Future Maritime Operating Concept - 2025
Maritime Force Projection and Control
The Future Maritime Operating Concept 2025 (FMOC) is the ADF’s long term, maritime, joint warfighting capability aspiration. The FMOC seeks to inform and guide Navy, Army and Air Force staffs and Capability Development Group in developing capability requirements for the future ADF in the maritime environment. While Navy leads the development of the FMOC, it is a joint, collaborative effort.
The FMOC is a subset of the Future Joint Operations Concept (FJOC). It supports the complementary environmental concepts: the Army-led Future Land Operating Concept and Air Force-led Future Air and Space Operating Concept. The FMOC is supported by the Joint, Single Service and Enabling Organisations experimentation programs. These programs examine areas of future concepts that are assessed as carrying the greatest risk and/or uncertainty. The results of experimentation inform capability development efforts and improve the fidelity of future iterations of the FMOC.
FMOC 2025 is approved for use by capability developers in considering the future maritime capability needs of the ADF. On behalf of the Chiefs of Service Committee, we commend FMOC 2025 to you.
Contents
FMOC 2025 UNCLASSIFIED VERSION - PART 1
INTRODUCTION
FMOC’s Place in the ADF’s Strategic Guidance Framework
Purpose, Validation and Classification
FMOC 2025 Content
Assumptions
FMOC 2025 - PART 2
THE FUTURE MARITIME WARFIGHTING PROBLEM
The Future Security Environment
A Construct for the Future Maritime Warfighting Problem
Maritime Mission Space
Maritime Projection Space
Maritime Battlespace
FMOC 2025 - PART 3
MARITIME FORCE PROJECTION AND CONTROL
MARITIME CAPABILITY ENABLERS
Knowledge, Command and Control
Knowledge
Command and Control
Enabling Elements
Maritime Manoeuvre
Enabling Elements
Assured Engagement
Enabling Elements
Sustained Presence
Enabling Elements
Enduring Protection
Enabling Elements
Application of FMOC 2025
