Classification
Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
Distribution
Limited Distribution D: Restricted to U.S. citizens who are employees of the Department of War or its contractors. See Security information for instructions on participating in short courses with limited distribution.
Instructor
Dr. Darl Lewis
Duration
Half-day course, runs 0800-1200
Credits awarded
2 CLPs
Course Description
This course introduces participants to types and applications of contemporary war-games, provides a history of wargaming, and proposes principles on capabilities and limitations of wargaming. It establishes a foundation in the roles, skills, and opportunities associated with wargaming using practical examples and mini exercises. The second part of the course presents processes used to organize, develop, and execute experimentation war-games for innovative and futuristic concepts, with a particular emphasis on development, adjudication, and analysis of directed energy concepts. It explores how organizations develop games from tactical through strategic levels to influence and inform next generation warfare, and it challenges participants to leverage their own expertise in identifying possibilities and pitfalls associated with bringing novel tools into the force mix.
Intended Audience
The course is designed for junior and senior technical engineers and managers who seek an understanding of experimentation wargaming and its application to support weapon system concept development and transition to the warfighter.
Instructor Biography
Dr. Darl Lewis is the Directed Energy Staff Specialist to United States Indo-Pacific Command, where he supports transition of directed energy capabilities from the lab into operational units. Dr. Lewis brings his understanding of physics, engineering, and policy perspectives into an operational mindset to maximize the military utility of the next-generation technologies in support of tomorrow's warfighters throughout the Joint and Coalition communities. Prior to INDOPACOM, Dr. Lewis was the Wargaming and Analysis Principal Investigator within the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate. In this role, Dr. Lewis led wargaming efforts alongside robust modeling, simulation, and analysis techniques to promote development game-changing directed energy technology.