SOF Advanced Technology Development

Abstract

Advanced Technology Development conducts rapid prototyping and Advanced Technology Demonstrations (ATDs). ATDs provide a means for demonstrating and evaluating the utility of emerging/advanced technologies in as realistic an operational environment as possible by SOF users. Evaluation results are included in a transition package, which assists in the initiation of or insertion into an acquisition program. Advanced Technology Development also addresses projects that are a result of unique joint special mission or area-specific needs for which a few-of-a-kind prototypes must be developed on a rapid response basis, or are of sufficient time sensitivity to accelerate the prototyping effort of a normal acquisition program in any phase. Engineering Analysis provides rapid response capability for the investigation, evaluation, and demonstration of technologies for SOF platform and soldier system unique requirements. Timely application of SOF-unique technology is critical and necessary to meet requirements in such areas as: sensor integration; enhanced situational awareness; near-real-time intelligence to include data fusion, threat detection and avoidance; electronic support measures for threat geo-location and specific emitter identification; navigation; target detection; weapon performance integration; and future SOF platform and soldier system requirements. Information and Broadcast Systems Advanced Technology conducts rapid prototyping, advanced technology demonstrations, and advanced concept technology demonstrations of information and broadcast systems technology. Includes planning, analyzing, evaluating, and production information systems capabilities and distribution/dissemination broadcast systems capabilities. It provides a means for demonstrating and evaluating the utility of emerging/advanced technologies in as realistic an operational environment as possible by SOF users. This project also integrates efforts with each other and conducts technology demonstrations in conjunction with joint experiments and other assessment events. Evaluation results are included in a transition package, which assists in the initiation of or insertion into an acquisition program. The project also addresses unique, joint special mission or area-specific needs for which prototypes must be developed on a rapid response basis, or are of sufficient time sensitivity to accelerate the prototyping effort of a normal acquisition program in any phase.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2015
• Source ID: 1160402BB_3_0400_PB_2015
• Change Summary Explanation: Funding: FY 2013: Decrease of $5.286 million is due to Sequestration reductions (-$3.853 million), congressional rescissions (-$0.060 million), a reprogramming for higher command priorities (-$0.562 million) and transfer of funds to Small Business Innovative Research (-$1.373 million). Sequestration Impacts: Re-prioritized and adjusted funding to various projects FY 2014: Decrease of $1.503 million is due to a transfer of funds to Small Business Innovative Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Program. FY 2015: Increase of $9.992 million is due to a realignment to Advanced Technology Development for increased efforts to incorporate core technology and demonstrate relevant capability in support of the SOF warfighter. Schedule: None. Technical: None.
• Service Agency Name: United States Special Operations Command

Entities

Organizations

• United States Special Operations Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Human Systems
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Data Fusion
• Demonstrations
• Detection
• Electronic Support Measures
• Engineering
• Information Systems
• Product Prototyping
• Prototypes
• Software Prototyping
• Special Operations Forces
• Target Detection
• Test And Evaluation
• United States

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• Microelectronics