Science and Technology for the Future Force. FY2006 Summer Study

Abstract

The Army Science Board was tasked to: 1) Evaluate the present and planned S&T investment portfolio against the requirements of the future force and the GWOT; and 2) Evaluate how well Army S&T investments leverage the investments of other organizations both inside and outside of government. The ASB approach to the study looked at five specific areas of Army response to S&T challenges: Strategic Outreach, Cross-Cutting Initiatives, Gap Analysis Process, Technology Transition, and Strategic Management. Major Study recommendations in these areas include: Strategic Outreach: 1) Establish an office of Strategic Outreach for S&T focused on: a) 6.1 through 6.3 activities outside the Army; b) Exploiting global technologies; and c) Gaining Intellectual Property access where appropriate. 2) Establish an Outreach Fund to bring technologies into the Army from all sources. Cross-Cutting Initiatives: 1) Establish an Office of Cross-Cutting Initiatives S&T Focused On: a) 6.2 and 6.3 activities inside and outside the Army; b) Developing cross-cutting technology solutions from any combination of Army stovepipes, traditional and non-traditional industry, universities, and foreign sources; and c) Rapidly transition candidate technologies to the next step. 2) Grow the Agile Implementation Demonstration and Experimentation (AIDE) program and raise its level in the organization Gap Analysis Process: Capability Gap Analysis: a) Increase specificity of sub-capability gaps; b) Apply analytical processes to the product of the gap analysis to sort gaps into actionable, prioritized list; and c) Give more weight to other DOT_LPF solutions. Technology Shortfalls: a) Perform risk assessment on funded projects, including the output of red teaming, that are assumed to meet shortfalls; b) Consider external S&T that might provide solutions by filling shortfalls Technology Transition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA477614

Entities

People

  • Charles Otstott
  • E. A. Adler
  • Gilbert V. Herrera

Organizations

  • Army Science Board

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biotechnology
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Gap Analysis
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Intellectual Property
  • Knowledge Management
  • Materials Science
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

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  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.