Understanding the Adversary

Analyzing the strategies, capabilities, and intentions of potential adversaries helps anticipate and counter their actions.

Sustaining & Growing Army Talent

The Army's greatest asset are its people, including soldiers, civilian, their families, and supporting communities. The Army strives to acquire, develop, employ, and retain the talent needed to support national security goals with capable, ready personnel in a supportive and innovative environment.

Acquisition Innovation

Arroyo research projects seek to reduce U.S. Army procurement costs and improve the speed and effectiveness of acquiring necessary resources.

From Supply Chain to Kill Chain

Examining the integration of logistics and operational processes enhances combat effectiveness.

Implementing Strategy at Scale

Decisions on the distribution of forces among Army components should be driven first and foremost by the required readiness of forces to fulfill operational demands.

Improving Operational Effectiveness

Researchers examine how optimizing tactics, technology, and training can achieve superior outcomes in complex environments.

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  Understanding the "Will to Fight"

  Will to fight helps determine whether a military unit — or a nation — stays in the fight and also how well it fights. Researchers explored this phenomenon to better understand and influence the will to fight at both the national level and at the tactical and operational levels.

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  U.S. Army Roles in the Indo Pacific

  RAND researchers designed three scenarios to examine the Army's role in the Indo-Pacific out to 2035. Their findings are incorporated into a new report that describes potential trends, enduring constraints, and Indo-Pacific ally and partner dynamics that will shape where, when, and how the Joint Force might operate within the theater.

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  Future Wars Program

  The Future Wars program serves as the Army's intellectual vanguard, exploring how wars will be fought, what capabilities will be required, and how operational concepts must evolve to ensure battlefield dominance against peer and near-peer adversaries.

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  Modernization and Transformation Program

  The Modernization and Transformation program addresses the critical question of how the Army must transform its organization—people, processes, industrial partnerships, force structure, and resource allocation—to remain effective in an era of strategic competition, fiscal constraint, and technological advancements.