Accession Number:

ADA608507

Title:

Technology and Innovation Enablers for Superiority in 2030

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

2013-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

148.0

Abstract:

The final report of the Defense Science Board 2012 Summer Study on Technology and Innovation Enablers for Superiority in 2030 is attached. In accordance with its charter, the study reviewed emerging technologies that will enable the next generation of dominant military capabilities anticipated to be in development or fielded by 2030. The review was guided by the January 2012 military strategy guidance entitled Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership Priorities for 21st Century Defense. This report recommends specific investments for the Department focused on high leverage technologies that were judged as not adequately pursued today. In the process of developing these investment recommendations, the study also identified four investment categories that complement the traditional approach of seeking increasingly technically-sophisticated, complex, and therefore expensive systems. These are recommended as a taxonomy for thinking about the Department s technology investment portfolio. The investment categories are described in this report, and are listed here Coping with parity, Achieving superiority through cost-imposing strategies, Achieving superiority through enhancing force effectiveness, Anticipating surprise. For each investment category, the report highlights several technology areas that were seen as under-attended, meaning they are lacking investment, effort, or focus commensurate with their potential importance to the Department. This was measured by a review of current activities inside and outside the Department of Defense rather than a thorough, detailed survey of the entire national investment portfolio. Consequently, the results of this process should not be viewed as a comprehensive list of technology investments for the Department. Rather, it is a set of priority investments that can complement, and in some cases replace, currently programmed initiatives.

Descriptors:

• *INVESTMENTS
• *MILITARY EQUIPMENT
• *SECURITY
• *TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
• CYBERWARFARE
• GLOBAL
• LEADERSHIP
• MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS
• MILITARY CAPABILITIES
• MILITARY FORCE LEVELS
• MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• NETWORKS
• NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
• OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
• STRATEGY
• SURVEYS
• TAXONOMY
• THREATS
• TRAINING

Subject Categories:

• Military Forces and Organizations
• Defense Systems
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE