Office of Naval Research

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Office of Naval Research From Discover
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• Gary Jensen, Director
• Greater Mid Pacific Branch Office
• Ted Sheppard, Program Officer
• Greater Mid Pacific Branch Office

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• Mission
• Avoid technological surprise by assessing ST/RD
  in areas of naval interest
• Maintain technological dominance by providing
  ST/RD advice to Fleet/Force decision makers
• Articulate urgent Fleet/Force capabilities by
  seeking solutions
• Leverage international ST/RD activities to
  enhance DoN transformation
• Serve as an international node of Naval Research
  Enterprise

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• Strategy
• Recruit and utilize scientists and engineers to
  assess, engage and report on emerging ST/RD in
  geographical and functional areas
• Encourage new contacts between international
  scientists and organizations with technology of
  interest to the US, and the appropriate Naval or
  other government ST/RD agency to allow for
  information exchange and possible cooperative
  research
• Identify areas of ST/RD where international
  efforts may lead the US and evaluate the possible
  importance of this research to the U.S.
• Provide the NRE with technical information needed
  to develop near-term solutions to current fleet
  problems
• Provide Fleet/Force Commanders with trained
  science advisors to support decisions concerning
• Requirements definition
• Resource Allocation
• Naval Experimentation

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• Vision
• Provide international science technology-based
  solutions to naval problems of the day, and of
  the future

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5 Theaters 45 Countries Impacted

• AUSTRIA
• BELARUS
• BELGIUM
• CZECH REP.
• DENMARK
• ESTONIA
• FRANCE
• GERMANY
• GREECE
• HUNGARY
• IRELAND
• ITALY
• LITHUANIA
• NETHERLANDS

• AUSTRALIA
• INDIA
• JAPAN
• KOREA
• MAURITIUS
• NEW ZEALAND
• SINGAPORE
• THAILAND
• VIETNAM

• KENYA
• MOROCCO
• NAMIBIA
• S. AFRICA
• ISRAEL
• TURKEY

• NORWAY
• POLAND
• PORTUGAL
• ROMANIA
• RUSSIA
• SLOVAKIA
• SPAIN
• SWEDEN
• U. K.
• UKRAINE

• ARGENTINA
• BRAZIL
• CHILE
• URUGUAY

• CANADA
• MEXICO

EUCOM, PACOM, CENTCOM, NORTHCOM SOUTHCOM
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• Why Global?
• This global focus is important because of two
  major changes in the world
• Globalization of Technology
• Increased Sharing and Partnering In ST

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• Greater Mid Pacific Branch OfficeMission
• ONRG
• Alaska, Hawaii Pacific Rim
• Technology Surprise
• ST Economic Development
• Knowledge Broker
• Educational Outreach

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• APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES
• IT
• Water Column
• Sensors
• Ship Design
• Fuel Cell

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• JITC
• These centers allow DoD to integrate and
• implement the many successful logistics and
• personnel initiatives underway throughout the
• Department of Defense These centers will
• allow DoD to upgrade to more capable and
• more flexible information technology tools.

National Defense Appropriations Conference Report
for FY 2001
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• Joint Information Technology Center
• Supporting the Warfighter
• Program Management
• Mutual Interest ST Development
  
• Hawaii-Alaska
• Educational Outreach
• Coordination and Funds Oversight

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• JITC
• Transformation
• Systems and processes for linking command and
  control with combat support

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• JITC
• Funding
• and
• Staffing

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JITC Funding
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JITC Staffing
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• Core Competencies
• Medical information management
• Web-enabled application development
• Extraction and transfer of information from
  
  
  
  disparate data
  sources
• Systems security engineering
• Decision support systems engineering and
  development
• Network operations and support
• Workforce development through internships

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• Challenges
• Local workforce skill-sets
• Ability to recruit engineers to Maui
• Separation from Defense Department development
  centers
• Sustainability
• Expanding the customer base

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• Questions

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JITC Information Assurance Funding