Implications of Technology on the Future Workforce

Abstract

Over the last few years, reductions in the Department of Defense (DoD) budget have adversely impacted readiness, force structure, and acquisition programs. As a result, the Department must work to continuously leverage advances in technology to reduce personnel, operations, and maintenance costs. The private sector has made significant progress in the use of automated systems. In addition to performing physical and administrative repetitive tasks and streamlining processes, intelligent autonomous systems are performing higher functions, including assessing environmental conditions, cognitive analysis, and problem solving. These capabilities have potential applications to the DoD and offer an opportunity tor educe force structure and costs associated with support functions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 02, 2017
Accession Number
AD1040713

Entities

People

  • Atul Vashistha
  • Cynthia Trudell
  • Jerry Hultin
  • Taylor Glover

Organizations

  • Defense Business Board

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Business Administration
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Intelligent Automation
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Human-Robot Interaction