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Accession Number:
AD1128552
Title:
Future Operational Environment: Forging the Future in an Uncertain World 2035-2050
Descriptive Note:
[Technical Report, Final Report]
Corporate Author:
ARMY FUTURES COMMAND
Report Date:
2021-04-21
Pagination or Media Count:
25
Abstract:
This document describes the U.S. Armys Future Operational Environment FOE. It is not meant to predict what will be, but rather explores what could be. It includes several plausible alternative views of the future out to 2050, and therefore is foundational to the development of concepts beyond the Multi-Domain Operations MDO timeframe. It attempts to explore and focus operational concepts in order to develop capabilities that will deter potential adversaries and, if necessary, fight and win the Nations wars. It employs the first two steps of the Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield IPB process defining and describing the effects of the environment and is intended as a basis for Army deliberation and decision-making about concepts, capabilities, force design, and S and T investments. Judgments expressed in the document are not definitive there are no right answers about a dynamic, uncertain, and rapidly-changing world. Neither is the document a detailed description of future adversaries. Rather, it reviews two key drivers and explores their potential influence on the FOE through the use of descriptive alternative futures.
Distribution Statement:
[A, Approved For Public Release]
