International Coop RDT&E

Abstract

Provides funding for program management, execution, and support activities to implement a broad range of cooperative naval Research and Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) initiatives to improve coalition interoperability, harmonize US Navy requirements with allied and friendly nations, and identify cooperative international opportunities. The funding is used to develop approaches to international cooperation consistent with combatant commanders (COCOMs), Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), and Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) priorities in the maritime domain. Various cooperative RDT&E programs, projects and exchanges are pursued to identify cooperative acquisition programs, enhance Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) efforts, fill capability gaps, improve US/coalition interoperability, and standardize defense capabilities with international partners. Such efforts have resulted in: 1. Negotiating and developing approximately 57 international RDT&E Agreements annually with allied and friendly nations; 2. Executing Information Exchange Annexes (IEAs) with foreign partners; 3. Improving IEA information dissemination with allied and friendly countries and within Department of the Navy (DON); 4. Coordinating Navy inputs to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) Acquisition and Sustainment (A&S) Foreign Comparative Test (FCT) Program, and Coalition Warfare Program (CWP) as well as the DON Technology Transfer Security Assistance Review Boards (TTSARB). 5. Representing the U.S. Navy in Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) directed Armaments Cooperation Forums, including the Conference of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Armaments Directors' groups (NATO Naval Armaments Group (NNAG)), and Senior National Representative (SNR); 6. Funding of various international RDT&E support databases including Technical Project Officer (TPO), International Agreement Generators, Information/Data Exchange Agreements, and Project Agreements/Memorandums of Understanding; 7. Funding for Engineering and Scientist Exchange Program (ESEP).

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
0149_0605853N_6_1319_PB_2023

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Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • International Relations and European Studies

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