Reliance 21 Execution Plan
Abstract
The mission of the Defense Science and Technology (S&T) Reliance 21 Program is to perform integrated strategic planning for the Department of Defense (DoD) S&T program. Reliance 21 participants collectively plan, document and assess the DoD S&T program. The overall goal of Reliance 21 is to continuously improve the S&T support to the warfighter, which the Department can only accomplish through the coordinated efforts of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, and the Military Departments, and Defense Agencies. Reliance 21 is a team effort. The ever-changing global security environment continually creates new warfighter needs, which drive the DoD S&T program. In order to respond to these changing needs, the Reliance Program has undergone changes to better focus and strengthen the existing process. As of 2007, the process has been changed to allow the Components greater freedom in developing their own S&T plans, while the Director, Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E) provides the oversight management to coordinate these S&T plans into a unified departmental S&T plan. This new process, Reliance 21, will improve the effectiveness of the Defense S&T program by introducing leaner processes. DoD S&T investments play an ever-increasing role to enable transformation into future joint force structure and capabilities. We must invest our limited S&T resources as effectively and efficiently as possible in support of the warfighter today and tomorrow. A key element in achieving an optimal S&T investment strategy is a collective understanding of the motivations, requirements, directions, and opportunities of the DoD S&T organizations that manage these critical S&T resources.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA600098
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Director