FY98 Research Technology Area Plan

Abstract

The mission of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) is to sponsor and sustain Air Force relevant basic research to rapidly transfer and transition research results to current and future systems that support the Air Force global engagement strategy. This vigorous, focused, and diversified basic research program provides our nation with the required depth and scope of options for new and advanced technologies to meet the air and space superiority goals of the Air Force. The rapid pace of change in the post-Cold War era necessitates a shifting emphasis in military technology investments, as the Scientific Advisory Board suggests in their New World Vistas (NWV) study. AFOSR has incorporated their recommendations as a guide in selecting new research initiatives. Furthermore, the relative decrease in planned acquisition of new weapon systems makes it even more important to build a closer partnership with the U.S. industrial base, logistics support and the operational Air Force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA338016

Entities

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space