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Forecasting Science and Technology for the Department of Defense (Paperback)
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Since World War II, predictions of science and technology for
military applications have occurred periodically. A study chartered
by the Army Air Force predicted in 1947 a broad range of
developments in aeronautics and air power and has been a model for
such forecasts ever since. Projections in science and technology
have been issued for many years by the National Research Council
(NRC) of the National Academies, which publishes decadal studies
for specific disciplines. Such studies for astronomy and
astrophysics, for example, go back to at least 1964. An important
task of DOD science and technology (S&T) programs is to avoid
technological surprise resulting from the exponential increase in
the pace of discovery and change in S&T worldwide. The nature
of the military threat is also changing, with the result being new
military requirements, some of which can be met by technology.
Shaping the S&T portfolio requires predicting and matching
these two factors well into the future. Some examples of
technologies that have radically affected the battlefield include
the Global Positioning System coupled with inexpensive, handheld
receivers; the microprocessor revolution, which has placed the
power of the Internet and satellite communications in the hands of
soldiers in the field; new sensing capabilities such as night
vision; and composite materials for armor and armaments. Some of
these technologies came from military S&T, some from commercial
developments, and still others from a synthesis of the two sectors,
but all were based on advances in the underlying sciences. Clearly,
leaders and planners in military S&T must keep abreast of such
developments and look ahead as best they can. In the Department of
Defense (DOD), the last series of forecast studies was done in the
1990s. In 2008, National Defense University's Center for Technology
and National Security Policy (CTNSP) assessed the Army's STAR 21
(Strategic Technologies for the Army of the Twenty-First Century)
study,3 in which the basic and applied sciences were assessed and
forecast as separate and discrete disciplines. Future capabilities
were discussed in a separate set of STAR 21 volumes on systems. In
general, the technologies of individual systems were not discussed
with reference to the underlying sciences. This separation of
future capabilities from the underlying S&T forecasts was true
for the studies of all three services.
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Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2012 |
First published: |
July 2012 |
Authors: |
Richard Chait
• James J. Valdes
• National Defense University
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Dimensions: |
280 x 216 x 1mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
24 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4781-9400-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-4781-9400-6 |
Barcode: |
9781478194002 |
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