Mobility capabilities strategic plan

contested operations across all domains over great distances;

contested lines of communication extending from the United States to operational theaters;

adversary capabilities designed to target United States mobility forces, mobility infrastructure, and logistics networks; and

the requirement for mobility forces to operate in degraded, contested, and highly contested environments including austere locations, battle-damaged airfields, degraded runways, ramps, taxiways, and other runway agnostic operating environments.

the ability of Air Mobility Command to support the requirements of all of the Armed Forces in competition, crisis, and conflict;

the ability of Air Mobility Command to support agility concepts for all of the Armed Forces simultaneously in conflict, including agile combat employment, multi-domain task force operations, expeditionary advanced base operations, and distributed maritime operations;

the vulnerability of mobility forces, mobility infrastructure, and global logistics networks in contested environments; and

the degree to which existing mobility capability and capacity meet homeland defense priorities, nuclear mission obligations, and simultaneous global operational demands.

secure beyond line-of-sight connectivity with—

automation and autonomous aviation capabilities;

the ability to operate across the full spectrum of threat environments;

flexibility across the full scale of mobility missions, including small and distributed missions, tactical, operational, and strategic missions, and oversized and large-volume movements;

the ability to operate from runway-agnostic and degraded operating locations;

fuel-resilient aviation concepts, including aircraft capable of operating on traditional fuels and emerging propulsion systems, such as electric, hybrid-electric, and hydrogen;

consideration of aircraft designed with open architecture enabling rapid integration of mission systems including palletized effects, electronic warfare, battle management, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities; and

signature management capabilities that enable mobility aircraft to operate globally while maintaining operational security, including the ability to comply with international aviation safety requirements while limiting exposure of aircraft identity, position, and mission information through publicly accessible tracking systems or other unclassified means.

collaborative tanker aircraft supporting collaborative, distant, and distributed refueling operation in contested environments;

penetrating stealth tanker aircraft capable of operating in highly contested environments;

low-signature tanker concepts, including blended-wing body tanker aircraft;

tactical tanker aircraft capable of supporting distributed tanker and airlift operations;

modernization of legacy tanker aircraft through connectivity and full automation;

tanker aircraft designed with open architecture and multi-role capability, enabling complementary missions including electronic warfare, battle management, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities;

opportunities to expand tanker capacity through commercial tanker constructs including Government owned, contractor operated; and

the establishment of a Civil Reserve Air Fleet tanker capability that would enable the commercial operation of tanker aircraft to provide immediate and dependable augmentation of United States tanker capacity.

autonomous airlift platforms supporting small and tactical missions;

the establishment of a distributed maneuver pool composed of autonomous and highly automated mobility platforms capable of supporting maneuvering units and distributed operations, with mobility capabilities owned or controlled by lower-echelon multi-service operational units and integrated into the broader mobility enterprise;

improved and automated tactical and operational airlift capabilities supporting maneuver and distributed operations;

new and improved strategic airlift capabilities supporting global force flow and theater reinforcement, including the development of a next-generation strategic airlifter to augment or replace the C–17 aircraft and establishing a new standard for military airlift through improved capability, capacity, survivability, connectivity, automation, and operational flexibility;

oversized and large-volume airlift systems;

vertical takeoff and landing and short-field takeoff and landing airlift platforms supporting multi-service agility and distributed operations;

delivery systems, including automated airdrop, glider, towable, and hybrid aircraft logistics platforms; and

opportunities to expand airlift capacity through commercial operation of strategic airlift aircraft, Civil Reserve Air Fleet participation, and service-based acquisition models such as effects-as-a-service.

the use of maneuver battle management using technologies such as artificial intelligence, algorithmic allocation systems, and advanced data architectures to integrate logistics, maneuver, and mobility operations across the Joint Force; and

integration of distributed traditional air battle management capabilities within mobility forces.

the expansion of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet;

the establishment of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet tanker capability;

the commercial operation of excess, transitioned, or Government-owned strategic airlift and tanker aircraft;

the use of service-based acquisition models such as mobility-as-a-service or effects-as-a-service; and

the role of nonprime aviation companies in enabling the building of the future mobility enterprise.