DoD Technology and Industrial Base Information Systems - Evaluation of SOCRATES and DINET

Abstract

Since July 1988, when the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition) submitted his report entitled, Bolstering Defense Industrial Competitiveness, to the Secretary of Defense, two technology and industrial base information systems, Project SOCRATES and the Defense Industrial Network (DINET), have had increased visibility to those assessing U.S. technology and industrial base. These systems have been projected as the basis for an institutional mechanism that provides to the principal officers of DOD an analytical capability to develop defense perspectives. SOCRATES provides decisionmakers with unbiased foreign capability assessments for specific technologies to assist in formulating U.S. technological and industrial research, development, procurement, and trade policies. DINET supports the planner in assessing the manufacturers' ability to meet priority DOD program requirements by providing improved visibility into the U.S. industrial base for critical weapon system components and subcomponents. This study evaluates the two systems and make recommendations for a way ahead.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA221353

Entities

People

  • Janice Fain
  • Robert M. Nakamura

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Emergency Response
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.