For those of you who have an interest in Naval Research, the Chief of Naval Operations has issued his 2005 Guidance to the Fleet. The Guidance states:
Bringing the fight to our enemies is our mission.
Transforming ourselves and our great institution for the dangerous decades ahead is our imperative.
Our task: Prevail today while bridging to a successful future.
Outlined below are some of the points in the Guidance that are of particular interest to the S&T Community.
Under Future Readiness/Sea Shield:
Accelerate delivery of new ASW technologies to the Fleet for at-sea experimentation and deployment. Include experimentation with "thinking" sensor fields. (Fleet ASW Command lead, NWDC, TF ASW by July 05)
Under Future Readiness/Sea Trial
Develop a fiscally-informed process that assures a coherent S&T to R&D to procurement continuum that is disciplined and has termination options for
non-promising/non-capability contributing programs and activities. (OPNAV
N6/N7 with CFFC, NWDC, ONR)
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Accelerate the rate at which R&D and experimentation reaches the Fleet.
Review NWDC manning and funding to adequately support a robust doctrine
and CONOPs development/adjustment/lessons learned program. Report
status and options that include the following subjects at a minimum: (CFFC,
by March 05)
- Alignment with S&T efforts
- Speed of technology insertion
- R&D Business plan
- Experimentation with pilot programs for rapid technology insertion
Under Alignment:
Aligned Installations and Research Offices in Support of Sea Power 21. CNI
developed a 25-year installation master plan, Navy Ashore Vision 2030, that supports Sea Enterprise, Sea Swap, the Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy, and the Fleet Response Plan. We also aligned ONR's Future Naval Capabilities/Enabling Capabilities research to fully support priorities in expeditionary logistics, and to prioritize Science and Technology investments to provide enabling and long-term capabilities for the joint sea base.