NS3021 Defense Capability Development

This course examines Service, Joint, and Multinational Concept Development and Experimentation programs for developing defense capabilities that are necessary to meet the anticipated operational challenges of the future security environment. The course explores the capabilities-based approach to defense planning that assesses how to effectively counter transnational, regional, and emergent peer competitors. The course considers what innovative capabilities are required to defeat adversaries who wage warfare across the maritime, land, air, space and cyberspace domains. The course analyzes emerging operational concepts, organizational configurations, technological advances, and people innovations, including doctrinal and training adjustments, for shifting the conduct of warfare to maintain competitive advantage in the 21st Century. Prerequisites: None.

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Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

Articulate the full spectrum of challenges in the operating environment that threaten national and regional security.
Describe how national and military strategy frame missions and tasks for the development of capabilities for the armed forces.
Explain how concept development and experimentation contributes to the capability development process.
Outline and debate what innovations and solutions are necessary to maintain advantage in the five domains of warfare.
Demonstrate the ability to conduct independent research and write an informed paper on a subject directly related to the themes and topics in the course.