Foreign Comparative Testing

Abstract

The FCT program supports the warfighter by leveraging technologies and equipment from allied nations and coalition partners to counter emerging threats, thereby accelerating the United Sates acquisition process and lowering development costs. FCT enhances interoperability, facilitates international collaboration, expands opportunities for prototyping to identify significant technology maturation, increases competition in innovation, and enables more efficient and affordable transition of technologies into acquisition programs of record. Authorized by Title 10, U.S. Code, Section 2350a (g), the FCT program is managed by the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Emerging Capability & Prototyping(DASD (EC&P)), Comparative Technology Office (CTO). The FCT projects are sponsored by the Department, Services and SOCOM. Evaluation processes for project selection include a detailed review to confirm the proposed item addresses valid requirements and DoD priorities, a thorough market survey, and the development of a roadmap to incorporate results into Defense programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
0603133D8Z_3_0400_PB_2016
Change Summary Explanation
Funds were added to provide emphasis on Proof of Principle and Pre-Engineering and Manufacturing Development (Pre-EMD) prototypes derived from evaluation of foreign equipment.
Service Agency Name
Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Automated Target Recognition
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Energy
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Open System Architecture
  • Procurement
  • Renewable Energy
  • Target Recognition
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.

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