Acquisition: Air Force Transition of Advanced Technology Programs to Military Applications

Abstract

Congress and DoD officials have voiced concern that technology has not quickly transitioned to the warfighter. In 1999, the Commander of Air Force Materiel Command established the Applied Technology Councils for advanced technology demonstrations to facilitate the transition of technology projects to the warfighter. The audit examined 30 S&T projects (24 advanced technology demonstrations and 6 critical experiments) funded from the advanced technology development budget subcategory of the FY 2003 Air Force research, development, test, and evaluation appropriation. The 30 S&T projects were valued at $123 million. The 30 S&T projects had additional planned funding of $222 million from FY 2004 through FY 2007.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 12, 2003
Accession Number
ADA421436

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Emerging Technology
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Applications
  • Organizational Structure
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology