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Department of Defense Basic Research

Department of Defense Basic Research. West Virginia University Dr. Robin Staffin Director for Basic Research Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering July 2, 2014. Key Elements of Defense Strategic Guidance.

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Department of Defense Basic Research

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  1. Department of DefenseBasic Research West Virginia University Dr. Robin Staffin Director for Basic Research Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering July 2, 2014

  2. Key Elements ofDefense Strategic Guidance • The military will be smaller and leaner, but it will be agile, flexible, ready and technologically advanced. • Rebalance our global posture and presence to emphasize Asia-Pacific regions. • Build innovative partnerships and strengthen key alliances and partnerships elsewhere in the world. • Ensure that we can quickly confront and defeat aggression from any adversary – anytime, anywhere. • Protect and prioritize key investments in technology and new capabilities, as well as our capacity to grow, adapt and mobilize as needed.

  3. Defense Research and Engineering Strategy Technology Needs “Protect and prioritize key investments in technology and new capabilities, as well as our capacity to grow, adapt and mobilize as needed.” -SECDEF, January 2012 Strategic Guidance 1. Mitigatenew and emerging threat capabilities • Cyber - Electronic Warfare • Counter Space - Counter-WMD 2. Affordablyenable new or extended capabilities in existing military systems • Systems Engineering - Modeling and Simulation • Prototyping - Developmental Test & Evaluation • Interoperability - Power & Energy 3. Develop technology surprisethrough science and engineering • Autonomy - Data-to-Decisions • Human Systems - Hypersonic • Quantum • Cyber / Electronic Warfare • Engineering / M & S • Capability Prototyping • Protection & Sustainment • Advanced Machine Intelligence • Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD)

  4. DOD Basic Research: the Early Foundations of Progress 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 00s • Nuclear weapons • Radar • Proximity fuse • Sonar • Jet engine • LORAN • Digital computer • ICBM • Transistor • Laser technology • Nuclear propulsion • Digital comm. • Satellite comm. • Integrated circuits • Phased-array radar • Defense networks • Airborne surv. • MIRV • Airborne GMTI/SAR • Stealth • Strategic CMs • IR search and track • Space track network • C2 networks • GPS • UAVs • Night vision • Personal computing • Counter-stealth • BMD hit-to-kill • Wideband networks • Web protocols • Precision munitions • Solid state radar • Advanced robotics • Speech recognition • GIG • Armed UAVs • Optical SATCOM • Data mining • Advanced seekers • Decision support

  5. Why Basic Research at DOD?(from the DSB Task Force Report on Basic Research) • Basic research probes the limits of today’s technologies and discovers new phenomena and know‐how that ultimately lead to future technologies. • Basic research funding attracts some of the most creative minds to fields of critical DOD interest. • Basic research funding creates a knowledgeable workforce by training students in fields of critical DOD interest. • Basic research provides a broad perspective to prevent capability surprise by fostering a community of U.S. experts who are accessible to DoD, and who follow global progress in both relevant areas, as well as those that may not seem relevant — until they are.

  6. Five Examples of DOD Basic Research Leading to Game Changers • Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) System • Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Microwave Electronics • Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM) • Stealth Technology • Kalman Filter Reference: Defense Science Board Task Force, p10

  7. DOD Basic Research 2015 PBR

  8. DOD Basic Research by ComponentFY15 President’s Budget Request

  9. DoD Basic Research is 6% of Overall Federal Agency Support

  10. DoD Dominates Share of Federal Basic Research in Certain Fields SOURCE: FY 08 obligations from “Federal Funds for Research and Development” survey data on NSF WebCASPAR system

  11. Basic Research Program • 6 High Priority S&T areas for DoD • Metamaterials and Plasmonics • Quantum Information Science • Cognitive Neuroscience • Nanoscience and Nanoengineering • Synthetic Biology • Understanding Human and Social Behavior • Within the broader set of sciences critical to DoD • Trends in basic research are identified and judged through a variety of interactions, including: • Publications, university site visits, conference attendance • Future Directions Workshops (identifying emerging areas for investment and International Centers of Excellence for collaborative opportunities) • Engage expert panels (JASONs, National Academy of Sciences, etc…) Understanding and creating the cutting edge

  12. Five Elements for Defense Basic Research Strategy Goal: Create conditions for basic research investments capable of creating high-payoff, transformative scientific breakthroughs for DoD Provide Scientific Leadership for the DoD Basic Research enterprise Ensure Coherence and Balance of the DoD Basic Research Portfolio Foster DoDConnections between DoD BR Performers and the DoD Community DefenseBasicResearch Attract the Nation’sBest S&Es to contribute to and lead DoD research Maximize the Discovery Potential of the Defense Research Business Environment Programs andProgram Policy

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