Sustaining and Enhancing the US Militarys Technology Edge

Abstract

The United States has long enjoyed a powerful military with a significant technological advantage, if not superiority, over its competitors and adversaries. The Department of Defenses (DOD) ability to develop and integrate new, cutting-edge capabilities like stealth, precision-guided munitions, and networked command, control, communications, computers,intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) has been a vital source of strength, agility, and confidence in our nations armed forces. Along with the extraordinary quality of the men and women who serve in our all-volunteer force, our technological prowess has long been a distinct advantage that makes the US military the best in the world.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1015706

Entities

People

  • Michele A. Flournoy
  • Robert Iii P. Lyons

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Best Practices
  • Congress
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Product Prototyping
  • Security
  • Space Systems
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Unmanned Systems

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

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