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Avoiding Technology Surprise for Tomorrow's Warfighter : symposium 2010 / Committee for the Symposium on Avoiding Technology Surprise for Tomorrow's Warfighter, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; National Research Council.

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Format:
Book
Conference/Event
Author/Creator:
Symposium on Avoiding Technology Surprise for Tomorrow's Warfighter, Corporate Author.
Contributor:
National Research Council (U.S.)
Conference Name:
Symposium on Avoiding Technology Surprise for Tomorrow's Warfighter (2010)
Symposium on Avoiding Technology Surprise for Tomorrow's Warfighter.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Military intelligence--United States--Congresses.
Military intelligence.
Technology assessment--United States--Congresses.
Technology assessment.
Military research--United States--Congresses.
Military research.
Combat survivability (Military engineering)--Congresses.
Combat survivability (Military engineering).
National security--United States--Congresses.
National security.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (63 p.)
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2010.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The Symposium on Avoiding Technology Surprise for Tomorrow's Warfighter is a forum for consumers and producers of scientific and technical intelligence to exchange perspectives on the potential sources of emerging or disruptive technologies and behaviors, with the goal of improving the Department of Defense's technological warning capability. This volume summarizes the key themes identified in the second and most recent symposium, a two-day event held in Suffolk, Virginia, on April 28 and 29, 2010. The symposium combined presentations highlighting cutting-edge technology topics with facilitated discourse among all participants. Three categories of surprise were identified: breakthroughs in product and process technology, new uses of existing technology, and the unexpectedly rapid progression of a technology to operational use. The incorporation of an adversary's own culture, history, beliefs, and value systems into analyses also emerged in discussions as an important factor in reducing surprise.
Contents:
""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""1 Motivation for the Symposium""; ""2 Considering Surprise""; ""3 Discussion, Analysis, and Key Themes""; ""4 Challenges of Technology Surprise for the Warfighter""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Committee Biographies""; ""Appendix B: Participating Organizations and Agenda""; ""Appendix C: Summary of Sessions""
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9786612975936
9780309186650
030918665X
9781282975934
1282975935
9780309155694
030915569X
OCLC:
923282962

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