FOI Support to the Armed Forces' Capability Development 2019-2021 - Final Report
Publish date: 2022-12-08
Report number: FOI-R--5294--SE
Pages: 41
Written in: Swedish
Keywords:
- Capability development
- operational analysis
- modelling
Abstract
During the period 2019-2021 FOI has supported the Swedish Armed Forces' capability development through a contract from the Policy and Plans Department at the Swedish Armed Forces. The support has covered the development of operational concepts and initial requirements for major defence systems and materiel. An objective has been to support the capability development process through the development of assessment methods and tools. The activities have been carried out in close collaboration with the Swedish Armed Forces and the results have been used to support several decisions concerning capability development and acquisition of major systems. The current report presents an unclassified overview of the performed activities and the obtained results. Finally, the report highlights some aspects needed for FOI to better support the Swedish Armed Forces capability development. Aspects that have been successfully implemented during the three-year period include having FOI staff embedded at the Defence Headquarters, to have points of contact designated by the Swedish Armed Forces, to exploit FOI's broad set of competences, and to adapt the activities according to the needs of the Armed Forces in an agile way.