Operational Energy Capability Improvement
Abstract
The basic mission of the Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund (OECIF) is to fund innovation that will improve the Department’s operational effectiveness via targeted science and technology investments. As Defense-Wide funding, it incentivizes long term change in the science and technology portfolio of the Department to be better aligned with the Department’s Operational Energy Strategy. Generally, it fosters innovation to improve operational energy performance. This mission has two key aspects. First, to develop and/or demonstrate, and rapidly transition into the force, operational energy technologies or practices that will improve the Department’s military capabilities and reduce its costs. Second, to establish within the military Services sustainable institutional capacities that will continue to research, develop and adopt operational energy innovations. OECIF funds serve as “seed money” to consolidate or start promising operational energy programs or directions to be sustained by the Services; accordingly, it is the intention that OECIF emphasize supporting or establishing programs, rather than one-off projects.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- 79d5df48d5b4caa78dff4346ceb9359d