Basic Research Plan, February 2003

Download or read book Basic Research Plan, February 2003 written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Basic Research Plan is a dynamic document that is updated every two years. It describes ongoing work as well as planning activities and past accomplishments that can be traced to earlier basic research. It serves to inform both performers and managers of the research as well as to provide military planners with an overview of the entire program. Its ultimate purpose is and remains that of providing the warfighter with superior and affordable technology, whether waging war or enforcing the peace. This fifth edition of the Basic Research Plan is an updated and amplified version of the February 2001 Plan. Each plan serves to focus, integrate and describe the Department of Defense (DoD) investment in a world-class research program. To link basic research to broad, revolutionary 21st century military capabilities requires planning. In the case of a strategic program like basic research, planning involves not so much solving individual problems, but rather whole strategic technology areas that should address still unrealized but envisioned future military capabilities. Historically, basic research has initiated scientific and engineering breakthroughs that started previously undreamed of technological revolutions. There is no reason to doubt that we can do so again.