Towards an Analytical Framework for Evaluating the Impact of Technology on Future Contexts

Abstract

This report provides a framework that supports the capture, classification and collation of technological trends and innovations from their earliest appearance right through to their impact on military thought, both directly, through military application, and indirectly, through impacts on the future context. The approach is centred on postulated effects-based technology concepts, determined through combinations of enabling technologies and designed against delivering required battlespace effects. Such a framework provides the capacity to identify incremental (evolutionary) trends and some truly revolutionary (disruptive) technologies that have the potential to substantially impact on future warfighting operations. It also discusses the roles of and relationships between the various participants in such a process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA423717

Entities

People

  • Neville J. Curtis
  • Peter J. Dortmans

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Delphi Method
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Engineers
  • Information Systems
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Military Applications
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Operations Research
  • Systems Engineering
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Theoretical Analysis.