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7. Findings and Recommendations
7. Findings and Recommendations
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In addition, a number of the committee's more specific findings and recommendations are listed in the second section of the chapter. CRITICAL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Technology Four overarching themes emerged from the committee's study of the implications of emerging micro- and nanotechnologies: increased information capabilities, miniaturization, new materials, and increased functionality and autonomy (TV.
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to propulsion and aerodynamics will allow miniaturization of air and space platforms (TV. Maximizing the utility of these growing capabilities in information technology, biomimetics, individual sensors and sensor swarms, and MEMS actuators for the Air Force will demand specific attention to system design, architecture, and software for system implementation (TV.
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The Air Force should closely monitor the biological sciences for new discoveries and selectively invest in those that show a potentialfor making revolutionary advances or realizing new capabilities in Air Force-specific areas. Finding T4.
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The Air Force strategic nanotechnology R&D plan, as presented to the committee, is focused on hardware concepts without appropriate consideration of total systems solutions. It is well known that over the past 15 years the commercial sector has made increasing investments in architecture and software concepts to design advanced systems.
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Four overarching themes emerge from the advance of microand nanotechnologies increased information capabilities, miniaturization, new engineered materials, and increased functionality/autonomy. These themes could have a significant military impact by enabling new systems approaches to Air Force missions.
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Strong leadership will be necessary to ensure maximum benefit from the Air Force Research Laboratory research programs. The Air Force has coupled its programs with other research programs within DoD, especially those of DARPA and DDR&E.
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- Both fundamental research and focused, interdisciplinary development efforts. Fundamental research efforts are required to sustain a cadre of scientists with a deep understanding of both micro- and nanotechnology developments and of Air Force requirements.
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Air Force to harvest improvements in military-specific MEMS devices. The maturing of the overall MEMS industry and increased MEMS activity in the telecommunications market have dramatically increased the performance of design tools and the availability of complex space-qualified MEMS devices.
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The Air Force should focus development resources on materials issues that currently limit MEMS deployment for the military. These include structural stability, surface durability, manufacturable fabrication processes, and packaging.
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Recommendation 4-3. Air Force research efforts should be directed not only to the science of micro- and nanotechnology, but also to the development of devices and systems and wide access to the manufacturing technology required to produce them.
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