Support for Strategic Analysis
This program supports the Office of the Director, Cost Assessment & Program Evaluation (CAPE). It funds activities that help CAPE to implement the vision of the Deputy Secretary of War to support new approaches to campaign analysis. CAPE will accomplish this by leading studies and developing analytic tools to think about future capabilities and posture. This program provides for analytical research across a spectrum of issues and concerns. The research agenda is focused on near to long-term problems identified by the Deputy Secretary of War, and addresses difficult and complex questions linked to program alternatives for current and future capabilities and forces in order to enhance the senior leadership's deliberations and decision-making. This program provides the scientific and technical engineering services needed for research studies in the development of models and simulations and the evaluation of current analytical tools and scientific methods used to evaluate and assess future scenarios and concepts of operations for a wide range of warfighting environments and scenarios. Deliverables from this program will include reports, briefings, and analyses designed to illuminate findings and assessments. Outcomes include the compilation and campaign analyses data to support the DoW capabilities to the challenges of a near-peer warfight and strategic and programmatic options for post INF treaty weapons options.
FY2027 planned work FY2027 Plans: Studies, analyses, and assessments will be focused on: - Developing and refining objectives from senior leader priorities, to include resourcing and requirements reforms to accelerate fielding of warfighting capabilities. - Supporting development and prioritization of key operational problems, concept and capability development, and force design efforts - Closing identified analytic gaps to underpin critical DoW resourcing and requirements decisions - Supporting Analysis Working Group initiatives to comprehensively assess, recommend, and oversee execution of enterprise reforms necessary to improve the Department’s ability to analytically advance the Secretary’s priorities
FY2026 to FY2027 change The small increase between FY 2026 and FY 2027 is to sustain the level of research and studies support as CAPE undertakes multiple efforts to close analytic knowledge gaps, accelerate resourcing and requirements processes, and further Secretary and Deputy Secretary of War priorities.
FY2026 plans — current year Studies, analyses, and assessments will be focused on: - Developing and refining warfighting objectives from senior leader priorities and Strategic Support Analysis activities - Overseeing concept, analysis, and force design work - Providing guidance to DoW on best practices for Service Concepts and long-range fires decision - Analytic Working Group initiatives to comprehensively assess, recommend, and oversee execution of enterprise reforms necessary to improve the Department’s ability to analytically advance the Secretary’s priorities
FY2025 accomplishments Studies, analyses, and assessments will be focused on: - Developing and refining warfighting objectives from senior leader priorities and Strategic Support Analysis activities - Overseeing concept, analysis, and force design work - Providing guidance to DoD on best practices for Service Concepts and long range fires decision - Analytic Working Group initiatives to comprehensively assess, recommend, and oversee execution of enterprise reforms necessary to improve the Department’s ability to analytically advance the Secretary’s priorities