NATO Research and Development

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) implements the provisions of Title 10 United States (US) Code, Section 2350a, Cooperative Research and Development (R&D) Projects: Allied Countries. The objective is to improve, through the application of emerging technologies, the conventional defense capabilities of the United States and our cooperative partners, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), US major non-NATO allies and Friendly Foreign countries. Through technology sharing and joint equipment development these projects help reduce US acquisition costs and leverage important technologies for the Army Transformation and the development of the Future Combat system. Cooperative efforts also improve multinational force compatibility with potential coalition partners through the development and use of similar equipment and improved interfaces. The program focuses specifically on international cooperative technology demonstration, validation, and interoperability of Army weapon and command, control, communications and information (C3I) systems, including the NATO Defense Against Terrorism initiatives. Projects are implemented through international agreements with foreign partners that define scope, cost and work sharing arrangements, management, contracting, security, data protection and third party transfers. Funds are used to pay for only the US work share that occurs in the United States at US Government and US contractor facilities.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 0603790A_4_2040_PB_2018
• Change Summary Explanation: Fiscal Year 2018 reduction due to inflation adjustments and other Economic Assumptions.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Biomedical
• Counter WMD
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Alternative Fuels
• Artillery
• Brain Injuries
• Command And Control
• Control Systems
• Energetic Materials
• Explosive Devices
• Fire Control Systems
• Ground Control Stations
• Improvised Explosive Devices
• Information Systems
• Military Vehicles
• Munitions
• Nato
• Standards
• Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

• Political science

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control