ENGINEERING THE THEATER


new military aircraft—a triservice respon- sibility still executed in Vicksburg. Similar examples of support can be found in all subsequent armed conflicts.


Today, ERDC stands ready to address the next challenge. Te nature of evolv- ing threats prompted Army leaders to overhaul the Army’s operating concept and modernize capabilities to counter and defeat near-peer adversaries. As the Army transforms to deliver a force capable of executing multidomain operations by 2028 and ready to do so by 2035, ERDC is actively engaged by providing the engi- neers, joint force and allied partners with innovative technology tailored for this new extreme operational pace.


Te enemy’s anti-access layered defenses seek to deny our ability to project combat power, enter and set the theater, and transition to conflict on our own terms. Defeating these defenses will require rapid and continuous integration of all warfare domains—land, sea, air, space and cyberspace. Armed conflict phases


will be difficult to commence if we fail to synchronize theater arrival. Tese crit- ical logistical and engineering details were historically assumed away during tabletop exercises, but they cannot continue to be overlooked. ERDC anticipated this shift and began reposturing its science and technology portfolio away from counter- insurgency problems and toward entry operations and near-peer threats during the “pivot to the Pacific” in 2012. Since this pivot, ERDC has been delivering new technologies to survive near-peer strikes and synchronize time-critical engineering tasks that must be executed with extreme precision, so that follow-on forces can flow through contested air and sea ports.


All aspects of multidomain operations require engineering solutions to succeed. A calibrated force posture combines posi- tion and the ability to maneuver across strategic distances. Tis, in turn, requires modernized power-projection techniques and global access engineering methods to synchronize force arrival during brief windows of exploitation. Specialized


equipment requirements often demand unique combat and expeditionary engineering considerations, and if not cali- brated properly with adequate maneuver support capabilities, will impede the abil- ity to reinforce the theater.


In addition, the maneuver support elements that enable multidomain forma- tions to identify and neutralize natural and


Not only is ERDC


improving the Army’s technical intelligence, it uses this intelligence to simulate vessel landings in severe environments and model inland ground vehicle mobility.


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