Emerging Capabilities Tech Dev (ECTD)

Abstract

ECTD funding supports the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)) mission to accelerate the development and fielding of overmatch capabilities to the warfighter by rapidly identifying and exploiting emerging technologies that are relevant to Great Power Competition (GPC). Prototyping activities focus on achieving capabilities required to implement the Joint Warfighting Concept, the National Defense Strategy, and meet key Defense modernization challenges in mission areas identified by the Joint Staff and USD(R&E) leadership. ECTD prototype activities enable developers to showcase new and maturing capabilities in realistic environments and against realistic threats with operational user involvement. Executed in close coordination with the Services, Combatant Commands (CCMDs), and Joint Staff, ECTD activities refine future warfighting concepts; inform Service program of record (PoR) capability requirements; and, provide residual joint warfighting capability through leave-behind prototypes. Anticipated FY 2023 investments areas target the following key mission areas: Contested Logistics Operations; Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW); Fully Networked Command, Control, and Communication (FNC3); Joint Fires and Targeting; and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) to support Time-Critical Targeting. Projects are identified through concepts received from the Services, CCMDs, industry, academia, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs), and Department of Defense (DoD) laboratories. Efforts are designed to encourage teaming between organizations to generate integrated concepts that result in leap-ahead warfighting capabilities. This process also focuses related Service and Defense Agency projects to a common set of gaps addressing peer engagements. Individual projects generally span two to three years, typically at a cost of less than $15.000 million.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 721_0603338D8Z_3_0400_PB_2023

Tags

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

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