Innovation for seapower: U.S. Navy strategy in an age of acceleration |
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Authors: | James J. Wirtz |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Graduate Studies, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USAjwirtz@nps.navy.mil |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTA call for innovation as a means to outpace the acceleration of technological change and to bolster capabilities quickly is a central theme of contemporary U.S. Naval Strategy. The need for innovation is accepted, but the integration of readily available technologies into the Fleet is slow. Innovation unfolds according to “Navy-Time,” a cycle lasting between a long-decade and thirty-years. To accelerate the innovation process in the U.S. Navy, the article offers a Concept of Operations for Innovation that outlines how a deliberate process of analysis, weaponisation and integration can move new ideas and weapons into the Fleet in a strategically relevant time-frame. |
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Keywords: | Naval innovation U.S. Navy strategy autonomous vehicles drones Sea Hunter additive manufacturing MQ-25 Stingray |
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