Technical Information Activities
Abstract
This Program Element (PE) supports upgrading the accuracy, timeliness, availability, and accessibility of scientific, technical, and management information at all levels of the Army Research and Development (R&D) community. Management of this information is critical to achieve the goals established by the Army's Senior Leadership. Use of accurate and timely technical information is essential to successfully meeting the milestones required on the path to the future force, allowing Army Science and Technology (S&T) leadership to refine investment strategy and quickly react to emerging opportunities and issues. This PE includes initiatives to improve information derivation, storage, access, display, validation, transmission, distribution, and interpretation, along with initiatives to develop and enhance a single business model for Army S&T knowledge management information technology and to provide for Independent Review Team analysis of technology maturity as part of the Technology Area Readiness Assessment as required by Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 5000.2 dated May 12, 2003 (Projects 720 and 727). This PE also addresses the need to increase the competitiveness and availability of scientific, engineering, and technical skills in the DoD and National workforce through outreach programs aimed at middle school through college students and teachers. Project 730 provides funding for assessments in attitudes and opinions, longitudinal trends in Soldier and leader perceptions, and emerging issues that provide senior Army leaders with information on Soldiers' perceptions to inform personnel policy and program decision-making concerning manpower, personnel, and training issues. Project 731 provides funding for support for Army high performance computing centers. Project 733 provides funding for improvements to the Army's acquisition process, while Project C16 supports combatant commanders and major Army commands by providing science advisors to address scientific and technical issues and by providing engineering teams to solve field Army technical problems. Project DW3 supports Army Geospatial Enterprise (AGE) Implementation with systems engineering, architecture, and test and certification of Army Acquisition Systems. Finally, this PE funds studies by the Board on Army Science and Technology (BAST) (Project C18). Coordination of this PE with the other Services is achieved through inter-service working groups. The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Science and Technology priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this PE is performed by the Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; the Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI), Ft. Belvoir, VA; the Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Vicksburg, MS; Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC), Ft. Detrick, MD; Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), Huntsville, AL; the Army Geospatial Center (AGC) in Alexandria, VA; Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC), Warren, MI; and the Information Management Office, Arlington, VA.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 0605803A_6_2040_PB_2020
- Change Summary Explanation
- Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 funding includes a congressional add of $3.0 million for Army Geospatial Mission Command and a $4.0 million Program Increase. FY20 decrease of $12.718 million is designed to align program requirements with Army Modernization priorities in support of the National Defense Strategy.
- Service Agency Name
- Army
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army
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