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1 The Multi-Domain Operations and the 2035 Operational and Technology Environment
Pages 15-17

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... ground forces deter adversaries and defeat highly capable near-peer enemies in the 2025–2050 time frame. MDO provides commanders with numerous options for executing simultaneous and sequential operations using surprise and the rapid and continuous integration of capabilities across all domains to present multiple dilemmas to an adversary in order to gain physical and psychological advantages and influence and control over the operational environment.1 1Congressional Research Service, 2020, "Defense Primer: Army Multi-Domain Operations (MDO)
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From page 16...
... Peak power demands during the thick of combat while on maneuver were not identified, but are, of course, significantly higher. As a rough comparison, the 69,046 batteries used by the same ABCT provide 2.5 MWh of electrical energy, a very small fraction of the brigade's total energy consumption.4 Anticipated Operating Environment of 2035 To bring the joint force together in a focused, coordinated, and strategic way, enhanced battlefield awareness is critically important.
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... At the same time, new weapon systems now being developed, such as directed energy and cyberwarfare weapons, may add to the everincreasing electrical power requirements of the future battlefield. For the purposes of this study, the committee assumed that heavy armored ground combat vehicles, both manned and unmanned, supported by dismounted soldiers, will continue to be an important component of the Army's fighting forces for the foreseeable future.
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  • operating environment
  • combat team
  • total energy
  • energy transported

  • joint force
  • operational environment
  • power requirements
  • challenging scenarios
  • sequential operations

  • intelligence programs
  • artificial intelligence
  • mission equipment
  • energy usage
  • deter adversaries

  • reconnaissance vehicles
  • multiple service
  • committee assumed
  • predominant combat
  • significant challenges

  • provides commanders
  • arms support
  • power expenditure
  • mdo provides
  • ground vehicles

  • offensive operations
  • increasing information
  • executing simultaneous
  • armed conflict
  • jet propellant


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