Participating Labs by Discipline: Operations Research

CAPE’s mission is to help the Department of Defense make hard choices. We do this by providing timely, insightful and unbiased analysis on resource allocation and cost estimation problems to deliver the optimum portfolio of military capabilities through the efficient and effective use of each taxpayer dollar. CAPE is DoD’s premier analysis organization, reporting directly to the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense. CAPE is analysis focused and uses the best available analytic tools and data developed by smart, motivated people from a diverse range of professionals with unique thoughts, perspectives and educational backgrounds. Our analysts are independent, impact oriented, and dedicated to contributing to the nation’s defense such as climate change, DoD’s nuclear arsenal, communications infrastructure, warfighter readiness, and cost estimates for future spending, such as projecting the cost of the next-gen bomber.