Transformation and Transition: DARPA's Role in Fostering an Emerging Revolution in Military Affairs. Volume 2- Detailed Assessments
| Autor: | Ivars Gutmanis, Jasper Lupo, Michael J. Lippitz, Richard H. Van Atta, Alethia H. Cook |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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System of systems
Engineering Operations research business.industry Emerging technologies Military intelligence ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS Revolution in Military Affairs Plan (drawing) Technology assessment Computer security computer.software_genre Component (UML) business Conventional warfare computer |
| DOI: | 10.21236/ada422835 |
| Popis: | DARPA's primary mission is to foster advanced technologies and systems that create "revolutionary" advantages for the US military. Consistent with this mission. DARPA is independent from the military Services and pursues generally higher-risk, higher-payoff research and development (R&D) projects. DARPA program managers are encouraged to challenge existing approaches to warfighting and to seek results rather than just explore ideas. Hence. in addition to supporting technology and component development. DARPA on occasion finds the integration of large-scale "systems of systems in order to demonstrate "disruptive capabilities." Disruptive capabilities are more than just new technologies: they are transformations in operations and strategy enabled by synergistic combinations of technologies. The combination of stealth. standoff precision strike. and advanced intelligence. surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) demonstrated in Operation Desert Storm is an example of a disruptive capability. it allowed the US to change the rules of conventional warfare in a manner that many consider to be the forefront of a broad Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) in which the ability to exercise military control is shifting from forces with the best or the most individual weapons systems toward forces with better information and greater ability to quickly plan. coordinate and accurately attack. This report describes how certain DARPA-sponsored systems and demonstrations since the l97Os contributed to the development of disruptive capabilities in the areas of stealth. standoff precision strike and advanced ISR and hence to an emerging RMA. (it does not assess in detail DARPA's role in supporting development of general technologies most notably microelectronics, computing, networking, and other information technologies--that underlie these and other emerging disruptive capabilities). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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