S. Charchan & A. Evans
CANA, LLC, VA
Analysts have been supporting the Operational Energy (OE) community for decades by supplying actionable insights informed by modeling- and simulation-based analyses. CANA analysts have developed a conceptual model to advance the state of energy-focused analytics to look beyond supply and demand by translating OE-related phenomena into the types of predictive operational metrics that resonate with senior decision makers. These metrics include for example Destroyer (DDG) time on station and (cumulative) naval fires expended over time. A primary example of emerging OE trends is the slow transition across the joint force from multimodal forms of energy storage and usage to monomodal, electricity-based storage and use of energy. This includes transition to hybrid or electric drives for locomotion, increased ISR range, and directed energy weapons. This highlights the need to enhance our analytical tools and techniques in order to more straightforwardly assess how new OE technologies will result in increased operational flexibility and enhance maneuver, targeting, and fires capabilities. These tools are top-tier representations of a group of traditional, mainstay models that can be used to examine energy in the context of supply and demand.