Critical Assessment of Technologies

Abstract

The United States became and has continued to be the dominant military superpower in the world, based both on superior systems and superior embedded enabling technology - especially electronics, including sensors of many types. The term "electronics" is used here to denote the broader field of digital electronics, microwave, optical, and newer research areas- all of which are important today and in the fixture for diverse defense systems. The goal of the Department of Defense's science and technology programs is to maintain and further that dominance. Science and technology efforts yield benefits to the warfighter that are several orders of magnitude beyond the costs of their development. Electronic devices, components and systems form the core of all our advanced weapons systems, radars, satellites, communications, and command and control networks as well as portable electronics, for the warfighter on all platforms of future combat and intelligence systems of the 21 century.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA446516

Entities

Organizations

  • Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electronics Industry
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Infrared Countermeasures
  • Laser Applications
  • Lasers
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Military Research
  • Radar
  • Semiconductors
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Microelectronics
  • Space