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March 8, 2011March 8, 2011

Future of Technology Cooperation

Embassy of ItalyWashington, DC

Army Science & TechnologyArmy Science & Technology

Providing Soldiers Technology

Enabled Capabilities

Mr. Stephen CohnDirector for Technology Transfer

Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of

the Army for Research and Technology

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We have been at War for 10 Years…

What have we Learned?

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It’s all about the Soldier Basic Human Needs

Food & waterFood & water

Shelter & protectionShelter & protectionSleepSleep

Basic hygieneBasic hygiene

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It’s all about the Soldier Expeditionary Maneuver / Tactical Force Projection

Physical / PhysiologicalPhysical / Physiological

Cognitive & AffectiveCognitive & AffectiveAccess & Tactical resupplyAccess & Tactical resupply

Unrestricted maneuverUnrestricted maneuver

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It’s all about the Soldier Force Protection

In Action In Action ‐‐

IndividualIndividual

On the moveOn the moveIn Action In Action ‐‐

CollectiveCollective

At At ““restrest””

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It’s all about the Soldier Expeditionary Basing

Performance focusedPerformance focused Adequate Reset & RecoveryAdequate Reset & Recovery

Operationalized effectivenessOperationalized effectivenessEasy set up Easy set up

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It’s all about the Soldier Cognitive, Physical & Social Performance

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It’s all about the Soldier Cultural, Spiritual & Social Connectedness

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It’s all about the Soldier Spiritual, Cultural, Social Needs

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It’s all about the Soldier Social Connectedness

Interpersonal Relationships

Unit cohesion

Family

Spiritual Strength

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In the past the Soldier was an appendage to the

fighting system. Today and for the future the

fighting system must be built around the Soldier individually and as part of a Tactical Small Unit.

Time for a Paradigm Shift

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What are we really talking about?

Every Future Soldier operating as part of a small unit will be

equipped physically, cognitively, socially and with the appropriate

materiel to conduct Full Spectrum Operations.

This will require agility, adaptability, mobility, and the ability to act

efficiently and effectively to simultaneously and/or sequentially

perform in many traditional and non‐traditional roles including, but

not limited to warfighting in complex, rapidly changing

environments around the world.

The Soldier, operating as part of a Small Unit, must “Own the Fight”

…wherever and whenever

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Army S&T

Raison D’etre

Modular Protective Systems

IED/Mine

Detection Ground

Penetrating Radar Regenerative

MedicineVirus‐based Self‐

Assembling Electrodes

Immersive Training

Current Force Future Force

Autonomous

Materiel

Handling

SystemEnhancing the Current ForceEnhancing the Current Force

MRAP Expedient

Armor Program

Enabling the Future ForceEnabling the Future Force

Unattended

Transient

Acoustic MASINT

System

Foster invention, innovation, maturation, and demonstration of

technologies to enable Future Force capabilities while exploiting

opportunities to transition technology enabled capabilities to the Current

Force

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Highly Skilled,

Motivated

Workforce that

Exemplifies our

Core Values

Highly Skilled,

Motivated

Workforce that

Exemplifies our

Core Values

High Quality,

Relevant Facilities

and Capabilities

High Quality,

Relevant Facilities

and Capabilities

Timely Transition

of the Right

Technologies

Timely Transition

of the Right

Technologies

Strong Internal &

External

Partnerships

Strong Internal &

External

Partnerships

A Balanced

Investment

Portfolio

A Balanced

Investment

Portfolio

Effective, Efficient,

& Adaptable

Processes

Effective, Efficient,

& Adaptable

Processes

Recognized Leader

in Defense

Development and

Engineering

Recognized Leader

in Defense

Development and

Engineering

“World Class”

Science &

Technology

“World Class”

Science &

Technology

Government and

Public

Understanding of

Our Value

Government and

Public

Understanding of

Our Value

New Strategic Goals for Army S&T

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Current U.S. Army Basic Research Focus Areas

Network ScienceResearch in human‐

engineered and

biologically‐evolved

networks to improve

performance, increase

reliability & enhance

network‐centric

mission effectiveness

NanotechnologyDiscover and create

new materials with

properties that will

revolutionize military

technology and make

Soldiers less vulnerable

to the enemy and

environmental threats

Autonomous SystemsDiscover, develop and

exploit robotic devices and

systems with highly

sophisticated sense,

response and processing

systems approaching that of

biological systems to

dramatically enhance

Soldier survivability

NeuroscienceResearch in learning,

decision models and the

functional brain to improve

training techniques, human‐

machine interface design,

and to more fully

understand the decision‐

making process

Quantum EffectsGenerate advances in

quantum sciences that will

enable revolutionary

approaches to information

processing, cryptography,

information assurance, and

communication

Immersive TechnologyRevolutionize military

training and mission

rehearsal through the

development of

technology and art for

simulation experiences

and the development of

virtual human technology

BiotechnologyResearch to understand

biological construction of

novel materials, structures

and processes to develop

biologically‐inspired

materials, sensing systems,

information processing and

power & energy

Materials ModelingResearch to develop

fundamental science

principles at & across

scales and develop

underpinning, cross‐

cutting, and transferrable

physics‐based modeling

capabilities

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S&T Portfolios will provide focus and solutions to close High Priority Gaps

Current S&T efforts that support Army needs

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Army International S&T Strategy

Work is done as an enterprise—does not have to be done in‐houseInternational partners can help

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PACIFICPACIFIC

RDECOM FORWARD ITC ATLANTIC

(UK)

ITC Pacific‐Singapore

ITC Pacific‐Australia

RDECOM FORWARD ITC‐AMERICAS

(Chile)

ITC North America

ITC South America

RDECOM FORWARDITC PACIFIC(Japan)

ITC Atlantic‐France

ITC Atlantic‐Germany

AMERICASAMERICASATLANTICATLANTIC

RDECOM Forward ElementsArmy International Technology Centers

COL Donald V. Gibson011‐56‐2‐330‐[email protected]

COL Cindy BedellDSN 314‐235‐[email protected]

Mr. Rick Ryles011‐81‐3117‐19‐[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]



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Army Science Conference International Collaboration Award

• Most outstanding collaborative research and technology effort between U.S. Army and foreign scientists

• Recognizes the significance of the collaboration’s contributions to solving a critical Army need.

• Candidate projects may be basic, applied or advanced technology development projects that came to

fruition/conclusion during the period October 2010 through August 2012

• POC: Mr. Stephen Cohn, [email protected]

(703) 617‐0285

US partner must nominate for this award


Questions?

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U.S./UK ITA in Network and Information Science

THE PROGRAM

Initiated in May 2006Fundamental research in network and

information sciencesIBM‐Led ConsortiumThe Consortium and the US/UK

Governments establish an Alliance5‐year program with 5‐year option

Awarded a fundamental research agreement and two transition contractsTotal funding for first 5 years = $58M Approximately 50‐50% split industry‐

academiaConsortium cost share ~ 12%

COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP

UK MOD/Dstl

and US Army Research Laboratory

push the state‐of‐the‐art in:

Network TheorySecurity Across a System‐of‐SystemsSensor Information Processing and DeliveryDistributed Coalition Planning and Decision‐

Making

INNOVATION 12 Patent disclosures/filed 33 Peer‐reviewed journal publications345 Conference papers/presentations

U.S.

Gov.

Industry

Academia

U.K.

Gov.

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