International Science and Technology
Abstract
This Project funds: 1) the Combat Capabilities Development Command's (DEVCOM) International Basic Research Mission, 2) the DEVCOM International Technology Centers (ITCs), and 3) the Foreign Technology (and Science) Assessment Support (FTAS) program. The International Basic Research Mission seeks to discover highly promising basic research from the universities of our foreign partners and awards seed funding to discoveries that support the United States Army's Science and Technology (S&T) strategy. The ten ITCs located in North America, South America, Asia, and Europe support the Army's goals of providing the best technology in the world to our Warfighters by leveraging the international S&T investments of our international partners, thereby increasing our ability to use limited S&T funds on promising research opportunities. The DEVCOM ITCs and DEVCOM's Army Research Laboratory / Army Research Office (ARL / ARO) will identify and assess international technology programs, 'technology finds', to assess their potential impact on the Army's S&T investment strategy and modernization priorities. These 'technology finds' are submitted to various Army S&T organizations for assessment and consideration for further research and development. Highly promising research will be awarded seed funding by ARO and/or the ITC through a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement. The FTAS program also builds upon the 'technology finds' submitted by ARO and the ITCs. In some cases the find is truly unique and may well meet an Army requirement or potentially support ongoing Army S&T investments or modernization priorities. In such cases, the FTAS program can provide initial resources (seed money) to determine the appropriateness of these technology areas identified as having potential relevance to the Army. These efforts will provide information useful in making early assessments of the technology's potential contributions to the Army's S&T strategy and modernization priorities. The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- AC6_0601104A_1_2040_PB_2024
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