OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301



The Armed Forces of the United States fight as a joint force. This requires advanced technology and concepts to allow out forces to fight effectively as a joint force not simply as a combination of air, land and naval forces. If is the responsibility of the defense acquisition community to ensure that out future forces have the combat edge provided by superior technology. Our county has relied on this combat edge in the past for swift, decisive and low casualty victories. A focused, high quality, aggressive science and technology vision, strategy, plan and program responsive to our customs is essential to maintain this edge.

This inaugural edition of the Joint Warfighting Science and Technology Plan highlights our technology investment strategy for developing twelve warfighting capabilities critical to our future joint forces. It takes a horizontal perspective across the technology development and Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration programs of the military services and defense agencies, showing how they contribute to achieving the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's Joint Vision 2010.

This plan is the joint product of my staff, the Joint Staff, the Military Services and Defense Agencies. It has been briefed to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. I support it.




Paul G. Kaminski
Under Secretary of Defense
(Acquisition and Technology)