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Appendix D: Milestones in the Management of DoD Science and Technology
Pages 55-62

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... Even though Congress consistently slashed budgets for S&T from 1945 to 1957, the studies by Bush and von Karman set an agenda for decades to come. An excellent discussion of von Karman and other significant Air Force S&T studies can be found in Harnessing the Genie (Gore, 1988)
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From page 56...
... This requirement was particularly difficult to meet for 6.1 projects, basic research (Sullivan and Heaston, 1967~. To respond to Project Hindsight, the services created the Blue Ribbon Defense Panel, which made the following observation: There is no adequate mechanism to assure that funds appropriated for research and exploratory development are not diverted to advanced, or engineering development categories, or to operational systems developments.
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From page 57...
... This structure worked very well throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, and many new weapon systems were fielded under the so-called modernization programs of the services. In 1981, the Defense Science Board Panel on Technology Base was asked to conduct a study on three major aspects of DoD S&T: identifying critical technologies, working closely with users to accelerate the transition of new technologies, and maintaining highquality in-house personnel and facilities.
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From page 58...
... , 1999~. The 1999 Defense Science Board Summer Study Task Force decided to take a strategic approach, focusing not on critical technologies but instead on three specific enablers: strategic agility, force protection, and information for decision superiority (DSB, 1999~.
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From page 59...
... A 1986 Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management reinforced the need for more investment in prototypes, particularly by DARPA (CDM, 1986~. A Defense Science Board study in 1987 endorsed the use of technology demonstrations, which were called advanced technology transition demonstrations (ATTDs)
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From page 60...
... leadership in vital high-technology industries; and a downward trend in the proportion of the defense budget devoted to the technology base. The Defense Science Board study of 1998 was a natural follow-on to the 1988 Office of Technology Assessment study.
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From page 61...
... In 1992, the Defense Conversion Commission described the impact of the drawdown on civilian and military operations (DCC, 1992~. The Morrow Defense Science Board Task Force highlighted the challenges for the future of the S&T program in two primary recommendations: the DoD S&T program should be funded at $8 billion dollars a year (Box D-8)
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From page 62...
... 1988. The Defense Technology Base: Introduction and Overview.
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