Performing Collaborative Research with Nontraditional Military Suppliers. Volume II.
Abstract
Despite conducting substantial research and development, the Army is facing a series of constraints in maintaining its technological edge: (1) future reductions in science and technology (S&T) funding that have averaged 15 percent per year over the past few years; (2) commercial domination of many of the important technological areas for the Army, such as information technologies; (3) growth in international technology capabilities and in competition from European and Japanese companies; and (4) a changing research climate within the government, with a growing ideological shift away from big government involvement in R&D. At the request of the Army Materiel Command (AMC), the Arroyo Center was asked to study promising options for the Army to consider in conducting collaborative research with nontraditional military suppliers (NTMSs), defined as U.S. profit-making companies that are accepted leaders in their technological fields and that have not historically worked for the Army.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA323850
Entities
People
- Carolyn Wong
- Elliot I. Axelband
- Ike Yi Chang
- Kenneth P. Horn
- Paul S. Steinberg
Organizations
- RAND Corporation