Prototyping Through Non-Traditional Pathways
Abstract
Prototyping Through Non-Traditional Pathways leverages technologies and emerging products developed by small, innovative businesses in the commercial sector including information technologies, internet-of-things sensors and adaptive networks, bio-medical advances, emerging quantum applications, and novel microelectronic/microelectromechanical system innovations. Ideas from non-traditional emerging technology companies are matched against DoD, Combatant Command, Service, and other government priorities. Promising solutions are selected for further test and evaluation and, if successful, rapid prototyping or fielding to transition commercial ideas with military utility. These efforts support the Department's objectives of leveraging commercial innovation to maintain technology superiority, increasing rate of technology innovation, exploring alternative and faster pathways for acquisition, and fielding affordable and effective capabilities. In FY 2018, Prototyping Through Non-Traditional Pathways conducted reviews focused on priorities of the multi-Service Science and Technology (S&T) Communities of Interest, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- b12b491fa88ee1d6f69a5b52fecfd16b