Advancing Concepts and Technology Forecasting Tech
Abstract
This Project works across the Army Futures Command Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), with the Futures & Concepts Center (FCC), and the Directorate of Intelligence and Security to explore current and future emerging and disruptive applied scientific research to translate, integrate, and ingrain applied research outcomes with the Army. Warfighting Concepts to describe how the Army will fight in the mid and far-term future while the Future Operational Environment contextualizes projected applied research outcomes in the deep future. Applied research outcomes describe the projected future operational effects of science in the context of Army concepts and probable operational capabilities to mitigate risk for future Army capabilities and enable informed decision making across the Army Modernization Enterprise. This Project ensures Army Concepts are grounded by recent and anticipated advances in applied scientific research, Army applied research is capability use-inspired to deliver the right future capability identified in the Army Concepts, and learning opportunities are created to advance Army Concepts and operationalize science for transformational overmatch. This Project also performs long-range technology forecasts and trend analysis, informed by the threat and the predicted future state of technology, of Army-relevant applied research topics to enable informed decision making for the near-, mid-, and far-terms. The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Research in this Project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- CK9_0602184A_2_2040_PB_2025
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