Review of the U.S. Department of Defense Air, Space, and Supporting Information Systems Science and Technology Program (2001) / Chapter Skim
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4. Information Systems
4. Information Systems
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For example, they do not address the issue of interoperability with, and the leveraging of, air and space IST developments by NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. Interoperability is a huge issue that can
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Additionally, there should be a high-level advocate in each service; increased, stable funding; a stronger basic research program; an applied research and technology development program that takes advantage of DARPA successes but does not depend solely on those efforts; and an S&T program supported with a very flexible budget to leverage the best commercial technology yet maintain a strong technological capability advantage over commercial capabilities to ensure military superiority. DEFINITIONS For purposes of this study, IST is defined differently from commercial information technology.
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of IST projects, the service and agency vision statements defined both joint and individual service needs, yet the development and execution of these visions did not appear to have joint cooperation. The following discussion describes IST needs based on various air and space visions (DSTAG, 2000a, 2000b, 2000c)
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This concept, as well as the Navy initiative called Information Technology for the 21St Century, depends heavily on satellite communications that are not currently available according to the Military Satellite Communications Emerging Requirements Database, the military strategic and tactical relay (MILSTAR) satellite program operational requirements document (ORD)
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Therefore, the services, and the rest of DoD, should protect and maintain a strong systems-engineering capability that can transform the commercial advances available to many nations into very powerful C4ISR systems. Because of the global availability of advanced commercial technologies, DoD needs to expand its basic research to explore the frontiers of science in search of new technological approaches for maintaining military superiority.
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. The service laboratories also conduct and manage basic research for DARPA, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, and other defense research agencies.
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For example, the Air Force has very limited efforts in the area of information electronics research to develop technologies for wireless communications, decisionmaking tools, advanced modeling and simulation, and image/target analysis and recognition. Similarly, Air Force research does not focus on atmospheric and space atmospheric sciences, meteorology, or remote sensing (DDR&E, 1999a)
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Therefore, funding in basic research may not be adequate to support air- and space-related IST needs for the 2010 to 2020 time frame. The committee believes that the Air Force basic research program is too small to match its IST visions and compensate for the limited availability of commercial research.
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HIGH-LEVEL ADVOCACY As would the other areas of Air Force S&T, the Air Force IST S&T program would benefit from S&Tfocused representation and advocacy at the corporate policy and decision-making level of the Air Force. A trusted, authoritative Air Force champion at that level
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Service visions are not truly joint visions. They do not address the issues of interoperability with, and leveraging of, air and space technology developments by NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, and other government organizations.
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should develop an investment strategy for applied research (6.2) and technology development (6.3)
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