Militarily Critical Technologies List. Weapons Systems Technologies

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DoD) Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL) is a product of the militarily critical technologies program (MCTP) process. This process involves a systematic, ongoing assessment and analysis of technologies to determine those that are critical to U.S. military forces. It assigns values and parameters to the technologies and covers the worldwide technology spectrum. Technologies are selected for the MCTL through the deliberation and consensus of Technology Working Groups (TWGs). TWG chairpersons continually screen technologies and nominate items to be added or removed from the MCTL. Working with an informal structure, TWG members who come from government, industry, and academia strive to produce precise and objective analyses across the technology areas. Part I of the MCTL is titled Weapons Systems Technologies. Weapons Systems Technologies details critical technologies with performance parameters that are at or above the minimum level necessary to ensure continuing superior performance of systems used by the department of Defense and supporting entities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA406678

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Department Of Defense
  • Energetic Materials
  • Energy Systems
  • Fabrication
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Marine Systems (Military)
  • Materials
  • Militarily Critical Technologies
  • Signature Control
  • Space Systems
  • Systems Biology
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Systems Analysis and Design