Force Transformation

Abstract

This funding request supports the development of emerging capabilities under the Director of Defense Research & Engineering’s Rapid Reaction Technology Office (RRTO). These funds are used to advance technical capabilities in mutual areas of interest through focused partnerships and projects with other federal departments and agencies. In addition to supporting interagency cooperation, this PE incubates selected concepts and technologies of interest to joint warfighters and their interagency partners to provide mature options as capability needs emerge in and beyond the FYDP. This includes developing risk-reducing prototypes to demonstrate capabilities in response to joint warfighter and interagency partners’ shared requirements; and informing the Joint Capabilities Integration & Development System (JCIDS) and acquisition system through technical demonstrations. Individual projects are developed and funded with interagency partners over a two to five year period – products are demonstrated and fielded in spirals within that project timeline – and generally do not include stand-alone studies. Funding for this PE permits support for four to five major projects per year. Typically, these projects support mid-term irregular warfare needs aligned with those of interagency partners. This program element has evolved from exclusive support of force transformation activities to the activities described above, more closely aligned with departmental goals.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Source ID
0605799D8Z_6_0400_PB_2011
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Office of Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Border Security
  • Command And Control
  • Demonstrations
  • Emerging Technology
  • Engineering
  • Force Protection
  • Force Structure
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Marine Corps
  • Prototypes
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transitions
  • United States
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

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