Mission
Transforming the future of warfighting by pursuing high-risk, high payoff tactical technology and development of rapid, mobile, and responsive combat capability for advanced weapons, platforms and space systems.
Goals
- Create highly capable systems that enable "order of magnitude" improvement in military capabilities in a rapidly changing technological landscape
- Avoid technological surprise in areas of TTO emphasis
- Develop technologies and systems that enable "game changing" tactics and approaches to strategic, conventional, and irregular warfare
Strategy
- Understand and address critical deficiencies in crucial mission areas including:
- Conducting irregular operations in difficult politico-military circumstances
- Detection, prevention, and negation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
- Enabling seamless Joint Operations
- Creating and maintaining situational awareness
- Global surveillance
- Develop, demonstrate, and transition advanced technologies and concepts for effective, survivable, and cost effective military systems
