Implementing DOD's International Science and Technology Strategy
Abstract
The United States Department of Defense has recently published its first international science and technology (S&T) strategy. This much needed document provides top-level guidance to all elements of the DOD S&T enterprise and, as a publicly released document, is also intended to be useful to the many international allies and partners of the United States. At approximately $13 billion a year, the American defense S&T program is the largest in the world and now exceeds the total defense budget of all but ten nations worldwide. It is the wellspring of the Nation's unprecedented technical superiority. The extensive programs supported by this budget generate the technology base from which the United States develops, acquires, and maintains a vast array of worldwide capabilities. Although at lower, but still significant levels, the activities of the global defense S&T community also enhance military capabilities of existing and potential partners and allies. Not only are the enhanced capabilities of these nations of significant value to the United States in potential coalition operations but, through information sharing and other activities, but the scientific and technical results that have produced these capabilities can directly benefit to the United States in its own science and technology program. As can be seen from the recently released 'International Science and Technology Strategy for the United States Department of Defense,' the network for worldwide sharing of defense S&T information is vast, and the new strategy provides an excellent framework to maximize this potential. This paper provides some specific thoughts on implementation and how certain steps might benefit all involved.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA476049
Entities
People
- Cheryl A. Loeb
- Donald C. Daniel
Organizations
- National Defense University