Operational Energy

The U.S. Army’s Operational Energy (OE) program focuses on the energy and associated systems, information, and processes required to train, move, and sustain forces and systems for military operations. The Army OE program is fully nested with the Army Strategy and Army Vision, working to power the Army of the present and the future.

The primary objective of the Army OE program is to increase warfighting advantage to enable the Army to win the nation’s wars quickly and decisively in future operating environments where the ability to resupply our forward deployed forces will be contested. To accomplish this, the Army is developing capabilities which will provide enough energy to power the force of the future while reducing the demand of consumables, to include liquid fuel. A corollary result of demand reduction technologies is the reduced emission of harmful GHG emissions which will mitigate the impacts of climate change.

The U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) is the Army lead for modernizing the force and developing the capabilities the Army needs to maintain its standing as the world’s premier ground fighting force. AFC integrates with entrepreneurs, scientists and businesses to employ an entrepreneurial spirit to narrow existing capability gaps and create the best solution for our Soldiers.