1. Getting Technology to the Warfighter
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Getting Technology to the Warfighter
Ms. Sue Payton
DUSD (AS&C)/Dep. DDR&E (Acting)
April 20, 2005

2. Who is the Warfighter? Military Services
Core Military/Service-specific capability providers
“…to organize, train and equip…”
Joint Combatant Commands
Military capability end-user – the warfighters

3. What are Joint Capabilities? AS&C Program Perspective
Multi-Service Core Military
Capabilities.
Common denominator Military forces
provided worldwide as self-
integrated, self-sustaining echelons
by the Services.
(Global Positioning System, Movement Tracking System)
Joint Enabling Capabilities.
Additional capabilities required by
warfighters to exercise joint
command, and to enable core military
elements to function effectively as a
coherent joint force.
(Network Centric Operations, Common Operational Picture)
Unique Regional/Specified Mission Requirements.
Capabilities beyond common core military capabilities required by warfighters to effectively function in operational environments associated with assigned regional or specified missions.
(Foliage Penetrating Radar, Language Translators)
Joint is an inter-Service reliance acting together as one - not a patchwork of deconflicted Service operations.
(General Tommy Franks, excerpts from American Soldier)

4. Are There Valid Requirements Beyond Service-Specific/Core Military Capabilities?
Characterization of Joint CoCom Requirements:
Core Service-specific capabilities (~80%?)
Joint Coalition military requirements (~20%?)
Joint capability enablers (~10% - and growing)
Tailored regional/specified requirements (~10%?)

5. AS&C Funding Split (FYDP) by Functional Capability Area
Dollars in Millions
Total AS&C funding (Prior Years & Future) of Approximately 200 Projects
$1.1 Billion
Based on FY 2006 PresBud and Congressional Reports
Includes: ACTD, FCT, DACP, and TTI

6. FY-2005 CoCom Funding Support
$2,668
Dollars in Millions
$436
$334
$262
$271
$335
$140
$184
$29
Lead Service
A = Army
AF = Air Force
N =Navy
* Only JFCOM and SOCOM receive dedicated RDT&E program funds
** NORTHCOM and STRATCOM have limited Procurement funds
Based on FY-05 PresBud Submit

7. Advanced Systems & Concepts
Rapidly placing relevant, mature technology into the hands of warfighters
DoD’s resource for technology transition
AS&C Partners with Services &
Agencies to:
Match technology to warfighting needs
Overcome resistance to transformational
concepts
Ensure technology contributes to joint
capabilities
Provide joint warfighters with options for
integrating service capabilities
Transfer DoD technology to the private sector: An industry on-ramp and access
to meeting warfighter needs
ManTech’s Focal Plane Array
Cooled and uncooled IRFPAs and components for the Near IR, Mid IR, and Long IR wavebands
Raven UAV for small units from Pathfinder ACTD
Defense Acquisition Challenge Aerogel for Ships: Fire barrier, IR Suppression, Blast Mitigation, Decreased Weight, Volume, Installation Costs, and Fuel Savings
Title III’s Laser Protective Eyewear

8. AS&C Programs Addressing Acquisition Lifecycle Joint CoCom Customer
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
TRL 1
TRL 2
TRL 3
TRL 4
TRL 5
TRL 6
TRL 7
TRL 8
TRL 9
Concept & Technology Development
System Development & Demonstration
Production & Deployment
Sustainment
& Maintenance A B C
Initial Product/
Process Capability
Product/Process
Development
Product/Process
Insertion
Product/Process
Improvement & Sustainment
Joint Warfighting Program (JWP)
ACTDs /JCTDs
Defense Acquisition Challenge
Foreign Comparative Testing
Independent Research & Development
This slide depicts the programs currently under AS&C direction to accomplish our technology transition mission.
The diversity of programs reflects the many aspects of tech transition that must be covered to field capabilities. These programs accurately reflect both the “tech push” and the “requirements pull” aspects of the tech transition challenge.
As these programs gravitated under AS&C’s umbrella, we discovered that they frequently feed and reinforce each other. For example, exercises underwritten by the Joint Warfighting Program can point out areas of joint capabilities that need new technologies and operational concepts. Successful tests and demonstrations may point to enhancements in the industrial base necessary to assure domestic sources of key technologies.
Tech Link
Manufacturing Technology
Tech Transition Initiative
Joint CoCom Customer
Title III of the Defense Production Act
Service/Agency Customer

9. FY 2006 AS&C Resources Overview (Direct Oversight of $325M) as of Feb 2005
Source: FY 2006 President’s Budget
Program $M
Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD)
(BA-3)
$164
Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD)
(BA-3/4/5 & Procure)
$40
Joint Warfighting Program (JWP)-BA-3
$10
Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT)-BA-6
$36
Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III
$13
Technology Transition Initiative (TTI)-BA-3
$30
TechLink (BA-3) $3
Defense Acquisition Challenge Pgm (DACP)-BA-5
$29
RDT&E/DW: $311M
DPA Title III Procurement: $13M
OSD Maj Equip-JCTD Procure: $1M

10. AS&C Industry Opportunities
Technology transition programs can work in harmony or independently, but they all share a common goal—to accelerate the best technologies available to the warfighter into residual capabilities, acquisition programs, and ongoing sustainment.
Industry Through Labs
Emergent Technology Sponsored by Lab
Technology Transition Initiative (TTI)
Technology Transfer
AS&C
FIELDED CAPABILITIES
Into PORs, CoCom Budgets, GSA
(With emphasis on joint missions)
Accelerated
Acquisition
Programs
and
Initial Production
Industry Through ACTDs and PORs
Manufacturing Hurdles
North American Trade Industrial Base
Foreign Partners
Review
Manufacturing Technology
DPA Title III Program
Foreign Comparative Test
NATIBO
Committees
Industry Direct to Transition Program
Royalties and Patents
Emergent and Innovative Technologies
This slide is another way of portraying the mutually supportive aspect of AS&C’s tech transition programs.
Why the emphasis on joint capabilities? Because the services do a great job of providing core military capabilities. Our OSD role comes in where we can achieve economies and dividends from multi-service efforts, and where joint combatant commanders have requirements that are not met by core military capabilities.
TechLink – Tech Transfer
Defense Acquisition Challenge Program

11. AS&C Programs www.acq.osd.mil/asc
Website
Phone
Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD)
(703)
DPA Title III
(703)
Independent R & D
Comparative Test Office
(703)
Def Acquisition Challenge
(703)
Technology Transfer
(703)
TechLink
TechMatch
NATIBO
Dual Use S&T
Tech. Transition Initiative
(703)
ManTech
(703)

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Ms. Sue Payton
DUSD (AS&C)/Dep. DDR&E (Acting)
April 20, 2005