Seizing the Initiative: Maintaining the Vitality of Defense Laboratories in an Era of Declining Defense Expenditures

Abstract

Superior technology yields victory on the battlefield with the minimum cost in human life. How we can retain the nation's military technological preeminence in the face of massive cuts to the defense budget is the subject of this paper. Increased private sector participation is offered as a way to strengthen public and congressional support for military lab funding, enhance national competitiveness. and benefit the military through the transfer of technology from commercial to military. This paper proposes aggressive marketing of DoD lab capabilities to increase participation in commercial development activities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA277014

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Reed

Organizations

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Air Force
  • Biomedical Research
  • Commerce
  • Composite Materials
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Engineers
  • Geography
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Budgets
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

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