Download or read book Priority Setting and Strategic Sourcing in the Naval Research Development and Technology Infrastructure written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many responsible elements of the Department of Defense (DoD), Congress, and the defense industry have expressed concern that the DoD, in downsizing and restructuring in recent years, is not cutting back on infrastructure, or non- combat elements, to a degree that is appropriate for the extent it is drawing down the combat force structure. Separately, proponents of the acquisition reform that is now under way question the need for DoD's maintaining as much infrastructure in-house as it has. Infrastructural elements are thus expected to get a more critical look in further rounds of budget-cutting. The Department of the Navy (DON) is undertaking such a critical examination-both to make appropriate preparations for the 1995 round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) and to meet its need to make the best use of its resources for the longer term. In its examination, DON has divided its infrastructure into two parts. One part comprises research, development, and technology (RD & T); the other part comprises engineering, production, and support (EP & S). The purpose of this study is to offer analysis that will aid DON in its review of its RD & T infrastructure. More specifically, we present a framework for setting priorities for funding different lines of RD & T, and we offer our best application of that framework (Part I), we discuss ways in which the Navy might increase the efficiency and effectiveness of its RD & T investments-mostly through flexible insourcing and outsourcing strategies, which are sometimes collectively referred to as "smart buying" or "strategic sourcing." We use the term "strategic sourcing" (Part II).
Download or read book Priority setting and Strategic Sourcing in the Naval Research Development and Technology Infrastructure written by Kenneth V. Saunders and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 1995 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suggests ways in which the Navy might realize more value from its increasingly constrained research, development, and technology dollars.
Download or read book Pushing the Horizon written by Ivan Amato and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review Naval Research Laboratory Washington D C written by United States. Office of Naval Research and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Research in the Service of National Purpose written by United States. Office of Naval Research and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Assessment of Undersea Weapons Science and Technology written by Committee for Undersea Weapons Science and Technology and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-06-23 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of the Navy strives to maintain, through its Office of Naval Research (ONR), a vigorous science and technology (S&T) program in those areas considered critically important to U.S. naval superiority in the maritime environment, including littoral waters and shore regions. In pursuing its S&T investments in such areas, ONR must ensure that (1) a robust U.S. research capability to work on long-term S&T problems in areas of interest to the Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense is sustained, (2) an adequate supply of new scientists and engineers in these areas is maintained, and (3) S&T products and processes necessary to ensure future superiority in naval warfare are provided. One of the critical areas for the Department of the Navy is undersea weapons. An Assessment of Undersea Weapons Science and Technology assesses the health of the existing Navy program in undersea weapons, evaluates the Navy's research effort to develop the capabilities needed for future undersea weapons, identifies non-Navy-sponsored research and development efforts that might facilitate the development of such advanced weapons capabilities, and makes recommendations to focus the Navy's research program so that it can meet future needs.
Download or read book Contract Research Technology Program written by United States. Office of Naval Research and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Naval Research Laboratory Fact written by Naval Research Laboratory and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Naval Research Laboratory is the Department of the Navy's corporate laboratory; it is under the command of the Chief of Naval Research. As the corporate laboratory of the Navy, NRL is the principal in-house component in the Office of Naval Research's (ONR) effort to meet its science and technology responsibilities. NRL has had a long and fruitful relationship with industry as a collaborator, contractor, and most recently in Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs). NRL values this linkage and continues to develop it. NRL is an important link in the Navy Research, Development, and Acquisition (RD&A) chain. Through NRL, the Navy has direct ties with sources of fundamental ideas in industry and the academic community throughout the world and provides an effective coupling point to the R&D chain for ONR. The Naval Research Laboratory's mission is to conduct a broadly based multidisciplinary program of scientific research and advanced technological development directed toward maritime applications of new and improved materials, techniques, equipment, systems, and ocean, atmospheric, and space sciences and related technologies. The Naval Research Laboratory Provides primary in-house research for the physical, engineering, space, and environmental sciences; Provides broadly based exploratory and advanced development programs in response to identified and anticipated DON needs; Provides broad multidisciplinary support to the Naval Warfare Centers; Provides space and space systems technology development and support; and Assumes responsibility as the Navy's corporate laboratory."
Download or read book Naval Engineering in the 21st Century The Science and Technology Foundation for Future Naval Fleets written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Naval Engineering in the 21st Century and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2011-09-02 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB Special Report 306: Naval Engineering in the 21st Century: The Science and Technology Foundation for Future Naval Fleets examines the state of basic and applied research in the scientific fields that support naval engineering and explores whether Office of Naval Research (ONR) activities, under its National Naval Responsibility for Naval Engineering (NNR-NE) initiative, have been effective in sustaining these fields.
Download or read book 2000 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research s Marine Corps Science and Technology Program written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-12-14 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review of the Science and Technology (S&T) program of the Office of Naval Research's (ONR's) Expeditionary Warfare Operations Technology Division, Code 353, comes at a time of considerable change in the Marine Corps and in ONR, which are currently in the midst of significant transitions. The Marine Corps is making plans to equip and train for engaging in a new style of warfare known as Operational Maneuver From the Sea (OMFTS) and for performing a wide variety of missions in urban settings, ranging from humanitarian assistance to combat and mixes of these suggested by the term three-block war. During 1999, ONR assumed management of that portion of the Marine Corps S&T program that had not been assigned several years earlier to the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL). In 2002, control of most of ONR's advanced development funding (6.3), and of much of its exploratory development funding (6.2), will move from ONR's line divisions, of which Code 353 is one of many, to 12 new program offices, each dedicated to demonstrating technologies for future naval capabilities (FNCs). Given these changes, it is not surprising that some of the projects inherited recently by ONR, and assessed by the Committee for the Review of ONR's Marine Corps Science and Technology Program under the auspices of the Naval Studies Board of the National Research Council, differed from the customary ONR project and were more akin to preacquisition or acquisition support than to S&T. It is also not surprising that Code 353 could not articulate its plans for future investments clearly and concisely, given the current uncertainty about the content of and funding level for FNCs. The Marine Corps S&T program supports the five imperatives for technology advancement that the Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC) has identified as prerequisites for the transition to OMFTS: maneuver, firepower, logistics, training and education, and command and control. The committee supports investment in these areas and, in the report's discussions and recommendations, follows the five imperatives.
Download or read book An Assessment of Undersea Weapons Science and Technology written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-07-09 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of the Navy strives to maintain, through its Office of Naval Research (ONR), a vigorous science and technology (S&T) program in those areas considered critically important to U.S. naval superiority in the maritime environment, including littoral waters and shore regions. In pursuing its S&T investments in such areas, ONR must ensure that (1) a robust U.S. research capability to work on long-term S&T problems in areas of interest to the Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense is sustained, (2) an adequate supply of new scientists and engineers in these areas is maintained, and (3) S&T products and processes necessary to ensure future superiority in naval warfare are provided. One of the critical areas for the Department of the Navy is undersea weapons. An Assessment of Undersea Weapons Science and Technology assesses the health of the existing Navy program in undersea weapons, evaluates the Navy's research effort to develop the capabilities needed for future undersea weapons, identifies non-Navy-sponsored research and development efforts that might facilitate the development of such advanced weapons capabilities, and makes recommendations to focus the Navy's research program so that it can meet future needs.
Download or read book The Naval Research Laboratory written by Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book NRL Fact Book 2010 written by Naval Research Laboratory and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-09-19 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Naval Research Laboratory's mission is to conduct a broadly based multidisciplinary program of scientific research and advanced technological development directed toward maritime applications of new and improved materials, techniques, equipment, systems, and ocean, atmospheric, and space sciences and related technologies. The Naval Research Laboratory provides primary in-house research for the physical, engineering, space, and environmental sciences; broadly based applied research and advanced technology development programs in response to identified and anticipated Navy and Marine Corps needs; broad multidisciplinary support to the Naval Warfare Centers; space and space systems technology, development, and support; and assumes responsibility as the Navy's corporate laboratory. The Naval Research Laboratory is the Department of the Navy's corporate laboratory; it is under the command of the Chief of Naval Research. As the corporate laboratory of the Navy, NRL is the principal in-house component in the Office of Naval Research's (ONR) effort to meet its science and technology responsibilities. NRL has had a long and fruitful relationship with industry as a collaborator, contractor, and most recently in Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs). NRL values this linkage and continues to develop it. NRL is an important link in the Navy Research, Development, and Acquisition (RD&A) chain. Through NRL, the Navy has direct ties with sources of fundamental ideas in industry and the academic community throughout the world and provides an effective coupling point to the R&D chain for ONR.
Download or read book Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps 2000 2035 Becoming a 21st Century Force written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-12-19 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future national security environment will present the naval forces with operational challenges that can best be met through the development of military capabilities that effectively leverage rapidly advancing technologies in many areas. The panel envisions a world where the naval forces will perform missions in the future similar to those they have historically undertaken. These missions will continue to include sea control, deterrence, power projection, sea lift, and so on. The missions will be accomplished through the use of platforms (ships, submarines, aircraft, and spacecraft), weapons (guns, missiles, bombs, torpedoes, and information), manpower, materiel, tactics, and processes (acquisition, logistics,and so on.). Accordingly, the Panel on Technology attempted to identify those technologies that will be of greatest importance to the future operations of the naval forces and to project trends in their development out to the year 2035. The primary objective of the panel was to determine which are the most critical technologies for the Department of the Navy to pursue to ensure U.S. dominance in future naval operations and to determine the future trends in these technologies and their impact on Navy and Marine Corps superiority. A vision of future naval operations ensued from this effort. These technologies form the base from which products, platforms, weapons, and capabilities are built. By combining multiple technologies with their future attributes, new systems and subsystems can be envisioned. Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035 Becoming a 21st-Century Force:Volume 2: Technology indentifies those technologies that are unique to the naval forces and whose development the Department of the Navy clearly must fund, as well as commercially dominated technologies that the panel believes the Navy and Marine Corps must learn to adapt as quickly as possible to naval applications. Since the development of many of the critical technologies is becoming global in nature, some consideration is given to foreign capabilities and trends as a way to assess potential adversaries' capabilities. Finally, the panel assessed the current state of the science and technology (S&T) establishment and processes within the Department of the Navy and makes recommendations that would improve the efficiency and effectiveness of this vital area. The panel's findings and recommendations are presented in this report.
Download or read book Portfolio Analysis and Management for Naval Research and Development written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has the responsibility for defining and sponsoring research and development (R & D) necessary to support both the current and future requirements of the Navy and Marine Corps. To accomplish this mission ONR must fund a broad spectrum of research, ranging from basic research needed to open up new options for the long-term, to very near-term advanced technology development to support the current fleet. Moreover, ONR must make its R & D funding decisions in the presence of uncertainty: uncertainty in required capabilities, uncertainty in performance requirements, and uncertainty in the feasibility of a technology or R & D approach. This report describes the adaptation of an R & D portfolio management decision framework recently developed by RAND (Silberglitt and Sherry; 2002), PortMan, to support ONR's R & D decision-making, and the demonstration of its use via a case study evaluation of 20 sample ONR applied research projects.
