Joint Experimentation
Abstract
Joint Experimentation (JE) funds the Joint Concept Development and Experimentation (JCD&E) Enterprise. Led by the Joint Staff, the JCD&E Enterprise includes the combatant commands, the military services, the National Guard Bureau, the Joint Staff, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and several Defense agencies. Intra-government agencies and coalition partners often participate in JCD&E processes and projects. JE projects and activities develop and examine potential solutions for combatant command operational needs through targeted Doctrine, Organizational, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy (DOTMLPF-P) improvements. JE tackles joint capability issues demanding sophisticated analysis, innovative design and complex experimentation leading to solutions. JE addresses topics that would prove difficult for individual combatant commands and Services to capture in the context of their immediate operational and force generation responsibilities. Joint Concept Development & Experimentation (JCD&E) projects produce a range of outcomes including inputs to major policy documents such as the Quadrennial Defense Review and Defense Planning and Programming Guidance (DPPG) and input to the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS). To ensure the program focuses on needs of the warfighters, JCD&E projects originate from an annual call for nominations from combatant commands and Services, and from assessment of combatant command identified critical warfighting capability gaps articulated in combatant command Integrated Priority Lists and Joint Urgent Needs documents submitted to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS). Project plans are developed in consultation with JE partners, and consolidated into an annual program of work. The Synchronization Board and the Joint Capabilities Board meet regularly to review and approve the progress of the efforts in the program of work. The JCD&E Program of Work allows the Department to synchronize JCD&E efforts over multiple years to avoid duplication of effort and to create synergy among the defense experimentation entities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- P808_0603828J_3_0400_PB_2013
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