Bill Meade, the command's experiment director. The bottom line is that the services have correctly focused on experimenting with concepts and technologies aimed at advancing their individual core warfighting competencies. The way we previously fought was to 'de-conflict' the battlespace. Generally, that means divvying up responsibilities so the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps didn't run into each other. The mission now is to provide that joint context, to give the services a common operational and technical architecture that they can build to.
Success hinges on getting the joint concepts out ahead of the service concepts.
Joint Forces Command and the services have worked together to determine how service and joint concepts can be tested together. Experiment planners are also working with DOD science and technology experts and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. It's important that we start to learn now not just how well the individual future service concepts work, but, just as importantly, how well they work together. This massive experiment will help us understand the services' emerging capabilities so we can further refine the concepts that will allow us to work well together in the heat of battle. Check DefenseLINK for more DOD news.