DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY U.S, ARMY MANEUVER SUPPORT CENTER OF EXCELLENCE 44000 MSCOE LOOP, SUITE 316, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI 65473-8029 ATZT-CG 2 2 MAY 2018 MEMORANDUM FOR Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 950 Jefferson Avenue, Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5700 SUBJECT: Maneuver Support Center of Excellence (MSCoE) Prioritized Science and Technology (S&T) Needs for Fiscal Year 2018 1. References: a, Maneuver Support Center of Excellence (MSCoE) Prioritized Science and Technology (S&T) Needs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. b, 2017 Capability Needs Analysis (CNA). c. TRADOC Pamphlet 525-3-1, The U.S. Army Operating Concept: Win in a Complex World, 31 Oct 14. d. TRADOC Pam 525-3-5, The U.S. Army Functional Concept for Maneuver Support, 24 Feb 17. 2. This memorandum represents the capabilities needed to further enable maneuver support and the protection warfighting function. When provided, these capabilities will enable the Maneuver Support framework of Understand, Shape, Mitigate and Protect. The purpose of this memorandum is to codify MSCoE's priorities in order to inform S&T efforts and influence resource decisions 3. The following reflects MSCoE's capability needs through 2035, aligned by regiments. The enclosed information paper addresses each area in greater depth. a. Chemical, Biological Radiological & Nuclear Regiment Needs (1) Assess hazards at distance (2) Protect the force in order to preserve freedom of action (3) Mitigate hazards in strideATZT-CG SUBJECT: Maneuver Support Center of Excellence (MSCoE) Prioritized Science and Technology (S&T) Needs for Fiscal Year 2018 b. Engineer Regiment Needs (1) Mobility (2) Countermobilty (3) Survivability c. Military Police Regiment Needs (1) Security and Mobility Support (2) Police Operations (3) Detention Operations 4. The following reflects MSCoE's capability needs from 2036 through 2050. The enclosed information paper addresses each area in greater depth. a. Own the Terrain to controV/deny enemy action and control the population while providing freedom of movement for friendly forces. b. Enable Force Projection allowing multiple points of embarkation and debarkation c. Provide Persistent Integrated Early Warning thru the application of multiple layers allowing for near real-time understanding of the area of operations. d. Leverage Robotic & Autonomous Systems to allow mission execution from standoff distances. e. Control/Manage Army Forces/Equipment Signature across the electro-magnetic spectrum and all domains, 5. The point of contact for this effort is Mr. Walton Dickson, (573) 563.7020, walton.c.dickson. civ@mail.mil Lp KENT D. SAVRE Major General, USA CommandingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY INFORMATION PAPER SUBJECT: MSCoE's Science and Technology (S&T) Needs Memorandum Enclosure. 1. Purpose. The purpose of this information paper is to expand gaps listed in the MSCoE Prioritized Science and Technology Needs for Fiscal Year (FY) 18 and show linkages to the Army Warfighting Challenges (AWFC), Capability Needs Analysis. (CNA), Cross-Functional Teams (CFT)/Army Priorities, and Gap Focus Areas (Enclosure 2) 2. Facts. This list was developed from the developing FY17 CNA. Gaps are in priority order under each heading. For example, the gaps listed under 3a(1)(a)-(h) are in priority order for gaps attributed to Assess Hazards at Distance 3. Maneuver Support Center of Excellence S&T Needs through 2035, a, Chemical, Biological Radiological & Nuclear Regiment (CBRN) Needs. (1) Assess hazards at distance. An improvement of capability (evolutionary or revolutionary change) resulting in a real time understanding of the CBRN environment. Should rely on information from all potential sources, not just CBRN sensors, and include analysis of threats based on the integration of all feeds from all sensors. (a) Gap 550206: Aligns to the Army Network CFT. Also aligns with AWFCs 1,5,12, 13, & 15. (b). Gap 462159.1: Aligns to the protect and sensing components of Soldier Lethality CFT the CBRN Defense Gap Focus Area. Also aligns to AWFC 2, 5, 6, 7, 13, & 15, (c) Gap 462161.1: Aligns to Command Posts and Mission Command System components of the Army Network CFT and the Operate Semi-Independently & CBRN Defense Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 1, 5, 12, 13, & 15. (d) Gap 462173.1: Aligns to the CBRN Defense Gap Focus Area. May support the Gap Focus Area of Operate Semi-Independently. Also aligns to AWFC 2, 5, 6, 13, 15, & 16 (e) Gap 462159: Aligns to the Soldier Lethality CFT and the CBRN Defense and Operate Semi-Independently Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 5, 6, 13, 15, & 16. UNCLASSIFIEDI//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNCLASSIFIED///FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (f) Gap 501255.1: Aligns to the Army Network CFT and the CBRN Defense & Operate Semi-Independently Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFCS, 13, 15, & 16. (g) Gap 550205: Aligns to the Army Network CFT and the CBRN Defense & Operate Semi Independently Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 1, 13, & 15. (h) Gap 500508: Aligns to the CBRN Defense & Operate Semi-Independently Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 5, 6, 11, 13 & 15. (2) Protect the force in order to preserve freedom of action. An improvement of capability (evolutionary or revolutionary change) resulting in inherent survivability in a CBRN environment (a) Gap 462166: Aligns to the CBRN Defense Gap Focus Area. Also aligns to AWFC §, 6, 13, 15 & 16. (b) Gap 462173: Aligns to the CBRN Defense Gap Focus Area. Also aligns to AWFCS, 6, 11, 13, 15 & 16. (c) Gap 462162: Aligns to the CBRN Defense and Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFCS, 13 & 15 (4) Gap 462172: Aligns to the Synthetic Training Environment CFT and the CBRN Defense Gap Focus Area. Also aligns to AWFCS, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15 & 16 (e) Gap 462164: Aligns to the CBRN Defense and Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, &16. (f) Gap 501309: Aligns to the CBRN Defense Gap Focus Area. Also aligns to AWFC 2, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15 & 16. (g) Gap 501309.1: Aligns to CBRN Defense Gap Focus Area. Also aligns to AWFC 2, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15 & 16. (h) Gap 501307: Aligns to the CBRN Defense Gap Focus Area. Also aligns to AWFC 5, 13, 15, &16, (i) Gap 500434: Aligns to the CBRN Defense and Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 5, 6, 13, & 16. UNCLASSIFIED///FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 2UNCLASSIFIEDI/FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (3) Mitigate hazards in stride. An improvement of capability (evolutionary or revolutionary change) resulting in negating the effects of hazards in a CBRN environment. (a) Gap 501189: Aligns to the CBRN Defense and Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 5, 6, 13, 14, 15 & 16 (b) Gap 462161: Aligns to Soldier Lethality CFT and the CBRN Defense and Operate Semi Independently Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 1, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, & 16. (c) Gap 501308: Aligns to the CBRN Defense and Operate Semi-Independently Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 1, 5, 6, 13, 14, & 15. b, Engineer Regiment ‘Needs (1) Mobility. The combination of various engineering capabilities that allow a commander to gain and maintain a position of advantage against an enemy. (a) Gap 500910: Emphasized under this gap is the ability to conduct the associated function in a subterranean environment and/or via robotic and autonomous systems, Aligns to the Next Generation Combat Vehicle CFT and Assured Mobility/Countermobility and Operate Semi-Independently Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 12, 13 & 15. (b) Gap 500958; Aligns to the Assured Mobility/Countermobility, Cross-Domain Maneuver and Operate Semi-Independently Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 12, 13, 14 & 15. (©) Gap 550059: Aligns to Next Generation Combat Vehicle CFT and the Operate Semi Independently and CBRN Defense Gap Focus Areas of. Also aligns to AWFC 12, 13, 15 &16. (4) Gap 550040: Emphasized under this gap is the ability to conduct this function utilizing robotic and autonomous systems. Aligns to the Assured Mobility/Countermobilty, Cross-Domain Maneuver and Operate Semi-Independently Gap Foous Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 13, 15 &16, (e) Gap 550036: Aligns to the Soldier Lethality CFT and the Assured Mobility/Countermobility and Operate Semi-Independently Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 13, 14, 15 & 16 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 3UNCLASSIFIED///FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (f) Gap 550220: Aligns to the Assured Mobility/Countermobility, Cross-Domain Maneuver and Operate Semi-independently Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 13 & 15. (g) Gap 462270.4: Emphasized under this gap is the ability to map subterranean structures. Aligns to the Situational Awareness Gap Focus Area. Also aligns to AWFC 1,6, 14, 15, 16 & 17 (h) Gap 500433.1: Aligns to the Assured Mobility/Countermobility, Cross-Domain Maneuver and Operate Semi-Independently Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16. (i) Gap 500433: Aligns to the Assured Mobility/Countermobility, Cross-Domain Maneuver and Operate Semi-Independently Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16. () Gap 461718: Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations and Cross-Domain Maneuver Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 6, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16, (k) Gap 501139: Aligns to the Situational Awareness Gap Focus Area. Also aligns to AWFC 16. (). Gap 462178: Aligns to the Assured Mobility/Countermobility and Operate ‘Semi Independently Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 12, 13, 15 & 16. (m) Gap 462552: Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations and Cross-Domain Maneuver Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 12, 13, & 16. (n) Gap 500442.1: Emphasized under this gap is the ability to conduct this, function utilizing robotic and autonomous systems. Aligns to the Assured Mobility/Countermobility Gap Focus Area. Also aligns to AWFC 12, 13 & 15. (2) Countermobility. The combination of various engineering capabilities that deny the enemy freedom of action to attain a position of advantage. (a) Gap 462192: Aligns the Assured Mobility/Countermobility and Cross-Domain Maneuver Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 12, 13 & 15. (b) Gap 550267: Aligns to Synthetic Training Environment CFT the Assured Mobility/Countermobility and Cross-Domain Maneuver Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 13 & 15. UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 4UNCLASSIFIEDI/FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (3) Survivability, Those military activities that alter the physical environment to provide or improve cover, concealment and camouflage. (a) Gap 502197: Aligns to Assured Mobility/Countermobility, Soldier Lethality, and Cross-Domain Maneuver Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 7, 11, 12, 13, 15 &17. (b) Gap 501158: Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations Gap Focus Area. Also aligns to AWFC 16. (©) Gap 501159: Emphasized under this gap is the ability to conduct this function utilizing robotic and autonomous systems. Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 16. (d) Gap 500230.1: Aligns to the Operate Semi Independently Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 12, 13 & 15. (e) Gap 501140: Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations Gap Focus Area, Also aligns to AWFC 16. ¢. Military Police Regiment Needs (1) Security and Mobility Support. A military police discipline conducted to protect the force and noncombatants and preserve the commander's freedom of action. Military Police units conduct proactive measures to detect, deter, and defeat threat forces operating within the area of operations. (a) Gap 502182: Aligns to the Soldier Lethality CFT and the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations, and Assured Mobility/Countermobility Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 12, 13, 14, 15 816. (b) Gap 502179: Aligns to the Soldier Lethality CFT and the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations, and Assured Mobility/Countermobility Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 12, 13, 14, 15, & 16. (c) Gap 550153: Aligns to the Soldier Lethality CFT and the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations, and Assured Mobility/Countermobility Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 12, 13, 14, 15 &16. (d) Gap 550116: Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 2, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16. UNCLASSIFIED///FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 5UNCLASSIFIED///FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (e) Gap 502178: Aligns to the Assured Mobility/Countermobility Gap Focus Area, Also aligns to AWFC 2, 13 & 15 (f) Gap 500640: Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations Gap Focus Area, Also aligns to AWFC 6, 12, 13, 14 & 16. (9) Gap 462169: Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations and Situational Awareness Gap Foous Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 1, 11, 13, 15 & 16. (h) Gap 550041: Aligns to the Assured Mobility/Countermobility and Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations and Situational Awareness Gap Focus Area. Also aligns to AWFC 6 & 13. (i) Gap 500458: Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations and Situational Awareness Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 13, 14, 15 & 16. () Gap 502176: Aligns to the Assured Mobility/Countermobility Gap Focus Area. Also aligns to AWFC 6, 13, 15 & 16. Gap 500456: Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 6, 11, 13 & 14. (k) Gap 462177: Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations Gap Focus Area. Also aligns to AWFC 2, 5, 6, 7, 13 & 16. (2) Police Operations. Encompass the associated law enforcement activities to control and protect populations and resources to facilitate the existence of a lawful and orderly environment. Military Police conduct police operations to maintain good order and discipline and to establish and maintain civil security and civil control while enabling the rule of law. (a) Gap 501206: Aligns to The Army Network CFT and the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations, Assured Mobility/Countermobility, and Situational Awareness Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 1, 13, 14, 15 & 16. (b) Gap 462184: Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations Gap Focus Area, Also aligns to AWFC 2, 5, 6, 7, 16 & 17. (©) Gap 500459: Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations Gap Focus Area, Also aligns to AWFC 2, 13, 14, 15 & 16. UNCLASSIFIEDI//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 6UNCLASSIFIED///FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (d) Gap 501136: Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations, Assured Mobility/Countermobility, and Situational Awareness Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 1 & 16. (3) Detention Operations. Conducted by Military Police to shelter, sustain, guard, protect, and account for populations (detainees or U.S. military prisoners) as a result of mmilitary or civil conflict or to facilitate criminal prosecution (a) Gap 500598: Aligns to the Area/Base Security & Sustaining Operations and Situational Awareness Gap Focus Areas. Also aligns to AWFC 6 & 16. (4) Non-Lethal weapons/systems in have potential benefits when used in dense urban environments (DEU) and subterranean (SubT), while engaged in major combat operations and in the vicinity of large populations. For these reasons organizations involved in Science & Technology functions are urged to investigate and consider the potential value of Non-Lethal technologies when addressing the above listed gaps. 4. The following reflects MSCoE’s capability needs for the far-term. 2036 through 2050. a. The areas in para 4b thru 4f below are broad areas of need linked potentially to. numerous CFTs, modernization priorities, extended areas and AWFCs, b. Own the Terrain to controlideny enemy action and control the population while providing freedom of movement for friendly forces. (1) Task: MS forces of the future are able to provide the friendly force commander freedom of movement throughout the area of operations, controV/deny enemy action, and positively influence the local population and displaced civilians. (2) Purpose: One objective is to provide the battlespace owner multiple options when it comes to preventing, countering or mitigating the obstacles/hazards in the battlespace. Whether the obstacle/hazard is a physical obstruction or gap that must be crossed, an explosive or CBRN hazard, or the challenge of addressing civilian populations, the commander is not constrained to single points of failure or courses of action. Another objective is to provide such capability to the battlespace owner that there are no longer terrain or population oriented obstacles/hazards in the area of operations that would impede the commander's freedom of action. The battlespace owner would have manned and unmanned, mobile, and intelligent capabilities that would conduct scalable area denial operations in order to meet the constraints of current national/international policy, treaties, and culture. (8) Endstate: The Maneuver Support force of the future provides: UNCLASSIFIED///FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY aUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (a) The Friendly Forces commander freedom to move where and when desired, regardless of enemy efforts to deny, restrict, or alter that movement through the use of obstacles or hazards introduced into the battlespace. (b) The Friendly Force the capability to engage with, influence, protect, and contro! local and internally displaced civilian populations, (0) The Friendly Forces commander lethal and non-lethal area denial and terrain shaping capabilities that are mobile, intelligent, scalable, and adaptable to changes in policy/ROE and the enemy. cc. Enable Force Projection allowing multiple points of embarkation and debarkation (1) Task: MS forces of the future are able to insert manned/unmanned teams into any environment or terrain and sustain and protect those forces (2) Purpose: The objective is to provide the battlespace owner multiple options when it comes to projecting forces into an area of operations and then sustaining/protecting those forces from adversarial activities across the five domains. From the use of indigenous materials in barrier and infrastructure construction and the utilization of pre-existing utilities and net-zero technologies, to the deployment of autonomous protection assets; the commander is not forced to sacrifice combat power for sustainment and protection capabilities for early entry forces. (3) Endstate: The MS force of the future is able to support, sustain, and protect early entry forces regardless of access to APOD/SPODs. Friendly forces are able to target and control local infrastructure and utilities in such a way that we maintain use of them, while denying or controlling an adversary's use. Friendly force outposts and camps are easily deployed, configurable, are sustainable for periods of time without a logistics tail, are defended/protected by automated systems, and are able to be moved within a day. By maximizing the use of indigenous materials and resources, prepositioning assets, and focusing on re-use and recycling capabilities, the friendly force is able to insert into a battlespace of their choosing, rest, refit, and reorganize in a protected semi- permanent location, and then pick up and move with all assets while causing minimal impact to the local population and environment. d, Provide Persistent Integrated Early Warning thru the application of multiple layers allowing for near real-time understanding of the area of operations. (1) Task: MS forces of the future maintain the capability to provide persistent reconnaissance to achieve all hazards (multi-domain) persistent integrated early warning UNCLASSIFIED///FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 8UNCLASSIFIED///FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (2) Purpose: The mid-term objective is to provide a battlespace owner persistent, near real time understanding of the existence or introduction of an obstacle or hazard throughout the area of operations and in all five domains. The far-term objective is to provide that understanding in such a manner (time and space) that friendly forces can get "left of boom’ as it relates to the introduction of a hazard, (3) Endstate: The MS force of the future has the capability to: (a) Integrate and “layer” multiple ISR assets. (b) Conduct analysis and "fusion" of the information gathered on the obstacles and hazards in the commander's area of interest, in order to develop an integrated cop. (c) Provide the commander with persistent, ‘near perfect’ obstacle/hazard detection, in near real time, throughout the area of operations and in all five domains. (d) Deploy these configurable, nearly autonomous, integrated early warning | assets rapidly, cheaply, and in austere environmental conditions. | (e) Alert the commander of obstacle/hazard indicators and conditions early ‘enough that the commander can decide upon preventive, preemptive, or mitigation courses of action to counter the obstacle/hazard's effects. e. Leverage Robotic & Autonomous Systems (RAS) to allow mission execution from standoff distances. (1) Task: MS forces of the future will be able to deploy RAS and Al capabilities to execute dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks and allow mission execution from standoff distances. (2) Purpose: The objective is to accomplish as many tasks as feasible, reasonable, and acceptable with rapidly deployable, nearly autonomous, and relatively cheap RAS. (3) Endstate: The MS forces' RAS of the future will be: (a) Configurable, and interoperable with each other and with mission command systems. UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 9UNCLASSIFIED///FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (b) Have their own ability to sense, perceive, analyze, communicate, decide, and act independently within the ROE to achieve its goals as assigned by its human operator(s) (0) Able to counter enemy personnel and RAS in a multitude of environments and atmospheric conditions. (d) Be able to operate independently, or as a member of a human-machine team across the full ROMO f. Control/Manage Army Forces/Equipment Signature across the electro-magnetic spectrum and all domains. (1) Task: MS forces of the future will manage the signature of friendly force personnel, platforms, and infrastructure across the visual, auditory, and olfactory senses and across all five domains. (2) Purpose: The objective is to prevent the enemy from detecting, classifying, recognizing, identifying, or targeting friendly personnel, platforms, and infrastructure in any of the five domains, (3) Endstate: The MS force of the future will have the capability to: (a) Detect what enemy detection capabilities are being used, and then automatically target those capabilities in order to deny enemy the use of those detection capabilities and provide the maneuver force standoff. (b) Rapidly deploy autonomous/thinking decoys which are lifelike, are fire and forget, and tailorable to the mission and environment. (0) Provide signature management across all threat detection modalities (visual, auditory, ete.) and domains. (d) Employ/utilize innovative construction | manufacturing processes which specifically reduce friendly force signature (build down, quieter, smaller size, different materials, etc.) UNCLASSIFIED///FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 10