[20211105]IF11797_陆军多领域工作队（MDTF）.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated November 5, 2021The Armys Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF)The Significance of the Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF) Congress has expressed concern about the growing threat to U.S. national security posed by a resurgent Russia and China. The Army contends in order to address the threat, it must be able to operate in a multi-domain (air, land, water, space, cyber, information) environment, which requires new operational concepts, technologies, weapons, and units. The Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF) is the Armys self-described “organizational centerpiece” of this effort. What Is a Multi-Domain Task Force? In the Armys Chief of Staff Paper #1: Army Multi-Domain Transformation Ready to Win in Competition and Conflict dated March 16, 2021 the Army describes the Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF) as “theater-level maneuver elements designed to synchronize precision effects and precision fires in all domains against adversary anti-access/ area denial (A2/AD) networks in all domains, enabling joint forces to execute their operational plan (OPLAN)-directed roles.” MDTFs are intended to support freedom of action of U.S. forces. MDTFs are to be scalable from opera