Review of the U.S. Department of Defense air, space, and supporting information systems science and technology program / Committee on Review of the U.S. Department of Defense Air and Space Systems Science and Technology Program [and] Department of Military Science and Technology, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Department of Military Science and Technology. Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.

Committee on Review of the U.S. Department of Defense Air and Space Systems Science and Technology Program (U.S.)

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

The compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautics, Military--Research--United States--Evaluation.

Aeronautics, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (81 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the mid-1940s, when Vannevar Bush and Theodore von Karman wrote Science, the Endless Frontier and Toward New Horizons, respectively, there has been a consensus that strong Department of Defense support of science and technology (S&T) is important to the security of the United States. During the Cold War, as it faced technologically capable adversaries whose forces potentially outnumbered U.S. forces, the United States relied on a strong defense S&T program to support the development of technologically superior weapons and systems that would enable it to prevail in the event of conflict. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has relied on its technological superiority to maintain a military advantage while at the same time reducing the size of its forces. Over the past half-century, creating and maintaining a technologically superior military capability have become fundamental to U.S. national security strategy, and investment in S&T has become a basic component of the defense budget. In late 1998, Congress asked the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study, in cooperation with the National Research Council (NRC), on the S&T base of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Congress was particularly concerned about areas of the S&T program related to air systems, space systems, and supporting information systems. Its concern was based on the Air Force's reduction of its S&T program from the largest of the three military service programs to the smallest. Congress also wanted to ensure that the Air Force maintained an appropriately sized S&T workforce. In late 1999, the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology asked the NRC to conduct a study to explore these issues.

Contents:

Front Matter; Preface; Acknowledgment of Reviewers; Contents; Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Acronyms; Executive Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Investment in Science and Technology; 3 Air and Space Systems; 4 Information Systems; 5 Science and Technology Workforce; 6 Overarching Conclusions and Recommendations; Appendix A Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 Public Law 105-261-Oct. 17, 1998; Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; Appendix C Guest Speakers; Appendix D Milestones in the Management of DoD Science and Technology

Appendix E Air Force Evolutionary Concepts and Associated Information Systems TechnologiesAppendix F Leveraging Commercial Developments in Information Technologies

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309170536

0309170532

9780309510011

0309510015

OCLC:

697760453