Chapter I Strategy and Overview
Army Science and Technology Master Plan (ASTMP 1997)

1. Vision

Supporting these current and future Army visions, the Army Science and Technology investment ensures:

• Timely demonstrations of affordable technology/weapon system concepts that enable
  
  ­ Decisive overmatch with minimum casualties
  ­ Force projection with full spectrum capability
  ­ Requirements definition/prioritization through experimentation

• S&T that reduces cost through

­ Early retirement of risk in materiel development programs
­ Support for acquisition reform

• World class network of Army-focused government and private S&T

­ maintain land warfare superiority
­ Leverage commercial information technology
­ Maintain smart buyer capability

Figure I-4 illustrates how the Science and Technology Investment Strategy supports Army Modernization Objectives into the next century.