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The article discusses an approach developed by Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) to coordinate activities during humanitarian assistance missions as the military sees greater use of nonhierarchical communications for complex interactions. It cites CNA's search for alternative methodologies to evaluate impact of incorporating information from social media streams in humanitarian assistance operations. It notes that the approach can help sustain humanitarian assistance during global austerity.

The article highlights the emergence of swarm intelligence, a tactical concept, which can be used in controlling small surface combatants, decentralizing distributed lethality and countering adversaries in an area denial environment.

The article provides information on the Strategic Mobility 21 (SM 21). It mentions that the SM 21 program will facilitate in the logistics process for changing military mission such that it will allow material assets to be identified and diverted in its deployment and distribution. It also mentions that the SM 21 is developing a prototype transfer facility at Southern California Logistics Airport. Moreover, SM 21 will make the delivery fast and cheap.