Who are the key players in Force Development Process Phase 1, Develop Required Capabilities?

Who are the key players in Force Development Process Phase 1, Develop Required Capabilities?

• A. Army Futures Command (Futures and Concepts Center (FCC) & Capability Development Integration Directorates (CDIDs)); TRADOC CAC COE's; Proponents
• B. TRADOC CAC COE's
• C. Army Futures Command
• D. Proponents

Answer: (A)

Phase 1, Develop Required Capabilities, centers on identifying and validating the capabilities the Army must have to meet future demands. The Army Futures Command leads this effort, providing strategic direction and cross‑portfolio oversight, with the Futures and Concepts Center shaping concepts and guiding early experimentation, and the Capability Development Integration Directorates ensuring the capabilities are integrated across the force. The TRADOC Capabilities Analysis Centers of Excellence supply the analytic backbone—performing capability analyses, wargaming, and doctrine/training alignment to determine what is actually needed and feasible. Proponents are the organizations or offices that will operate or sponsor the capability; they bring the user perspective, articulate the requirements, constraints, and anticipated benefits, and help validate that the proposed capability addresses real needs within budget and schedule limits. Because all three elements—direction and integration from AFC, rigorous analysis from the CAC COEs, and the requirement input from proponents—work together, Phase 1 produces a solid, validateable set of required capabilities that guides subsequent development.

Phase 1, Develop Required Capabilities, centers on identifying and validating the capabilities the Army must have to meet future demands. The Army Futures Command leads this effort, providing strategic direction and cross‑portfolio oversight, with the Futures and Concepts Center shaping concepts and guiding early experimentation, and the Capability Development Integration Directorates ensuring the capabilities are integrated across the force.

The TRADOC Capabilities Analysis Centers of Excellence supply the analytic backbone—performing capability analyses, wargaming, and doctrine/training alignment to determine what is actually needed and feasible. Proponents are the organizations or offices that will operate or sponsor the capability; they bring the user perspective, articulate the requirements, constraints, and anticipated benefits, and help validate that the proposed capability addresses real needs within budget and schedule limits.

Because all three elements—direction and integration from AFC, rigorous analysis from the CAC COEs, and the requirement input from proponents—work together, Phase 1 produces a solid, validateable set of required capabilities that guides subsequent development.