The Army's Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF)

Abstract

The Significance of the Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF). Congress has expressed concern about the growing threat to U.S. national security posed by a resurgent Russia and China. The Army contends in order to address the threat, it must be able to operate in a multi-domain (air, land, water, space, cyber, information) environment, which requires new operational concepts, technologies, weapons, and units. The Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF) is the Army's self-described "organizational centerpiece" of this effort. What Is a Multi-Domain Task Force? In the Army's Chief of Staff Paper #1: Army Multi-Domain Transformation Ready to Win in Competition and Conflict dated March 16, 2021 the Army describes the Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF) as "theater-level maneuver elements designed to synchronize precision effects and precision fires in all domains against adversary anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) networks in all domains, enabling joint forces to execute their operational plan (OPLAN)-directed roles."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 05, 2021
Accession Number
AD1152437

Entities

People

  • Andrew Feickert

Organizations

  • Congressional Research Service

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Arctic Regions
  • Area Denial
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Rockets
  • Artillery Units
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Competition
  • Congress
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Governments
  • Hypersonic Weapons
  • Materials
  • Military Intelligence
  • National Security
  • Precision
  • Task Forces
  • Transporter Erectors
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Government
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Space