Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Open Systems
Title | Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Open Systems PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Open Systems |
Publisher | |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Military art and science |
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Report of Tbe Defense Science Board Task Force on Open Systems
Title | Report of Tbe Defense Science Board Task Force on Open Systems PDF eBook |
Author | Office of the under secretary of defense (acquisition and technology) washington dc |
Publisher | |
Pages | 123 |
Release | 1998 |
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We know from our computing, telecommunications, electronic entertainment, and local building codes the power of smart modularity. Open "Plug & Play" architectures (computers, a well-wired home, stereo systems) permit us to configure, reconfigure and update hardware and software from a wide range of general purpose and specialty suppliers. Wide interchangeability permits niche products to address many diverse user communities, creating a large aggregate market and fueling massive private investment, enabling a plethora of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) products at previously unimagined low costs. In parallel, a new networking industry has sprung up, enabling broad interoperability between hosts which are not otherwise necessarily compatible. Thus our economy and culture has been revolutionized within a couple short decades and our institutions and citizens have achieved a quantum leap in operations, competitiveness, and effectiveness.
Final Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Globalization and Security
Title | Final Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Globalization and Security PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Globalization and Security |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 163 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Globalization |
ISBN | 1428981217 |
Globalization-the integration of the political, economic and cultural activities of geographically and/or nationally separated peoples-is not a discernible event or challenge, is not new, but it is accelerating. More importantly, globalization is largely irresistible. Thus, globalization is not a policy option, but a fact to which policymakers must adapt. Globalization has accelerated as a result of many positive factors, the most notable of which include: the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War; the spread of capitalism and free trade; more rapid and global capital flows and more liberal financial markets; the liberalization of communications; international academic and scientific collaboration; and faster and more efficient forms of transportation. At the core of accelerated global integration-at once its principal cause and consequence-is the information revolution, which is knocking down once-formidable barriers of physical distance, blurring national boundaries and creating cross-border communities of all types.
Report of Defense Science Board Task Force on Transition of Weapons Systems from Development to Production
Title | Report of Defense Science Board Task Force on Transition of Weapons Systems from Development to Production PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Transition of Weapons Systems from Development to Production |
Publisher | |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | United States |
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Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Military Applications of New-Generation Computing Technologies
Title | Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Military Applications of New-Generation Computing Technologies PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Military Applications of New-Generation Computing Technologies |
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Pages | 274 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Military art and science |
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Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Defense Nuclear Agency
Title | Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Defense Nuclear Agency PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 62 |
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ISBN | 1428983015 |
Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Training Superiority & Training Surprise
Title | Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Training Superiority & Training Surprise PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 41 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Military art and science |
ISBN | 1428980911 |
In late 1998 the Undersecretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), the Director, Defense Research and Engineering, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff requested the Defense Science Board to create a task force on training and education. The task force met periodically throughout 1999 and 2000. This document is the report of our deliberations.