International Activities

Abstract

The mission of this program is to gain access to our Allies' best defense technologies, eliminate costly duplication of Resesarch and Development (R&D) efforts, accelerate availabilitly of defense systems, and to deploy and sustain common or interoperable USAF and allied equipment through International Cooperative Research and Development (ICR&D). The USAF is party to multiple international cooperative agreements to solve common US and allied military scientific and technological problems, develop materiel solutions to harmonize coalition requirements and build interoperability with our coalition partners. This program element funds the USAF to discover, develop, process, negotiate, implement, and manage these international cooperative agreements and projects in compliance with statutory reporting provisions and exacting legal statutes, fiscal constraints, technology transfer controls, intellectual property rights, third party transfer provisions, quid-pro-quo criteria, industrial base factors, and political-military interests. Included in this budget are international technology assessment teams; space cooperation; specialized working groups; Research Technology Project development; Air Senior National Representative activities; support for cooperative opportunity assessments; developing; processing; negotiating and managing international agreements; oversight of ICR&D projects; program reviews; overseas R&D liaison ofices; bilateral and multilateral staff talks; USAF displays at International Trade Shows to promote cooperation and interoperability activities; Engineering and Scientist Exchange Program (ESEP); and Administrative and Professional Exchange Program (APEP). This program is in Budget Activity 6, Management and Support, funding provides for general R&D management support for all aspects of ICR&D activities in the USAF.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: 1001004F_6_3600_PB_2012
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Counter WMD
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Agreements
• Civilian Personnel
• Command And Control
• Czech Republic
• Engineering
• Geography
• Information Exchange
• Intellectual Property
• Materials
• Renewable Energy
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Space Systems
• Technology Transfer
• Test And Evaluation
• Unmanned Aerial Systems

Fields of Study

• Political science

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• International Relations and European Studies

Technology Areas

• Space