EMERGING TECHNOLOGY HORIZONS: Enabling Logistics in Contested Environments
Published on January 5, 2024
The Defense Department has enjoyed decades of military supremacy. Because adversaries lacked the capability to target U.S. and allied forces and supplies in transit to a theater of operation, the military has conducted unobstructed deployment and resupply activities. Today, China has been identified as the “pacing threat,” ending the era of uncontested logistics.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff recognized the need for the department and each military service to modernize to meet this new challenge, leading to the creation of the Joint Warfighting Concept — a threat-informed operational document detailing how the Joint Force will operate and fight cohesively across all domains.