Research Summaries

Back 21st Century Naval Revolutions

Fiscal Year 2020
Division Research & Sponsored Programs
Department NPS Naval Research Program
Investigator(s) Russell, James A.
Sponsor NPS Naval Research Program (Navy)
Summary This project examines the confluence of convervgent changes that are challenging the ability of the
United States Navy to perform its missions in the 21st century. The changes, or ⿝revolutions,⿝ must be
successfully addressed if the Navy is to adapt, change, and develop a strategy to deal with an evolving and
complex strategic environment. The concept of revolutions implies a prospect of change in which the
outcome of the change creates something completely different than existed before. The era of change is
upon the Navy, and it is unclear whether the institution can successfully innovate in ways that address
the challenges. This project will deconstruct the different elements of revolutionary change facing the
Navy and provide recommendations on how the Navy can adapt and change to successfully connect the
dots in the end, ways, and means calculus that underlies the development of strategy.
Keywords Change Innovation Maritime Strategy Naval Strategy
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