Review of the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Infrastructure and Aerospace Engineering Disciplines to Meet the Needs of the Air Force and the Department of Defense (2001) / Chapter Skim
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6. Conclusions and Recommendations
6. Conclusions and Recommendations
Pages 37-41
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The major areas of change should be in the management of scientific and technical resources, maintenance of the technical work force, the Air Force's relationship with industry and academia, and related government industrial policies. The committee's major conclusions and recommendations in these areas are presented below.
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The Air Force Technical Work Force Despite the recent difficulties of attracting qualified people to government defense work, the committee believes the Air Force has marginally enough scientific, technical, and engineering personnel to carry out its current programs and, with the appropriate effort, should be able to attract enough people in the near future to develop and build the systems that are now planned. In fact, the Air Force, even with reduced S&T funding, has the resources to pursue many important programs on the leading edge of technology, providing it sets the right priorities and executes them efficiently.
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to protect investments that support technical personnel. Ongoing assessments should include the following estimates: · The number of uniformed and civil service technical personnel necessary now and in the future, including skills, technical specialties, and years of experience; · The organizational base and operating requirements to support the Air Force's long-term technology needs, including size, skills, and responsibilities for universities and in-house laboratories performing scientific and technical research, industrial contractors that the Air Force considers essential to maintaining a competitive supplier base, organizations the Air Force intends to sustain as sole suppliers in particular areas, and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs)
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The Air Force would be helped a great deal if it could work more easily and efficiently with commercial organizations in buying commercial products and taking advantage of commercial technology and processes. New initiatives for modifying the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
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The Air Force should join the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the other services, and other federal agencies in ongoing attempts to reform the civil service rules for scientific and technical personnel. Universities are the trainers and motivators, the breeding ground, of the future defense work force.
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