Science and Technology Needs for Building African Partners

Abstract

This presentation focuses on U.S. Africa Command's challenges and opportunities. Challenges: The Trans-Sahel and its Ungoverned Areas and Transnational Extremism; Chad/Sudan/CAR -- Darfur, N-S Sudan, and Insurgency; Horn of Africa -- Chaos and Instability; West Africa/Gulf of Guinea -- Influx of Illegal Drugs, Oil Theft, Corruption, and Fragile States; Great Lakes -- Instability and Insurgencies; and Southern Africa -- HIV/AIDS, Zimbabwe, and Instability. Opportunities: Military Information Support Teams; Military to Military Training prior to Deployment to Darfur; Supporting 7 Countries with 17 Schools; Air and Maritime Safety and Security, African Partnership Station; Conducting Transport Infrastructure Study; and Participating in HIV/AIDS Prevention Education and LL Activities. Partnership Building is needed in the areas of Assured C3 and Information Sharing, Socio-Cultural Understanding, Logistics, and Interagency and International Partnerships.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA511462

Entities

People

  • Scott Holloway

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Africa
  • Education
  • Failed States
  • Great Lakes
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Operations
  • Instability
  • Insurgency
  • Military Requirements
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • Standards
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Africa Command
  • United States European Command

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

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