New Competitive Strategies, Tools and Methodologies. Volume 1: Review of the Department of Defense Competetive Strategies Initiative, 1986-1990.

Abstract

This report reviews the Department of Defense (DoD) Competitive Strategies Initiative (CSI) from 1986, when it was formally inaugurated by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, to the present. The principal focus is an assessment of four major analytic efforts undertaken to support the CSI, namely: Task Force I (mid- to High-intensity global conventional war centered in NATO Europe), Task Force II (U.S. non-nuclear strategic capabilities), the joint War Game Committee's work in determining the validity of the strategies proposed by Task Force I, and the follow-on program of gaming and computer-based combat simulation modeling. Particular attention is given to the analytic methods, tools, techniques, and measures of merit used, including their strengths and weaknesses. Lessons learned are distilled for the purpose of informing future competition planning activities in the DoD and for helping guide the next phase of the present three-phase SAIC program of research and analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1990
Accession Number
ADA301844

Entities

People

  • David J. Andre

Organizations

  • Leidos

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Combat Simulations
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Lessons Learned
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Students
  • United States European Command
  • War Games
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design