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Fleet Experimentation Program

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Experimentation Goals

Why We Experiment:

• Improve how we fight – Experiments can validate and/or

inform operational plans, doctrine, Navy Lessons Learned (NLL), and CONOPS for the current Navy

• Validate Fleet requirements and define/resolve capability

gaps and/or other Fleet priorities

• Explore concepts including technological, doctrinal, and
• rganizational desired operational capabilities for the future
• Foster innovation – Be an agent for change

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Fleet Experimentation (FLEX)

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• Centralized lead for U.S. Navy

experimentation that requires use

• f fleet assets
• Streamlined experimentation process that

aligns approved initiatives with venues of

• pportunity
• Collaborative, synchronized and relevant

experimentation based on near-term fleet priorities and capability gaps

• Providing tangible and relevant products for

the Warfighter and valuable findings for participants

Fleet Assets:

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FLEX Program Goals

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• 100% visibility over experimentation using Fleet assets
• Produce campaign-based execution plan which focuses on non-

materiel solutions to satisfy near-term warfighter capability gaps

• Leverage pre-planned at sea periods and exercise venues
• Rapidly turn around results to support the warfighter
• Ensure Fleet Experimentation process is accountable, credible

and relevant

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Experimentation Event Types

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Selected FLEX Events

• TRIDENT WARRIOR (TW)

– Multiple initiatives, Conducted at-sea

• LHA-6 AMERICA Wargame

– Develop TACMEMO (ARG/MEU Employment Guide)

• Black Dart

– Counter-unmanned aerial system (UAS) experiments, led by Navy Air and Missile Defense Command (NAMDC)

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TRIDENT WARRIOR

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• Annual Fleet experimentation venue to gain valuable

insights on technical and doctrinal decisions for the future

• TW puts emerging technologies and doctrine into the

hands of the Fleet for evaluation in an operational environment

• TW allows the Navy and its partners to incorporate real-

world warfighter feedback early in the acquisition process

• All TW initiatives align to one or more of the Fleet’s highest

warfighting priorities, as defined by U.S. Fleet Forces and U.S. Pacific Fleet, (Commanders FLEX Guidance)

• TRIDENT WARRIOR (TW) is an annual large-scale at-sea field experiment

within NWDC’s Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) Program.

NWDC

Process

SPAWAR

Technology Transition

C3F

Assets

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Process Value of TRIDENT WARRIOR

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Pre - Trident Warrior:

• SYSCOMS managed independent experiment programs
• Technologies / procedures were tested one (1) or two (2) at a time
• Each test required separate planning, design, network development, asset

coordination, data collection and analysis

• No formal reporting process or event data repository

Post - Trident Warrior:

• SYSCOMs use TW as dependable warfighting venue
• Provides standardized quality experiment venue up to over 100 initiatives
• One (1) single team plans, designs, develops, collects data, and provides

analysis

• Single Web-based planning and data collection repository

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Impact of TRIDENT WARRIOR

TW 03 TW 08 TW 09 TW 07 TW 05 TW 04 TW 06 TW 11 TW 12 TW 11 TW 10

• 1300+ Program of Record Technologies.
• 520+ Non-Program of Record Technologies.
• 95 CONOPS and TTP’s
• Results have:
• Influenced / impacted many OPNAV POM decisions.
• Accelerated IOC for all SYSCOM participants

IBGWN IOC of first Inter Battle Group Wireless network ADNS First testing - revolutionized shipboard BW management SNR - HFIP Resulted in immediate OPNAV funding and IOC during TW 07 BIS PACOM led to bring 5th gen intel to the joint warfighter C5F TW requested personally by Fleet Commander PACOM Requested as primary COCOM experiment venue CANES First shipboard and shore install and testing

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Netted Sensors Integrated a USAF / USN airborne data network for targeting

TW 14 TW 15

C7F Priorities All experiment initiatives picked to address AO priorities

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ONR Breakthroug h development

• f ASCM

capability

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TW 18 Summary

• RIMPAC 2018 will be held in the Hawaiian OPAREA in June

and July 2018.

• Expect over 32 nations to participate.
• RIMPAC exercises provide opportunities for experimentation

in every warfare area, with partner nations, and with a large training audience.

• RIMPAC 2018 experimentation efforts will be consolidated

with the annual experimentation venue TRIDENT WARRIOR 2018 (TW18).

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RIMPAC / TW 18 Planning Cycle

• Concept Development Conference

(San Diego) 25-26 Jan 17

• RIMPAC Experimentation Kick-Off

(San Diego) 16 Feb 17

• Due date for initiative submissions

29 May 17

• Initial Planning Conference

(San Diego) 06-09 Jun 17

• Mid-Planning Conference

(Hawaii) 05-08 Dec 17

• Final Planning Conference

(San Diego) 03-06 Apr 18

• RIMPAC Execution

(HI/SOCAL) 27 Jun – 02 Aug 18

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FLEX Initiative Submission

• Official initiative submission requires detailed entry into the FLEX Information

Management System (FIMS): https://fims.nwdc.navy.smil.mil

• To create an initiative you must be registered and logged in.
• On FIMS homepage, select: Create Fleet Initiative
• Provide as much detail and complete as much of the form as possible.
• Title – please keep this unclassified
• POC information – this is the person we will contact with questions. Please make sure to enter the

appropriate person.

• Attach supporting documents if available.
• Once submitted the initiative is reviewed by the FLEX Plans section for relevance

to Commanders Guidance and venue availability.

• Once selected for possible inclusion in the Campaign plan the originator and

venue lead are notified so in depth planning can begin.

• Questions or problems with FIMS - Contact: Bill Ciaston;

william.ciaston@navy.smil.mill; 757-341-4318

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Questions / Discussion