- Strategic Trends
- The provision of cross-dimensional analysis of the future context for Defence out to 30 years - looking at the future world environment in which our Armed Forces will have to operate
- Joint Concepts
- The initiation, formulation and validation of concepts to shape coherent capability development - determining how we might wish to operate in the future
- Joint Doctrine
- The development, articulation and dissemination of Joint doctrine, focused at the strategic and operational levels, that incorporates enduring principles and proven good practice established from experience gained on operations - providing a common framework of understanding
- Environmental Pillars
- There are also single-Service teams within DCDC: Maritime; Land; and Air and Space. These Environmental teams tend to work across the organisation providing enviromental expert input and comment on all DCDC
- Development, Analysis and Research
- The provision of empirical evidence to underpin DCDC products - hunting and gathering information from a wide range of sources including Operational Lessons, Analysis and Studies, Academic texts and Military papers, experimentation and analysis, all to inform DCDC thinking and providing a Research Hub for DCDC
- Legal
- Ensuring UK Armed Forces legal compliance and sustaining a favourable legal environment for Defence activity and capability - acting within the law
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