypersonics Prototyping were transferred from this project to Project 645351, Prototyping, Lifecycle Prototyping effort.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 645350_0604858F_4_3600_PB_2019
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