A Survey of Dual-Use Issues,
Abstract
This paper is a survey of various issues regarding the efficacy and applicability of dual-use concepts to promote greater national security, both military and economic. It responds to five questions posed to the study team regarding the history, recent experience, and possible future of dual-use strategies to support and further the missions of the Department of Defense: (1) What are the potential benefits from dual-use for the military? (2) What are the motivation and rationales for commercial industry to pursue dual-use technologies? (3) What are the possible processes for choosing technology investment focus areas for dual-use projects, and are there associated advantages and disadvantages for each approach? (4) What are optimal strategies for integrating the four military services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines) into a single dual-use program under the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)? (5) What are optimal strategies for conducting an OSD-level dual-use program? For the purposes of this paper we chose to consider these questions in two categories. Questions 1 and 2 clearly relate to the underlying bases for pursuing dual-use, including history, institutional motivations, and technical and political considerations; Questions 3, 4, and 5 are programmatic in nature.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA309221
Entities
People
- J. S. Hauger
- James P. Bell
- Merle Roberson
- Michael S. Nash
- Richard H. White
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses