Joint Capability Experimentation

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) documents the Chairman’s responsibilities to include experimentation on future concepts. Rigorous experimentation on concepts are a means to ensure Department investments adequately address future requirements, not just near term. Given this, the Joint Staff established an experimentation capability suitable for analysis and validation of priority joint concept required capabilities. This allows the Chairman to identify cost efficient and effective capability tradeoffs. This capability enables the Chairman to fulfill his Title 10 responsibility, “advising the Secretary on new and alternative joint military capabilities, and alternative program recommendations and budget proposals, within projected resource levels.” This capability more fully supports the Chairman’s production of the Joint Military Needs Assessment (JMNA), the Chairman’s Program Recommendation (CPR) and ultimately the Defense Planning Guidance for Joint Force development. This PE funds the Joint Staff J7 Joint Experimentation and Concept Integration (JE&CI) five main Advanced Technologies efforts; 1) Globally Integrated Wargames - Advanced Technologies (GIWG –AT), 2) Executing events related to the Campaign Approach to Joint Experimentation such as the Joint Experimentation Forum (JEF) and force design and development events supporting the Joint Warfighting Concept, Joint Fires, Joint Logistics, and Joint Command & Control. (3) Developing the Joint Experimentation Network - Advanced Technologies (JExNet AT) database across federated knowledge platforms, networks, experimentation activities, and various learning events to enable Joint Warfighting Concept. (4) Integrating experimentation with mature capabilities into Elite Constellation events providing a unique opportunity to expose joint warfighters to emerging technologies and develop new innovative concepts of operation. (5) Implementing the Joint Concept for Competing (JCC)is support of the Joint Warfighting Concept. The JCC is a Secretary of War approved conceptual framework that builds the future Joint Force required to realize the 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS).