Information Processing/Data Automation Implications of Air Force Command and Control Requirements in the 1980s (CCIP-85). Volume V. Technology Trends: Hardware.
Abstract
This volume of the CCIP-85 study report describes current state of the art of digital-computer-hardware technology and forecasts the application of this technology to Air Force command and control systems over the next 20 years. Estimates of the technical characteristics and capabilities of data-processing systems, subsystems, and components that are likely to be available or that could be developed for Air Force command and control system applications in the 1980s are given. The approach taken has been called 'surprise-free' technological forecasting, which results in projections that do not depend on future technological breakthroughs for their validity. This approach was preferred, for it provides a sound baseline for determining where additional R and D would be needed to satisfy future requirements. It is assumed that current component, interconnection, and subsystem arts are improved in an evolutionary way, at a deliberate rather than an explosive rate. The expected continuation of at least the current rate of research and development is implicit in these forecasts, however. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0907626
Entities
People
- Barry Sine
- Rein Turn
Organizations
- RAND Corporation