UNIV CENTERS OF EXCEL
Abstract
This project funds the International Technology Centers (ITCs), the Foreign Technology (and Science) Assessment Support (FTAS) program, and a Basic Research Center for Network Science located at the United States Military Academy. The nine ITCs located in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Chile, Argentina, and Singapore support the Army's goals of providing the best technology in the world to our Warfighters by leveraging the Science and Technology (S&T) investments of our international partners. The ITCs perform identification and evaluation of international technology programs to assess their potential impact on the Army's S&T investment strategy. ITC 'technology finds' are submitted as technology information papers (TIPs) to various Army S&T organizations for evaluation and consideration for further research and development. The ITC TIPs also serve as input into the international section of the Army S&T Master Plan. The FTAS program builds upon the TIPs submitted by the ITCs. In some cases the TIP is truly unique and may well meet an Army requirement or potentially support ongoing Army S&T investments. In such cases, the FTAS program can provide initial resources (seed money) to fund basic research in these technology areas identified by the TIPs as having potential relevance to the Army's S&T plan. The research will provide information useful in making early assessments of the technology's potential contributions to the Army's S&T strategy. Beginning in FY09, this project funds a Basic Research Center in Network Science at the United States Military Academy (USMA) to further the theoretical understanding of engineering design principles on network sciences and how they operate. Work in this project is coordinated with and complementary to the work at the Network Science and Technology Research Center (NSTRC) funded under PE 0601104A/project J22 and PE 0601104/project H50. The cited work is consistent with the Director, Defense Research and Engineering Strategic Plan, the Army Modernization Strategy, and the Army Science and Technology Master Plan. Work in this project is performed extramurally by Headquarters, Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM ) and the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in Adelphi, MD.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- H59_0601104A_1_2040_PB_2012
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