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5. Recommendations
Pages 101-112

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From page 101...
... The core missions recommended for the JNLWD are to speed transformation of NLWs from specialty status to that of fully integrated warfighting options through strong advocacy and to increase confidence in non-lethal weapons options by expanding DOD's understanding of the effects of NLWs on humans and materiel. These are not new missions for the JNLWD, but success, as envisioned by the committee, will require significantly stronger programs in each area.
From page 102...
... The committee recommends that the JNLWD build a significantly more robust outreach and exploratory investment program, to include partnerships with DARPA, U.S. government laboratories and law enforcement communities, and allies, as well as frequent interactions with the industrial base in which the directorate reiterates its requirements for potential developers.
From page 103...
... As the ability to characterize effects matures, the committee envisions that this "seal of approval" process, initially established and implemented by the JNLWD, will migrate to an appropriately augmented test and evaluation community. The committee recommends that the center-of-excellence construct continue to be used by the JNLWD to build the knowledge base and models required for effects characterization.
From page 104...
... During FY02, the JNLWD should continue its advocacy efforts and should build expanded out-year programs to support exploratory investments and increased experimentation. The directorate should also determine which COEs are required to support the JNLWD's core mission of effects characterization, develop a baseline reflecting the current state of understanding in each area, identify centers of technical expertise, and initiate negotiations to establish COEs.
From page 105...
... Responsibilities of a center of excellence include these: · Continual advancement of the state of the art in understanding effects through maintenance and execution of a focused research agenda; research may be accomplished by partners as well as by COE personnel; · Provision of grants to medical schools and teaching hospitals for supportive research; . Support for exploration of non-lethal weapons concepts through maintenance of a knowledge base that captures and catalogs all relevant research together with lessons learned from prior experimentation; meta-data and databases must be readily accessible and easily searchable by JNLWD and Services personnel; Support for experimentation with non-lethal weapons technologies through the development, validation, integration, and maintenance of models that enable ' effects characterization; models must be available throughout DOD; and .
From page 106...
... The committee noted that examples of highly productive COEs exist in other programs and agencies, and it recommends that the JNLWD visit several to identify relevant best practices to help strengthen the directorate's own COE management processes. 5.3 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Recommendation: In cooperation with the JNLWD and other Services, ONR should invest in a richer portfolio of NLW-specific R&D activities in the areas of chemicals; directed energy; barriers and entanglements; underwater defensive systems; and platform, sensor, and command-and-control system enablers.
From page 107...
... Sensor systems may be able to enhance the potential for many chemical NLWs if they can help achieve accurate delivery on target at the proper dose levels. Special packaging techniques such as mieroeneapsulation should be explored because they may be useful in creating new, more deliverable forms of chemical NLWs.
From page 108...
... Although there is the potential for aircraft-based high-energy laser (MEL) systems to deliver rheostatically controlled fluence to precisely selected targets, many of the enabling technologies lack maturity.
From page 109...
... A modest investment to gain an understanding of the viability and scope of NLWs based on solid-state lasers is warranted, and the results of that effort should be used to provide the focus for NLW-related solidstate laser research. Barriers On the basis of initial results with systems such as the running gear entanglement system, the committee recommends that ONR explore novel and quickly deployable marine barrier systems relevant to stopping larger ships and/or protecting ports objectives encountered uniquely by the Navy.
From page 110...
... 5.4 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY Recommendation: The Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps should establish a senior-level working group to actively oversee the integration of non-lethal weapons into naval warfighting requirements, research and development programs, acquisition plans, and operations. NLWs are shifting from limited, specialized use status to operational priority for the Marine Corps in both conventional and OOTW scenarios, and they are emerging as important for both defensive and offensive missions in the Navy.
From page 111...
... Specifically, the committee believes the working group must develop a naval non-lethal weapons master plan for naval expeditionary forces. The committee recommends that the overall structure and membership of the working group be established jointly among the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps and coordinate its efforts with the IPT process of the JNLWD.
From page 112...
... 112 AN ASSESSMENT OF NON-LETHAL WEAPONS SCIENCE ID TECHNOLOGY · Be able to articulate publicly the technological, operational, and policy issues associated with NLWs; · Incorporate NLWs into high-level wargames, simulations, and studies; · Create a mechanism to ensure that NLWs will become fully integrated into, and can compete fairly in, the requirements and development processes for all naval systems; and · Publish the master plan to include lead organizational roles and responsibilities and insertion of NLWs into the future naval capabilities process.


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