Organizational Assessment of a Future Surface Force Development Squadron (SURFDEVRON)
Abstract
To address an increasingly competitive security environment, the U.S. Navy surface force needs new or improved capabilities to attack, deceive, and defend against adversary ships, aircraft, missiles, submarines, and cyber and electronic attacks; and, it needs more agile acquisition practices that enable a rapid and iterative approach to improving performance. To deliver these capabilities, the Navy is exploring a SURFDEVRON (surface development squadron), similar in spirit to the submarine and aviation communities. This will serve as an interface between the research community (e.g., ONR, DARPA), other Navy warfare development commands (e.g., SMWDC), and the fleet; coordinate the at-sea testing of advanced technologies and their associated tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP); and accelerate the integration of new technologies into the surface force. There are many options that exist that can facilitate the creation of a SURFDEVRON. This thesis explores some of those options and provides options that can be further explored in follow-up thesis projects.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1080336
Entities
People
- Timothy M. Mcdaniel
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School