The Naval Warfare Studies Institute (NWSI ) was established in December 2020 in honor of the late CAPT Wayne P. Hughes to support the alignment of Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) priorities, activities, actions, and investments to the Navy’s and Marine Corps’ most pressing concept and capability development efforts. The NWSI organizes its activities, functions, and deliverables around the following primary lines of effort: • Connect Navy and Marine Corps stakeholders to the NPS research community to apply NPS subject matter expertise to specific naval warfighting challenges • Translate naval warfare requirements into academic priorities and match them to NPS faculty and students • Ensure the NPS community has a shared understanding of key Navy and Marine Corps operational problems and service-level capability gaps • Develop a robust network of contacts (educators, researchers, planners, and practitioners) that bring a diverse range of perspectives from organizations including all military services, government agencies, industry, academia, research labs, warfare centers, warfighting development centers, and international partners • Integrate, synchronize, and support education and research activities that support naval warfighting concept and capability development NWSI will provide Research Task Forces to focus NPS' collective effort. These task forces will align to the highest priority challenges of the Navy and Marine Corps and are established to provide interdisciplinary research and education direction to NPS faculty and students. They also contextualize NPS' research and education for non-NPS stakeholders. To ensure currency, task forces will be updated, recertified, or discontinued annually at the end of each fiscal year.
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Today, the U.S. Navy celebrates 249 years of being "America's Warfighting Navy" since its establishment on Oct. 13, 1775. With nearly 100 ships and submarines operating worldwide, our commitment to protecting the American way of life remains steadfast from the seabed to space. Let's honor our Sailors and civilians for their dedication and service to the Navy! Office of the Chief of Naval Operations #NavyBday249
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Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet visited the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recently as part of his inaugural trip to engage with naval commands on the West Coast. NPS graduate education and research provides a unique capability to simultaneously develop talent and technology advantage. While on campus, Koehler met with NPS President retired Vice Adm. Ann Rondeau and Naval Warfare Studies Institute director retired Marine Corps Col. Randy Pugh to hear updates on innovative student-faculty research, analysis, and wargaming in support of Pacific Fleet objectives. One such project was that of NPS Space Systems doctoral student U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Dillion Piece whose dissertation is focused on relevant applications of consumer-grade rocket systems using a guidance system of his own design. • Check out U.S. Pacific Fleet’s READOUT for more info on the visit: https://lnkd.in/gfvet_DX • More about NPS’ Naval Warfare Studies Institute: https://nps.edu/web/nwsi • Research in action: Watch Maj. Dillon Pierce launch his experimental rocket: https://lnkd.in/gDRPq4Hx US Navy | United States Marine Corps | U.S. Pacific Fleet
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I am excited to participate in the Warfare Innovation Continuum Workshop hosted by the Naval Warfare Studies Institute at Naval Postgraduate School. This unique platform at Naval Postgraduate School brings together the Fleet, Naval Research and Development Establishment, academia, and industry partners to envision the future and start the 18 month process which moves from novel ideas to the development and adoption of prototypes, practices, and processes. We are exploring the concept of “Non-Permissive Global Sea Control.” I am facilitating Team Integration, where we will explore how we might achieve global sea control through naval, joint, and allied integration. We are #strongertogether. —What is “global sea control”? —How do we understand “non-permissive”? —What would integration look like if we are successful? —How might we leverage advanced and emerging technologies to drive integration? Naval Postgraduate School Foundation & Alumni Association Eva Lanot Jeffrey Kline Lyla Englehorn, MPP Randy Pugh Rex Michael Dillon Chris O. RTX Hsin-Fu "Sinker" Wu Rhombus Power Inc. Kraken Technology Group Qualcomm AT&T HII Lockheed Martin NVIDIA Anduril Industries Shield AI Rocket Lab 8VC Microsoft Leidos Ericsson Palantir Technologies AeroVironment General Atomics
Col. (Ret) Randy Pugh, Vice Provost for Warfare Studies at NPS and Director of NWSI joined industry partners this week for a panel on the future of AI in government, national security and mobility. Held on September 10th at 8VC’s San Francisco office, the Cocktails & Conversations NPS Alumni event brought together NPS alumni and 8VC industry professionals for the dynamic panel discussion moderated by Col. (Ret) Todd Lyons, Vice President of the NPS Foundation. The conversation addressed how AI is reshaping national security, defense logistics and education, highlighting the democratization of AI access and the need to balance human oversight with emerging technologies. Key themes included AI's ability to optimize complex systems, the rise of autonomous systems like drone swarming, and the generational shift in AI adoption, particularly within the military. Read more from Naval Postgraduate School Foundation & Alumni Association: https://lnkd.in/gi6NyPkr #ai #artificialintelligence #defenseinnovation #navalwarfare
NWSI is excited to support this forum on #innovation in transitioning technology transfer. A question our team wants to explore: How might a bottom-up approach to innovation accelerate the adoption of relevant capabilities for the warfighter? How might we bring innovators, technology providers, and acquisition professionals closer to the warfighter? Have ideas? Get your research proposal in by November 18 and join us in May for two days of invigorating conversation and learning.
Wanted: your research and innovative thinking! The call for proposals is now open for the 22nd Annual Acquisition Research Symposium & Innovation Summit, held May 7-8, 2025 in Monterey, California. This year, the symposium is combined with an Innovation Summit under the overarching theme of "Transitioning Technology." The goal of this dual event is to explore and promote innovative ways to transition technology from research and development to programs of record to support the warfighter. The Innovation Summit will feature panels designed to enhance understanding of current, past, and future innovation efforts across the defense innovation ecosystem. These panels will be composed of a curated selection of symposium research proposals and stakeholders from across academia, industry and government, bringing together diverse perspectives and areas of expertise. Proposals are due November 18, 2024. Learn more and submit your proposal: https://lnkd.in/gXPgqsjW This prestigious event is sponsored by the Acquisition Research Program, Department of Defense Management at Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Warfare Studies Institute at Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Postgraduate School, and the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation & Alumni Association. #defenseindustry #govcon #research #defenseinnovation #techtransfer #unmannedsystems #innovation #futurefleet The Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment NavalX Trish Martinelli Todd Harrison Todd Lyons Pete Modigliani Matt MacGregor Florence Kasule Daniel J. Finkenstadt Anne Laurent William Treseder Will Roberts Amanda Bresler Alice T. Randy Pugh Kevin B. Smith Dave Nystrom Kaitie Penry Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Jerry McGinn, Ph.D. Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting Dinesh Verma Hon. Nickolas Guertin Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Dr. Rene G. Rendon, CFCM, CPCM, CPSM, CPSD, C.P.M., PMP Robert Mortlock Nick Dew Erik Helzer Jeff Dunlap Desiree Dillehay Alyssa Olson Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Gregory Sanders
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🚨 Yesterday an industry partner emailed me, asking what the ROI is for a small business attending JIFX.🚨 I'm fine with taking a fair bit of risk, if it means moving the ball forward. 😯 So I'm sharing my unplanned, unrehearsed, stream of consciousness email response from yesterday with all of you: "I’ve talked with a lot of companies, enough to realize that their time and energy is precious and is a limiting factor, so we try hard to make it worth their while. JIFX is not just a demonstration, and it’s definitely not a dog-and-pony show. There’s a few different ROIs available, depending on what the company needs. - Access to an operational environment to experiment or collect data to inform the company’s engineering. Some companies don’t have easy access to an airfield and airspace, or have only run their ground sensing algos in the parking lot outside their building. Being able to fly or drive around in a wilderness environment or inside “combat town” is sometimes what a company needs. They take that data and that informs their next engineering step. - Feedback from end users that make the product more fit for the mission. An autonomous air logistics company was at a JIFX, and the active duty soldier there told them the cargo handles were far too flimsy and in the wrong place for the real world. The company would’ve figured that out on their own eventually, but they fixed the problem a lot sooner with that sort of feedback. The companies get similar insight into whatever mission their product aligns to. - B2B teaming. This happens all the time, where two companies realize their systems are complementary and they ought to work together. For example, we did a subterranean event where one company had man-portable LIDAR for mapping underground structures, and another had low cost radio repeaters they could stick on the wall to make self-forming networks. The companies realized that the radios could create a data exfil path for the LIDAR, and wrote the code at night to make the things work together. They came back the next day with an integrated system and showed it to the SOF reps who worked in the sub-t mission set. Or, a UAS company decides to share field data during JIFX with a sensor company, to better understand the signature of their UAS and generate ideas to manage the signature. - Exposure to transition paths. We work to curate the government attendees to emphasize people at the O5/O6/GS14/15 level who are part of an acquisition team. S&T people and CCMD reps are critical too, but service and agency acquisition folks tend to be the gatekeepers on the path to actual revenue, beyond non-dilutive funding like #SBIRs and #STRATFI." 🚨 Always open to reality checks and ideas to make #JIFX more helpful! 🚨
NPS' Fleet Engagement Program at work connecting NPS and the broader naval warfare community.
An NPS student-faculty team had the opportunity to participate in the Surface Navy Association's 5th Annual Waterfront Symposium at Naval Base San Diego. While there, the student team of Surface Warfare Officers (SWOs) talked about their studies and applied research projects with naval leaders, including the “SWO Boss,” Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, Commander Naval Surface Forces (CNSF), who delivered the keynote address and visited the NPS booth. “This trip is part of the Fleet Engagement Program at NPS, and it is a great way to enhance the learning experience of our students and faculty while connecting with the surface community leaders on opportunities for fleet-relevant research,” said U.S. Navy Capt. Jeremy Gray, who serves as the CNSF Surface Warfare Chair at NPS. “Faculty and students who attended had a chance to speak with not just leaders, but visit ships and training facilities on the waterfront, engaging with fleet Sailors to learn more about how NPS research can benefit the Navy and real-world operations,” he continued. “The visit provided a great venue for faculty to learn more about the at-sea experiences of their students and served as an opportunity to engage wardrooms on the great education opportunities available to them in Monterey.” • Learn about the Meyer Scholar program at NPS: https://lnkd.in/g-MF8Hzk US Navy | United States Marine Corps | U.S. Naval Surface Force | Surface Navy Association
Our latest newsletter brings our version of the "what we did this summer" report. We've been working hard to build more creative thinkers and team facilitators in the domain of naval warfare while continuing to strengthen connections between Naval Postgraduate School and the joint force. Some highlights: In July, we hosted a team of military-focused storytellers to run a workshop on crafting narratives for a purpose. > In this case, our purpose was preparing for the scenarios used in NPS’ annual Warfare Innovation Continuum (WIC) Workshop, which runs next month, 23-26 September. Join us! In June, USMC Chair for Information Dr. Christopher Paul visited the Combat Support Training Exercise, where he saw Army reserve solders creatively build and deploy decoys to support logistics in an exercise focused on drone warfare. And we pay homage to Maj. Gen. Bill Mullen (Ret.), who supported NWSI’s Critical Thinking and Learning branch by collaboratively teaching, researching, and writing with NPS students and faculty. Read all about our busy summer right here: https://lnkd.in/g69mz6QN
We couldn't say it better. 👇 Thanks for sharing the love for this deeply enriching (and fun!) event, Chris O.!
Do you want to be part of a fun mind-expanding #humancentereddesign Naval Warfare Studies Institute at Naval Postgraduate School workshop to create new concepts in multidisciplinary teams from across academia, industry, and the military? Of course you do! The workshop will be held 23-26 September 2024 at Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, and will feed research inside Naval Postgraduate School and beyond. This year's theme is especially significant: "Non-Permissive Global Sea Control" and the focus areas will inform ongoing fleet design efforts for the US Navy in this era of Great Power competition and rapid technological change. Did I mention it's fun? This is what got me hooked into #designthinking methods more than a decade ago, and I look forward to being a bigger part of it this year. Sign up with the link below. If you can't make it to Monterey (it's REALLY nice in September!) there will be a limited number of virtual participants. Jeff Vandenengel Jeffrey Kline Lyla Englehorn, MPP Todd Lyons Naval Postgraduate School Foundation & Alumni Association Rex Michael Dillon Lauren Hanyok Timothy Rhatigan Paul Lwin Ric Arthur Richard Walsh Jason Knudson
Commander Chris O’Connor, logistics warfare chair and head of the Futures Group at NWSI, calls for a war plan that identifies "a mix of businesses that could build unmanned surface vessels (USVs) for the Department of the Navy to “provide the rapid force augmentation needed in a war of capacity.”" Read his article in USNI Proceedings: https://lnkd.in/e7W2iwYf