FINDINGS CONCERNING JOINT WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTATION.

SEC. 921. FINDINGS CONCERNING JOINT WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTATION. Congress makes the following findings: (1) The assessments of the Quadrennial Defense Review and the National Defense Panel provide a compelling argument— (A) that the security environment in the early 21st century will include fundamentally different military challenges than the security environment in the late 20th century; and (B) reinforce the premise of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 that future warfare will require more effective joint operational concepts. (2) Joint experimentation is necessary for— (A) integrating advances in technology with changes in organizational structure and joint operational concepts; and (B) determining the interdependent aspects of joint warfare that are key for transforming the conduct of military operations to meet future challenges successfully. (3) It is essential that an energetic and innovative organization be established in the Department of Defense with the authority (subject to the authority and guidance of the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) to design and implement a process of joint experimentation to investigate and test technologies and alternative forces and concepts in field environments under realistic conditions 112 STAT. 2103against the full range of future challenges to assist in developing and validating new joint warfighting concepts and transforming the Armed Forces to meet the threats to national security anticipated for the early 21st century.