Technology Insertion and Management: Options for the Canadian Forces

Abstract

Growing interest among Canada's allies in the field of Technology Insertion suggests a paradigm shift is underway in the way in which militaries develop and employ technology for use with their defence systems. Drivers such as a dynamic future security environment, rapid technological innovation and rising unit cost growth can significantly erode the combat effectiveness of deployed systems over the length of their lifecycle. Achieving optimal through-life capability effectiveness, lowered costs of ownership and a minimized risk of system obsolescence are three primary goals for which Technology Insertion can be optimized. This Technical Memorandum investigates the theoretical concepts of Technology Insertion, its practice among Canada's allies and, finally, provides some methodological tools necessary for an optimization-based, cost-benefit analysis of Technology Insertion options.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA533243

Entities

People

  • Mike Stocker

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Classification
  • Complex Systems
  • Costs
  • Defense Industry
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Literature Surveys
  • Management Personnel
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
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  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis