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1

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

How should the Ready Reserve Force (RRF) and Maritime Security Program be recapitalized to meet Indo-Pacific surge requirements given a 50%+ degraded readiness baseline? 

2

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

How does severe degradation of communications compound the problems of contested logistics in a CBR contaminated environment and how do we prepare for it?

3

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

How can micro-reactors, tactical solar, and synthetic fuel production reduce the operational energy demand signature of forward bases? 

4

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

How must existing regional support frameworks within INDOPACOM or EUCOM evolve to optimize joint and coalition operations, shared logistics, and host-nation support in a contested environment?

5

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

How should the role of the Joint Deployment and Distribution Operations Center (JDDOC) evolve to lead theater contested logistics? 

6

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

What expeditionary water generation (atmospheric, desalination) requirements support distributed operations across Pacific atolls and Arctic outposts? 

7

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

How can the Marine Corps formalize different types of Expeditionary Advance Bases, including Sensing, Strike, Staging, and Support, to meet the needs of the Joint Force?

8

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

What mission areas are appropriate for in-space manufacturing? Is this economically and militarily useful?

9

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

How does the DoW overcome limitations related to the inability to share information with the Interagency, Allies & Partners, and Industry partners, that prevents national-level coordination, synchronization, deconfliction, and prioritization for commercial demand signals before a crisis manifests, to allow for targeted investment strategies on those critical dependencies at scale.

10

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

How should pre-positioned stocks (APS-3 afloat, Marine Corps Prepositioning) be re-postured west of the International Date Line to survive a Day-1 PLA strike? 

11

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

What would a quantitative analysis of DLA's most critical single-source dependencies and the development of a prioritized playbook for mitigating these high-risk areas look like?

12

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

How do we ensure prepositioned stocks are properly setting a theater (right location, funded, and coordinated across other services)?

13

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

How can the Joint Force best use internal and external resources to guarantee logistical supply and distribution in a multi-front conflict characterized by large geographic separation with limited access? 

14

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

How can the Department of War and its interagency partners dynamically prioritize and manage contested domestic logistics infrastructure to balance urgent military mobilization with civilian critical infrastructure survival?

15

Logistics, Sustainment, and Supply Chain

How do evolving mission sets and their rates of change dictate infrastructure requirements, and how can the Department of War better align infrastructure lifespans to directly match the specific missions they support? 

19

Medical and Force Health Protection

How can the Joint Force optimize the availability, cost-effectiveness, shelf life, and improve the survivability of the freeze-dried plasma containers to facilitate its comprehensive integration into standard battlefield casualty care?

20

Medical and Force Health Protection

How do we support Food and Drug Administration intent for protection balancing mission and partner FDA-like capabilities?  

21

Medical and Force Health Protection

How can the Joint Force doctrinally and logistically establish a standardized, rapidly deployable "Medical Bridge" capability to provide sustained (30-45 day) sick-call and TCCC stabilization for up to 500 personnel, bridging the gap from initial deployment until a formal Role 1 or pre-positioned UTC is established?

22

Medical and Force Health Protection

What is the role of telemedicine, AI triage, and autonomous CASEVAC (ground/air) in degraded comms environments? 

23

Medical and Force Health Protection

What blood product supply chain (walking blood banks, freeze-dried plasma, lyophilized) is needed when Golden Hour MEDEVAC is unavailable for 24-72 hours? 

24

Medical and Force Health Protection

How can the Department of the Air Force streamline the PRP administrative, medical, and continuous evaluation pipelines potentially by leveraging secure data analytics, centralized adjudication models, or policy reform to reduce clearance timelines and sustain a robust, reliable pool of certified personnel without compromising stringent nuclear surety standards? 

25

Medical and Force Health Protection

How can the Joint Force doctrinally and logistically establish a standardized, rapidly deployable "Medical Bridge" capability to provide sustained (30-45 day) sick-call and TCCC stabilization for up to 500 personnel, bridging the gap from initial deployment until a formal Role 1 or pre-positioned UTC is established? 

26

Medical and Force Health Protection

How do we provide medical logistics-jointly (CUL) when Services do not use the same systems?

27

Medical and Force Health Protection

How should the Joint Force scale casualty replacement and individual augmentee throughput to sustain 1,000+/day casualty rates projected for a Taiwan fight? 

28

Medical and Force Health Protection

  How can the Department of War integrate secure, real-time medical intelligence and casualty data into the CJADC2 framework to enable predictive medical logistics and optimize Force Health Protection during Large-Scale Combat Operations?

29

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

How can co-production agreements with Japan, South Korea, Australia, and Poland expand allied munitions output while protecting U.S. IP? 

30

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

How can we identify and reduce systemic barriers (legal, fiscal, policy, procedural) to prevent delays and enable rapid integration of commercial capabilities to support mobilization and force projections, without losing the will of the people to support, in crisis?

31

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

How can Joint Logistics doctrine (JP 4-0) be revised to formally codify "Contested Logistics" as a warfighting function? 

32

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

What DoW-level guidance, policy, instructions, directives, authorities and clauses must be updated to integrate contracted support into force design, force development, force employment, and readiness reporting, thereby driving total force visibility?

33

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

Evaluate the Performance of contracts apart from HL9 that are often used in theater. These include the Stevedoring and Related Terminal Services (S&RTS) contract (ARTRANS/USTRANSCOM-managed), The Commercial Multimodal (CMM3) contract (USTRANSCOM-managed), The Universal Services Contract (USC-10) (USTRANSCOM-managed), the Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract (WEXMAC) (Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP)-managed). Please include cost along with effectiveness/responsiveness.

34

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

How must contract administration practices evolve to support distributed and forward operations in a contested logistics environment, particularly for INDOPACOM scenarios?

35

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

What contractual mechanisms surge clauses, DPAS priority ratings, alternate delivery arrangements best ensure contractor responsiveness during high-intensity conflict, and where do current FAR/DFARS authorities fall short?

36

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

What are the operational gaps created by the existence of multiple, disparate risk mitigation programs (e.g. VTM, SCRM, FOCI) to address threats due to our reliance on commercial support to operation? What organizational and policy reforms are necessary to unify commercial dependency risk mitigation efforts, given an increased emphasis on leveraging commercial capabilities amidst a reduction in the overall contracting workforce, to execute these arrangements?

37

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

What policy reforms (DPA Title III, warm industrial base) are required to surge solid rocket motor production within 18 months of mobilization? 

38

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

How can DCMA's worldwide CMO footprint be leveraged for in-theater contract oversight during contingency operations without compromising audit integrity (10 U.S.C. 4105) or contractor accountability?

39

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

To what extent can the Department of War develop and implement objective validation criteria to verify that a specific operational event meets the statutory definition of a 'contingency' or 'emergency' under 41 U.S.C. 1903, thereby ensuring the application of emergency flexibilities withstands legal scrutiny?

40

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

What DoW-level guidance, policy, instructions, directives, authorities and clauses are required to operationalize VTM at the combatant command level? 

41

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

What Title 10 / Title 50 / DPA authorities require modernization to enable wartime industrial mobilization on a 90-day timeline? 

42

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

How do ACSAs, FMS and International Cooperative Program activities contribute to operational resilience in an environment of contested logistics in the USINDOPACOM AOR?    Consider the ironclad A&Ps in the AOR and their ability to contribute to burden sharing. 

43

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

How can the Joint Force modernize Joint Petroleum Over the Shore (JPOTS) doctrine, equipment, and TTPs to ensure the survivability and continuous flow of Class III (bulk) fuel into the European theater while mitigating the threat of adversary long-range precision fires and subsurface area-denial capabilities?

44

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

What contract adjustments to the HL9 model would increase effectiveness of a theater trucking contract. Pease review the construct, verbiage, performance measures and effectiveness of corrective measures.

45

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

As defined, the "total force" includes Military, DoW Civilians and contractors, however contractors are not captured under GFM, nor are they located on Time Phased Force Deployment Documents (TPFDDs). This creates masked risk for Commanders and can result in plans and strategies built on flawed foundations that are not managed or assessed for readiness. What reforms are needed to decrease this risk and give commanders an accurate look at the entire chessboard, to include their reliance on commercial support to augment Joint Force capabilities.

46

Policy, Contracts, and Industrial Base

How should U.S. Security Cooperation/FMS be restructured to deliver weapons within months (vs. years) during active conflict? 

47

Technology, Data, and AI

What is the role of expeditionary additive manufacturing for battle damage repair of armor, rotary-wing, and naval platforms? 

48

Technology, Data, and AI

How can a multi-criteria decision model optimize the allocation of airlift components across the triad of Forward Stockpiling, Point-of-Need Additive Manufacturing, and Homeland Reach back to maximize component availability while minimizing the logistical footprint in contested environments, and reducing the amount of reactive airlift needed during surge operations? 

49

Technology, Data, and AI

What CONOPS is needed for contested logistics across the First and Second Island Chains when sea/air LOCs are intermittently denied for 14+ days? 

50

Technology, Data, and AI

What changes to exercise design are required so that sustainment frictions (port throughput, airlift shortfalls, cyber disruptions, industrial surge) significantly impact campaign outcomes, rather than being handwaved? 

51

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Department of War develop a sustainable model for maintaining high-end combat readiness while simultaneously meeting the demands of current crisis response operations?

52

Technology, Data, and AI

How can DoD depot capacity be expanded via allied MRO (Japan, Australia, Singapore, Poland) under the Regional Sustainment Framework? 

53

Technology, Data, and AI

What standardization (fuel, ammo, repair parts, data) gaps most degrade combined sustainment with Japan, Australia, Philippines, and Taiwan? 

54

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Joint Force operationalize distributed sustainment under PRC long-range fires (DF-26, YJ-21) using ACSA/MLSA with Philippines, Japan, and Australia? 

55

Technology, Data, and AI

How can NATO's Enabling Networks and Regional Sustainment Framework (RSF) be replicated/adapted for AUKUS, Quad, and Trilateral (US-JP-ROK) constructs? 

56

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) be sustained when commercial insurance markets withdraw coverage in a hot conflict? 

57

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Joint Force leverage real-time decision-quality analytics from AMC exercises and lessons learned to optimize sustainment operations in contested and distributed environments, including early detection of supply chain bottlenecks and failure points?

58

Technology, Data, and AI

How can DCMA's contract performance and supplier surveillance data be operationalized to give Combatant Commanders real-time visibility into sub-tier supply chain vulnerabilities affecting Joint Force sustainment?

59

Technology, Data, and AI

What cybersecurity architecture (Zero Trust) is required to protect AI logistics platforms from PRC/Russian cyber intrusion? 

60

Technology, Data, and AI

How can predictive maintenance (CBM+) reduce dependency on contested forward repair when OEM technical reps cannot deploy? 

61

Technology, Data, and AI

What is the role of commercial space launch (SpaceX, point-to-point cargo) in trans-Pacific sustainment under contested air/sea conditions? 

62

Technology, Data, and AI

Which leading indicators within DCMA contract performance and quality data most accurately predict Joint Force readiness shortfalls before they manifest?

63

Technology, Data, and AI

What industries are at the greatest risk of saturation or failure under surge conditions and how does the DoW overcome information sharing challenges, to reinforce them and close these critical capability gaps, in advance

64

Technology, Data, and AI

How can  DoW  leverage modern artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI/ML) with opensource information to build and sustain agile decision-making tools that enable rapid adjustments in a contested environment for each of the key log support areas?

65

Technology, Data, and AI

How can  DoW  leverage modern artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI/ML) with open-source information to implement a standardized, enterprise-wide web-based market research platform impact acquisition cycle times, cross-component data sharing, and the identification of emerging technologies within the Department of War, as compared to the current decentralized methodology?"

66

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the DoD's existing and evolving additive manufacturing and sustainment policy architecture including DoDI 5000.93, DoDI 5000.92, DoDI 4245.15, DLAD Subpart 11.91, DFARS Subpart 209.2, and the DoD AM Strategy be better aligned, implemented, and enforced across the acquisition and logistics enterprise to operationalize risk-based qualification pathways for obsolete and legacy parts at scale?

67

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the  DoW  establish a more synchronous strategy for system rationalization and modernization, along with full implementation of a universal data standard so that data can be fully leveraged to maximize supply chain resources in an increasingly constrained and contested logistics environment?

68

Technology, Data, and AI

How must the Department of War adapt its sustainment paradigms to operate effectively when traditional lines of communication are degraded or denied? This research would explore new concepts of support such as decentralized distribution networks, autonomous delivery systems, dynamic pre-positioning, and additive manufacturing at the tactical edge to mitigate the risks of contested logistics and ensure continuous, resilient support to the Joint Force during high-intensity conflict.

69

Technology, Data, and AI

What type of government-furnished equipment and how much do we need to support a launch tempo appropriate to the regular replenishment of proliferated constellations?    How does that vary with constellation size (300-1000 satellites) and replenishment rates ranging from 3-7 years?  What other launch infrastructure do we need, including pads, to support the same?  How do we generate and sustain a launch-on-demand capability (24hr call-up) for critical payloads? What would we need to do that for 2,4,6, or 12 launch vehicles? 

70

Technology, Data, and AI

What are the sustainment implications of relying on commercial SATCOM and other space services? What contracting strategies are most effective for the sustainment of hybrid military-commercial systems? How can the USSF avoid vendor lock-in and maintain sustainment flexibility when integrating commercial services?

71

Technology, Data, and AI

How should  DoW  protect commercial logistics partners (FedEx, Maersk, BNSF) against Volt Typhoon-style PRC pre-positioned cyber threats? 

72

Technology, Data, and AI

What manual/analog backup procedures must be re-institutionalized for ITV, in-transit visibility, and asset tracking in a degraded cyber environment? 

73

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Joint Force more effectively integrate logistics planning and constraints into its future force design processes to ensure the resulting force structure is feasible, resilient, and sustainable in a highly contested, resource-constrained operational environment?

74

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Marine Corps implement Generative AI to conduct faster and more meaningful wargaming in support of the planning process

75

Technology, Data, and AI

Evaluate the performance of the Heavy Lift 9 (HL9) contract. Please look at the movement requirements and execution timelines for cargo that was requested to move via this contract during the period May 2025 May 2026. Data resides in LOADOUT, execution SMEs reside in the 1st TSC. Contract is managed by Army Contracting Command. Please include cost along with effectiveness/responsiveness.

76

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Department of War integrate modular energy solutions to eliminate  the liquid fuel  logistics  tail for distributed terrestrial NC3 sites? 

77

Technology, Data, and AI

What federated data standards, governance policies, and API frameworks must the Department of War and USEUCOM implement to securely share predictive logistics data and AI-driven supply chain insights with NATO allies and commercial Host Nation logistics networks?

78

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Joint Force use deception in supply chains and military distribution networks as a measure of protection?

79

Technology, Data, and AI

What secure, zero-trust communication frameworks can be implemented to safely integrate unclassified commercial supply chain data and host-nation logistics networks into the Joint Force Common Operational Picture (COP)? 

80

Technology, Data, and AI

How should the logistics enterprise rethink reliance on global supply chains that may be disrupted or weaponized?

81

Technology, Data, and AI

How can Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) be used for more effective sustainment planning? What are the most promising applications of AI/ML for anomaly detection and maintenance forecasting in space systems? 

82

Technology, Data, and AI

What could be a foundational data framework that can guide the design of robust ITV systems, inform technology investment, and establish a common language for data sharing among supply chain partners?

83

Technology, Data, and AI

What launch tempos are expected to support the rapid reconstitution of satellite proliferated constellations of varying sizes (300, 500, 1000 spacecraft) and design lives (3, 5, 7 years) in the event of significant spacecraft loss (1/8, 1/4, 1/2 constellation)?  What are the associated requirements for additional  Ground Support Equipment (GSE) and launch infrastructure to include  additional launch sites if appropriate?  What are the associated personnel requirements to maintain  a very-high-tempo surge capacity?  What infrastructure, policy, and personnel are needed to support immediate launch-on-demand (< 24, 12, and 3 hours) strategies? How can we ensure the sustainment of launch enterprise systems under kinetic and non-kinetic attack? What measures are needed to ensure the cyber survivability and sustainment of both ground and launch  segments? What are the most effective concepts for rapid recovery, reconstitution, and mission assurance of launch systems and infrastructure? What strategies can be employed for degraded-mode operations and graceful degradation of launch capabilities? 

84

Technology, Data, and AI

How can agentic AI apply to contract administration reduce cycle times for sustainment-critical actions such as delivery acceleration, surge production, and quality deficiency resolution?

85

Technology, Data, and AI

What competencies, credentials, and career models should the contract administration workforce develop to support Joint contested logistics and AI-enabled sustainment?

86

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Department of Defense evolve its Pre-positioned War Ready Material (PWRM) strategy in the Indo-Pacific through distributed networks, advanced sustainment capabilities, and leveraging allied partnerships to enhance materiel readiness and mitigate the risk of disruption in a contested maritime environment?

87

Technology, Data, and AI

The Department has historically relied on commercial capabilities to both mobilize and sustain operations, globally. Joint Doctrine now integrates commercial support early, into operational design. Has the Department evolved enough to treat commercial support as a readiness and operational planning issues, rather than primarily a contracting function? If not, how do we better account for it in force readiness assessments?

88

Technology, Data, and AI

How does the global proliferation of Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) and digital supply chain technologies degrade current nonproliferation and arms control verification regimes, and what modernized policy frameworks or supply chain forensic tools must the of the Air Force develop to mitigate this emerging threat?

89

Technology, Data, and AI

Planning for sustaining distributed forces in a contested environment requires changes in concepts of support, logistics feasibility, and assessment processes that inform strategy and operational design. What are key considerations required to enable the Joint Force endurance, resilience, and operational reach against a peer competitor?

90

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Department of War design a federated data architecture and policy framework that successfully democratizes 2nd and 3rd tier supply chain illumination insights across the Joint Force and Allied partners, while legally and ethically safeguarding commercial vendors' proprietary data and competitive advantages during both competition and conflict?

91

Technology, Data, and AI

How do the strict statutory and regulatory frameworks for indemnifying contractors against 'unusually hazardous' risks delay the  DoW acquisition process, and how can these procedures be restructured to balance government liability with the need to attract critical vendors?

92

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Joint Force improve the development and use of Annex D and LSAs to better integrate logistics and sustainment planning, risk assessment, and global posture in support of feasible and sustainable joint operations in contested environments?

93

Technology, Data, and AI

What are the sustainment implications of commercial SATCOM and other space services? What would contracting look like for sustainment of hybrid military-commercial systems? How do we avoid vendor lock-in and maintain sustainment flexibility?

94

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Joint Force integrate AI-driven predictive logistics and autonomous C2 systems at the operational level (JOC/JLC) to dynamically manage and reroute sustainment assets during a crisis, specifically when primary ports, airfields, and communication networks are degraded or denied?

95

Technology, Data, and AI

How can  DoW  restructure long-term munitions procurement contracts (multi-year, block-buy) to sustain PGM production rates required for a 6-month Taiwan Strait scenario? 

96

Technology, Data, and AI

What statutory or regulatory changes are needed to align DCMA contract administration authorities with emerging Joint sustainment requirements, including directed work, audit scope, and agentic AI employment?

97

Technology, Data, and AI

Which sub-tier supplier dependencies pose the highest risk to Joint Force munitions, unmanned systems, and critical platform sustainment, and how should mitigation responsibilities be allocated across DCMA, the Services, and DLA?

98

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Joint Force investigate how it can sustain and maintain weapon systems real time, in locations far from home station?   

99

Technology, Data, and AI

How can Air Mobility Command (AMC) address any/all assessed shortfalls in aircraft parts, prior to start of open warfare or major combat operations against a peer competitor?   

100

Technology, Data, and AI

How must convoy doctrine, signature management, and dispersal change when adversary FPV drones and loitering munitions can target individual vehicles at 20+ km? 

101

Technology, Data, and AI

What is the feasibility of "logistics under the sea" using unmanned underwater vehicles for resupply to EABO sites? 

102

Technology, Data, and AI

How can USEUCOM and the Joint Force effectively integrate commercial European inland waterway networks into theater sustainment plans to offset contested road and rail GLOCs, specifically for the movement of Class III (Bulk Fuel) and Class V (Ammunition) during Large-Scale Combat Operations (LSCO)? 

103

Technology, Data, and AI

To what extent can unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) supported by unmanned surface vessels (USV) acting as ship-to-shore connectors be integrated into joint doctrine and NATO interoperability frameworks for autonomous "last-mile" resupply in high-threat, multi-domain Large-Scale Combat Operations (LSCO)?

104

Technology, Data, and AI

What role should DCMA play in certifying and monitoring NDAA-compliant unmanned systems vendors (e.g., the "Blue List" concept), and how does that role scale across Joint Force acquisition pathways?

105

Technology, Data, and AI

As the Air Force becomes more reliant on lithium batteries of various sizes, voltages and configurations, this will place added demand and challenges on the logistics and sustainment infrastructure.  This demand will be stressed more due to the predictable civilian demand, as has been seen with oil during major conflict. So, how does the Air Force ensure that it has the batteries needed for deployment and sustainment of a combat force during protracted LSCO in the Indo-Pacific?

106

Technology, Data, and AI

What are the most significant issues in the supply chain for space-qualified components? What is the extent of our dependence on foreign sources for critical technologies like microelectronics, propulsion, and materials? What is our current surge capacity and how long would it take to reconstitute critical industrial base capabilities? How can industrial base incentives be tied to sustainment outcomes to encourage long-term thinking? What strategies can be employed to address the availability of obsolete or backordered parts for legacy ground systems?

107

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Joint Force redesign its aviation logistics and refueling architecture to rapidly sustain and reconstitute airborne NC3 platforms operating from dispersed, austere locations over extended periods?   

108

Technology, Data, and AI

Since the end of the Cold War, DOD has emulated commercial Just in Time logistics techniques to reduce costs. It is likely the current Defense Industrial Base cannot produce enough parts/components for the Air Mobility fleet to conduct extended Major Combat Operations against a peer competitor.    How can Air Mobility Command address this problem prior to start of conflict, using known and emerging technologies?

109

Technology, Data, and AI

What is the optimal interceptor-to-threat cost-exchange ratio, and how should the industrial base scale low-cost air defense effectors (e.g., Coyote, APKWS) to counter mass drone/missile salvos? 

110

Technology, Data, and AI

How can exercise objectives for joint, large-scale wargames be tailored to include analysis that generates appropriate demand signals for critical sustainment, especially in precision munitions and combat replacement of platforms that inform requirements for the defense industrial base?

111

Technology, Data, and AI

How can modern industrial policy strategies incentivize the defense industrial base to establish and maintain scalable surge capacity for critical munitions and hardware without compromising free-market principles?

112

Technology, Data, and AI

How should the Department of War amend joint doctrine (specifically JP 3-27 and JP 3-28) and policy (DoDD 3000.10) to establish a distinct, actionable process for designating Base Support Installations (BSIs) to sustain Homeland Defense operations independent of civil Requests for Assistance?

113

Technology, Data, and AI

How can Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages risk be mitigated for legacy systems (B-52, M1A2, F-16) likely to remain in service through 2040+ near-peer fight? 

114

Technology, Data, and AI

How should DCMA supplier risk and contract performance data integrate with the War Data Platform (WDP) to enable predictive sustainment analytics across the Joint Force?

115

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Department of War achieve true global logistics integration in a multi-domain operational environment? This research would focus on overcoming the challenges of service-specific logistics systems and data silos. It would explore technological and procedural solutions for achieving total asset visibility and implementing a common operational picture for logistics, from the factory to the foxhole.

116

Technology, Data, and AI

How can a Joint Common Operational Picture for Logistics (COP-L) integrate Service ERP data (GCSS-A/MC, NTCSS, DEAMS) to enable AI-driven predictive resupply at theater scale? 

117

Technology, Data, and AI

How should DCMA quality assurance and Government Source Inspection (GSI) data inform Service munitions stockpile, reset, and war reserve planning?

118

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Joint Staff assess our partners sustainment capabilities in a standardized way across GCCs and display the data within a joint logistics common operating picture?

119

Technology, Data, and AI

What enterprise data architecture is required to fuse DCMA contract data (CAMS, PDREP, EDA, SPRS, IBIDS, etc.) with Service sustainment systems and the WDP to produce a single Joint sustainment common operating picture?

120

Technology, Data, and AI

What governance frameworks are needed to enable AI-driven sustainment decisions that depend on contractor PROPIN and procurement-sensitive data while preserving statutory protections?

121

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the pace of ground station communication technology refresh keep up with the growth in data needs from the space segment? What are the best practices for the lifecycle sustainment of ground control systems? How can we effectively implement continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) for software sustainment? What is the impact of technical debt in legacy space command-and-control systems on continued operations, and how can it be addressed? What are the benefits and challenges of cloud adoption for data resiliency and continuity of operations (COOP)? How can we ensure energy needs are met independent of national infrastructure in both benign and contested environments? 

122

Technology, Data, and AI

Based on recent joint exercises, what decentralized logistics command and control (C2) models can best ensure the continuous sustainment of NC3 nodes when standard logistics information networks are denied or degraded? 

123

Technology, Data, and AI

How do MFSC program staffing levels affect personnel availability, resilience, and overall Joint Force readiness during sustained or high-tempo operations? 

124

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Joint Force and its Joint Logistics Enterprise develop and implement the tools and processes necessary to provide relevant information about the sustainment warfighting function and logistics capabilities/capacities in the dynamic environment we face that will inform commanders at every echelon such that their ability to command and control at the speed of relevance ensures campaign success? 

125

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the USSF effectively trade-off design-for-sustainment principles with the need for rapid refresh of ground-based space capabilities? What are the most effective methods for modeling Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) for ground-based space assets and infrastructure to better predict and plan for sustainment needs? What are the best practices and cadences for tech refresh of telecommunications links between ground segments or systems?    What level of infrastructure, ground system, and communications link redundancies will best balance cost and resilience in contested or adversary-degraded environments? What are the unique sustainment implications for ground systems supporting large, proliferated LEO constellations that need to be addressed in future system designs? 

126

Technology, Data, and AI

How does the Distribution Lane Validation (DLV) process, which relies on collaborative forecasting and rapid stakeholder coordination for strategic air and multi-modal distribution channels, impact the Joint Force ability to meet emerging and contingency sustainment requirements? What are the potential operational risks or gaps if DLV processes are delayed, misaligned, or lack sufficient stakeholder input, and how can these challenges be mitigated to support for Joint Force operations? Students should analyze the effectiveness of DLV in supporting both routine and crisis logistics and propose recommendations for improving its responsiveness and reliability.

127

Technology, Data, and AI

How often should we plan to technology refresh communications infrastructure between teleports, sensors, and operations centers in order to keep up with data demands?

128

Technology, Data, and AI

How can Theater Sustainment Leads better align operational timelines with strategic logistics realities to minimize sustainment delays during rapid response contingencies?

129

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Joint Force employ AI driven autonomous sustainment and machine speed readiness analytics to anticipate, prioritize, and execute sustainment actions in contested logistics environments, and what doctrinal and policy reforms are required to operationalize these capabilities at scale? 

130

Technology, Data, and AI

Given the volume and type of cargo that was moved into and across theater during the period between May 2025 - May 2026, what US Army units could be leveraged in lieu of or in addition to the theater trucking contracts. Where would these capabilities be best postured in theater and what additional capabilities would be required to support an organic trucking model (Convoy Support Centers, HN barriers to US drivers, force protection, BMD/CUAS...) Please include cost along with effectiveness/responsiveness. Also include units available during this timeframe.

131

Technology, Data, and AI

What are the key interoperability sustainment requirements with the Joint Force? What contributions can allies make to space sustainment and resilience? What are the primary challenges related to security, releasability, and sustainment coordination with coalition partners, and how can they be overcome?

132

Technology, Data, and AI

How should roles and authorities between DCMA, DLA, the Services, and emerging organizations (DRPM SUBS, WDP PMO, CJADC2 logistics nodes) be structured to optimize Joint sustainment outcomes without creating duplicative oversight?

133

Technology, Data, and AI

What are the novel Supply Chain challenges posed by the adoption of autonomous convoys and drone resupply, particularly regarding GPS spoofing, hacking, and physical interdiction.

134

Technology, Data, and AI

How should the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) invest in alternate or supplementary locations to counter fuel distribution challenges and enhance supply chain resilience in the USAFRICOM AOR?

135

Technology, Data, and AI

Regarding the control of logistics and sustainment activities within a theater, what are the most critical elements of a distribution network (physical infrastructure, data, financial, labor/workforce, etc.) that can be hardened, distributed, or optimized to increase resilience of the Joint Force sustainment capabilities?

136

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Department of War structure multi-year (e.g., 5-year) sustainment contracts with prime aerospace manufacturers to maximize performance-based incentives for aircraft readiness, while simultaneously mitigating the operational risks of vendor lock-in
and a loss of organic depot control?

137

Technology, Data, and AI

How can sustainment operations continue when PNT (GPS) and SATCOM are denied for extended periods? 

138

Technology, Data, and AI

How can   Theater Sustainment Leads   and DLA formalize a co-investment framework to improve regional infrastructure and expand Defense Fuel Support Points (DFSPs) in partner nations?

139

Technology, Data, and AI

What policy, training, and equipment changes are required for tactical-level units to transition from a reliance on CONUS-based depot repair to a model of prolonged forward-level component repair in an austere, mobile environment?

140

Technology, Data, and AI

What EW, counter-UAS, and camouflage/concealment/deception (CCD) capabilities must be organic to sustainment units (vs. supporting maneuver units)? 

141

Technology, Data, and AI

How should tactical sustainment structures be redesigned to support units moving into austere environments without the robust infrastructure (e.g., dining, laundry) typical of the last several decades and are there nonstandard methods to deliver sustainment (fuel, munitions, etc.).

142

Technology, Data, and AI

How should Joint Reception, Staging, Onward Movement & Integration (JRSOI) be redesigned for ports/airfields under sustained missile and drone attack? 

143

Technology, Data, and AI

What innovative methods and technologies can DLA employ to gain visibility and assess risks beyond its prime contractors (Tier 1) to sub-tier suppliers (Tier 2, 3, and beyond)? 

144

Technology, Data, and AI

How can INDOPACOM best direct resources specifically for basing, storage units for war reserve material, and broader logistical support to ensure that the Air Force is able to successfully implement the ACE construct in order to preserve combat power while remaining combat effective? 

145

Technology, Data, and AI

How can JLEnt and USTRANSCOM transition from reactive sustainment to a proactive posture across the continuum of competition, crisis, and conflict?

146

Technology, Data, and AI

What predictive human capital models and targeted force-sustainment interventions can the Air Force implement to optimize 13N talent management, mitigate fatigue, and ensure uninterrupted strategic deterrence operations throughout the Minuteman III to Sentinel transition?

147

Technology, Data, and AI

How should the Department of the Air Force, in coordination with Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and Joint PME institutions, integrate nuclear sustainment complexities and contested logistics into deterrence education curricula and experiential development programs to build a more capable, deterrence-literate logistics workforce?

148

Technology, Data, and AI

Informed by our current resource-constrained environment and the need for fiscal and strategic discipline, how should the Joint Force prioritize the sustainment of protective equipment to ensure the Joint Force is able to generate combat power in a CBRN contaminated environment?

149

Technology, Data, and AI

What enterprise level QoL assessment models, human capital interventions, and governance mechanisms can the Air Force implement to improve workforce resilience, retention, and mission readiness across nuclear career fields, and how can these be validated through recurring audits and data driven oversight?

150

Technology, Data, and AI

What predictive human capital models and targeted force-sustainment interventions can the Air Force implement to optimize 13N talent management, mitigate fatigue, and ensure uninterrupted strategic deterrence operations throughout the Minuteman III to Sentinel transition?

151

Technology, Data, and AI

What are the strategic, operational, and tactical benefits of achieving vertical and horizontal data integration across the Department of the Air Force (DAF)?

152

Technology, Data, and AI

How can the Joint Force utilize effective and efficient fundamental traffic management planning and execution skills to mitigate OIB supply chain disruptions?

153

Technology, Data, and AI

How can artificial intelligence and predictive logistics models be incorporated at the tactical and operational level to optimize sustainment planning for rapid global mobility missions in contested environments?