Future Force Development Concepts
Abstract
In 2002, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) tasked the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory to create a programme of work to analyse the impact of emerging alternative concepts and technologies. The programme is called Joint Force Structures Development (JFSD). Its purpose is to inform UK policy, equipment and force managers of important implications that might affect their area of responsibility by showing where new concepts have the potential to influence force structures. JFSD studies many varied themes including, amongst others, network enabled force structures, networked fires and dispersed operations, swarming, effects-based operations, future command and control, coalition interoperability, space and alternative logistic concepts. In all cases, the UK joint force is examined and the implications for its size and composition identified. The analysis process developed by JFSD is founded on the idea that a set of descriptive rules and planning guides can be developed that capture the essence of each concept, the principles that reflect its unique characteristics. A library of rule bases is produced and, set in the context of planning scenarios, development of alternative campaign plans that employ the concepts can be carried out. These can then be used in the development of future force structures.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA466153
Entities
People
- C. G. Pernin
- G. M. Finbow
- Graham D. Porter
- R. J. Hadji
Organizations
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory