NPS wargaming teams will conduct eight wargames as a capstone to this quarter’s wargaming coursework and training that has included over 50 students from Operations Research, Defense Analysis, and the Modeling Virtual Environments and Simulations (MOVES) Institute.  Three of the wargames are classified. 

Wargaming week is truly a cross-campus multi-discipline effort. Players often come from the NPS faculty and student population.

Wargames:

• Assessing the performance of fuel delivery platforms in a contested battlespace (sponsored by OPNAV N4)

• Breaking the Belligerent Bear: US and Allies counter Chinese aggression in South and East China Sea (sponsored by MARFORPAC)

• Deterring the PRC – SECRET (sponsored by Joint Chiefs of Staff and J-7)

• Future Capabilities Wargame – SECRET (sponsored by OSD SCO)

• Near-Future Mine Warfare – SECRET: Disruptive Detonations in Deliberate Defense (developed by students in the Operations Research curriculum)

• Race for the Arctic (developed by students in the Defense Analysis department)

• Strategic Shaping and Reconnaissance INDOPACOM (Sponsored by MARSOC)

For those interested in observing:  We do not recommend that someone new to wargaming should attempt to observe an entire wargame. One way to observe would be to attend the in-brief to see what the wargame is about, see a turn or two sometime later on after the wargame is in full swing so you understand how the wargame works (does not have to be the first turn, as that turn usually takes a while as the players are getting familiar with the wargame) and then attend the quick-look report to get the top-level findings of the wargame!

See the Wargaming Week schedule for the details of each wargame.

If you would like to attend any of these wargames, please contact the POCs named in the flyers.

If you have questions about the course or other wargaming questions, please contact Professor Jeff Appleget.

With the overarching design challenge “How might we identify and prioritize intelligent autonomous systems (IAS) research and development opportunities of the most interest to Naval leadership and align work with affiliated warfare center projects and industry partners?” Small teams of junior officers, academic subject matter experts, and engineers from warfare centers will explore this future problem space, and with tools of warfighter-centered design will generate prioritized lists of opportunities for mutually beneficial projects. The four focus areas include: 1) Role of IAS in Contested Logistics, 2) Best Practices in IAS Research and Acquisition, 3) Strategic Integration of IAS in Mission Sets, and 4) IAS NEXT Technology & Workforce. Please note that this opportunity is only available to NPS students, faculty, DoD personnel and contractors.