Coalition Warfare Program (Continuing Projects)
Abstract
The CWP provides funding on a competitive basis to the DoD organizations to conduct cooperative research, development, test, and evaluation projects with foreign partners. The goals of the CWP program are to: collaboratively address strategic technology gaps for current and future missions, develop interoperability solutions for coalition operations, and strengthen current and future defense partnerships. The CWP selects projects for funding through an annual competitive selection process in accordance with Department of Defense and Combatant Command needs. In addition to funding newly selected projects, the program also provides funding to projects that began in earlier selection cycles (for a total of up to three years of funding for each project). Currently, the funded portfolio includes projects governed by negotiated/signed international agreements with 21 different foreign partners. Including prior year project selections, the following FY 2022 projects encompass the CWP funding in FY 2022 and FY 2023: •Development, Test, and Evaluation of the Binocular Near Infrared Optical Augmentation (NIRO) Device (BINO NIRO) (US Marine Corps) •Chemical Biological Wide Area Decontamination (CBWAD) (US Army) •Solid State High Power Microwave (HPM) Cannon (COMPACT HPM) (US Air Force) •Robust Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Detection & Tracking Capability for High Clutter Environments (ROBUST ASW) (US Navy) •Selective Cyber Information Access (SCIA) (US Air Force) Interoperability and Collaboration Initiatives: Program provides funds in support of new or planned acquisition programs with the aim of 1) promoting coalition interoperability early in the requirements or technical development phases, 2) harmonizing common goals between U.S. and foreign partners, 3) improving management of collaborative efforts. These funds support workshops, risk reduction efforts, standards development, architecture analysis, and information management initiatives.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- c66a0dcd2c7ee1a7c03453f8cb0650ca