2012 Defense Strategic Guidance Summary
January 6, 2012 · Filed Under General - 0 Comment(s)
The following is a summary by Galorath’s Chris Hutchings of the briefing on January 6, 2012 by Mr. Frank Kendall (Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) regarding the Strategic Guidance given by the President, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Gen. Dempsey) and the Defense Secretary (Mr. Panetta).
- While the specifics on how the defense strategic guidance will affect the Pentagon’s budget are not yet known, it is intended that there will be a reduction in the region of $487 billion over the next ten years
- The US will continue to meet its global responsibilities, albeit in manner more aligned to the current and emergent requirements and constrained budgets. Specifically, non-priority capabilities including ‘protracted, large scale operations’ will be reduced while investments will be made in technologies that provide ‘an agile and decisive edge against all threats,’ including Cyber Warfare and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance.
- Technology supremacy is seen as an integral part of a progressive strategy and, as such, those within the industrial base that develop and support such technology are central to the success of the strategy
- A significant emphasis was placed on a requirement for continued operational readiness of a smaller, leaner force that is easily regenerated and mobilized to meet the following primary aims –
- Strategic deterrence
- Defeat threats from terrorist organizations, including al Qaeda. He highlighted the use of Special Forces in this area.
- To react and defeat an immediate aggressor, while being able to ‘effectively inhibit the activities’ of a second aggressor
- In line with the ‘better buying’ initiatives of Deputy Secretary of Defense (Carter), the strategy will include mechanisms to incentivize industry to become more efficient
- Attention was drawn to two areas of specific risk to the success of the strategy, namely –
- Industry must be, and act as, a part of the solution to the challenges that the Pentagon faces
- Sequestration, a real threat to the aims of the strategy
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