[...]... Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Air and Surface Weapons Technology Program, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C 3Naval Studies Board, National Research Council 2001 2001 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Aircraft Technology Program, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C 10 IDENTIFICATION OF PROMISING NAVAL AVIATION S&T OPPORTUNITIES In its 2002 Assessment of the Office of Naval. .. Promising Naval Aviation Science and Technology Opportunities was asked to examine the naval and joint operational concepts embraced in Sea Power 21 and Marine Corps Strategy 21, together known as Naval Power 21,1 and to identify naval aviation capabilities that would enable these operational concepts The committee was also asked to recommend science and technology (S&T) opportunities to the Office of Naval. .. Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., July; and Hon Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy, ADM Vern Clark, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, and Gen James L Jones, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, 2002, Naval Power 21 A Naval Vision, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., October 2The terms of reference are given in full in Appendix A 1 2 IDENTIFICATION OF PROMISING NAVAL AVIATION S&T OPPORTUNITIES. .. needed THIS STUDY At the request of ONR, the NRC, under the auspices of the NSB, established the Committee on Identification of Promising Naval Aviation Science and Technology Opportunities in September 2004 to identify promising naval aviation S&T opportunities in basic research (6.1), applied research (6.2), and advanced technology development (6.3) areas The full terms of reference are given in Appendix... that such a road map for naval aviation in the 21st century, Naval Aviation Vision 2020,13 has now been created by the Commander of Naval Air Forces, Director, Air Warfare Division in OPNAV, and the Commander of NAVAIR Lacking for use in its study a naval aviation strategic plan at NAVAIR and OPNAV and a naval aviation strategic S&T plan at ONR for meeting the requirements of Naval Power 21, the committee... non -naval missions), and (3) naval relevant (useful for both naval and non -naval missions) Not intended as an in-depth technical review of the current naval aviation programs at ONR, this study identifies promising naval aviation S&T opportunities and capabilities that might enable, in the time frames indicated, the naval and joint operational concepts expressed in Naval Power 21, the Navy and Marine Corps... beyond the committee’s charter of investigation: (4) an assessment of the state of maturity of each of the technologies to be developed, (5) prioritization of the work to be done and allocation of resources, and (6) the design of a transfer plan for the transition of each technology to a user All of these tasks are, of course, interrelated, and they must be organized and prioritized in what is usually... information management, and Omniscient intelligence Science and technologies in which ONR could pursue advances to enable each of these capabilities are discussed in Chapter 3 Recommendation 5 The Chief of Naval Research should establish a single point of responsibility for the development of a naval aviation strategic S&T plan at ONR 6 IDENTIFICATION OF PROMISING NAVAL AVIATION S&T OPPORTUNITIES This... expressed in Naval Power 21,11 such as sea basing and network-centric 4Naval Studies Board, National Research Council 2002 2002 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Air and Surface Weapons Technology Program, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C 5Hon Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy; ADM Vern Clark, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen James L Jones, USMC, Commandant of the Marine... Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy; ADM Vern Clark, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen James L Jones, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps 2002 Naval Power 21 A Naval Vision, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., October 10U.S Joint Chiefs of Staff 2000 Joint Vision 2020, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C 11Hon Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy; ADM Vern Clark, USN, Chief of Naval . on Identification of Promising Naval Aviation Science and Technology Opportunities Naval Studies Board Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Identification. Summary CONTEXT The Committee on Identification of Promising Naval Aviation Science and Technology Opportunities was asked to examine the naval and joint operational concepts