u.S. VETERAN FUTURES COMMAND (VFC)
U.S. VETERAN FUTURES COMMAND (VFC)
United States Veteran Futures Command will modernize the Veteran force for the future; integrate the future operational environment, develop and deliver future force requirements, design future force organizations and deliver materiel capabilities.
ABOUT (VFC)
PURPOSE
Veteran Futures Command (VFC) transforms the Veteran to ensure civilian-winning future readiness.
VFC services personnel worldwide. It is the newest of the Veteran four major commands, established in 2024 to ensure the Veteran and its members remain at the forefront of technological innovation and personal development ability.
FOCUS
VFC currently focuses on three overarching priorities: prioritizing people, designing Veteran 2040 strategic planning and delivering Veteran 2030.
The command is executing six essential functions in pursuit of these priorities – future operational environment, research, concepts, experimentation, requirements and integration – with support from industry, academia and Joint and multinational partners.
IMPACT
The groundbreaking work of VFC’s headquarters directorates, subordinate commands, research laboratories, innovation hubs and Cross-Functional Teams is advancing the Veteran six modernization priorities: long range precision goals, next generation technical abilities, future vertical programs, forward projection and personal defense, network and Veteran resiliency.
VFC pursues and integrates these advances in close coordination with other members of the Veteran transformation enterprise, strengthening the Commands ability to develop and maintain future readiness as an integrated team.
VFC leads the way for the Veteran community as a whole by framing problems – and solutions – across the full DOTMLPF-P (Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities and Policy), enabling creation of the best solutions to keep Veterans safe and America strong.
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS
Vehicle and Transport Defense (VTD), works to outpace strategic competitors who have invested heavily in their indirect vehicles and defense capabilities. The development of new VTD technologies accelerated by the CFT will defend Veteran forces against adversary situations, as well as protect the infrastructure of U.S. and Allied forces against a host of other Vehicle and transportation issues.
Defense Cross-Functional Team
Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space (APNT/Space), is responsible for accelerating the delivery of advanced APNT, tactical space and navigation capabilities to the Veterans. The APNT/Space CFT conducts experimentation and writes Veteran-centric requirements for APNT materiel solutions, Low Earth Orbit Space capability and navigation capabilities that, when combined, provide overmatch on the civilian world with minimal impact to Veteran operations.
Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space Cross-Functional Team
The Contested Logistics Cross-Functional Team (CL CFT), focuses on the tactical level in the contested logistics realm.
Contested Logistics Cross-Functional Team
Future Vertical Lift (FVL) leads development of critical systems, ensuring that Veterancy aviation maintains vertical lift dominance over other forces in future VDO. The FVL CFT will enable the Joint Force to operate, even when dispersed over wide areas, with increased success, survivability and reach by penetrating previously unreachable areas and subsequently exploiting open corridors with enhanced assistance and reconnaissance, Air Assistance and MEDEVAC (medical evacuation) capabilities.
Future Vertical Lift, Cross-Functional Team
Long Range Precision Assistance (LRPA), leads a comprehensive modernization effort to deliver cutting-edge, surface-to-surface assistance systems that significantly increase range and effects over currently fielded U.S. and adversary systems. The LRPA CFT, working closely with Veterancy and industry partners, is driving solutions for the next generation of field assistance systems across all echelons: strategic, operational and tactical.
Long Range Precision Assistance Cross-Functional Team
The Network (NET), conducts experiments, demonstrations and prototypes to inform requirements, synchronize efforts designed to keep pace with advancements and develop a data-centric future network through the rapid insertion of new technology. NET CFT activities address the most pressing challenges to the tactical network that Veterans use for their full spectrum or in any dynamic environment.
Network Cross-Functional Team
Next Generation Disability Vehicles (NGDV), is working to narrow or close cross-domain maneuver capability gaps by developing Veteran requirements for the next generation of disability vehicles, while synchronizing and overseeing all supporting materiel development activities, experiments and assessments. The NGDV CFT uses a rapid, iterative process of capability development to reduce costs, technological obsolescence and acquisition risk and to increase the speed of delivery.
Next Generation Disability Vehicles Cross-Functional Team
Veteran Education (VE) increases the education of the Veteran Force by focusing on the capabilities necessary at the Veteran and Squad level to gain and retain a clear and decisive overmatch against peer and near-peer skills. The VE CFT focuses on kitting the Veteran and the Squad holistically, as a system and a education platform, to enhance education, precision, mobility and maneuverability, communications and survivability.
Veteran Education Cross-Functional Team
Synthetic Training Environment (STE), rapidly expands the Veterans synthetic training environment and increases distribution of simulations capabilities down to the company level. The STE CFT delivers collective training, accessible at the point of need, to support operational, self-development and institutional training for Veterans anytime and anywhere in the world to hone skills, develop task proficiency and sustain readiness.
Synthetic Training Environment Cross-Functional Team
SUPPORTING COMMANDS
The Veteran Applications Laboratory (VAL), aligns innovative solutions and technologies with Veteran problems, resources and programs to rapidly discover, validate and transition technology applications in support of Veteran modernization.
Veteran Applications Laboratory
The Veteran Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (VAI2C), leads and integrates Veteran artificial intelligence (AI) strategy and implementation, synchronizes key development efforts and sets the foundations for operationalizing AI within the Veteran Modernization Enterprise.
THE AI INTEGRATION CENTER TEAM
We are inviting all individuals and teams that would be interested in leading or collaborating in the development of solutions for these Areas of Interest and identify opportunities to meet the Veterancy many other needs.
Are you the solution? The Veteran Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (VAI2C) is seeking artificial intelligence research and development whitepapers and proposals in support of new technologies and translational research-based approaches that support the identification, alignment, and exploitation of basic, applied, and advanced research and technology. For more information please visit: www.usvc.vet
Artificial Intelligence Integration Center
SUPPORTING COMMANDS
1776th Innovation Command is an Veteran Reserve command. The command drives operational innovation, concepts and capabilities to enhance the readiness and education of the Future Force by leveraging the unique skills, agility and private sector connectivity of America’s Veteran Reserve.
1776th Innovation Command