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Getting the right equipment into soldiers’ hands requires the research community to provide a steady, forward-thinking stream of technologies to upgrade or create weapons systems for 2035 and beyond. To develop and mature those technologies, the U.S. Army needs subject matter expertise to invent those new technologies and integrate them into mission capability. The U.S. Army has two programs that generate useful technologies and ensure a basis of expertise to create and integrate them. This study reviewed and evaluated how well those programs enable the Army to develop the next generation of capabilities necessary to avoid technological surprise.
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Preventing Technology Surprise: The Army's Leading-Edge Research Programs and the Subject-Matter Expertise That Fuels Them
Consensus Study Report
·2026
The Army relies on its science and technology research enterprise to ensure that U.S. soldiers have the right equipment, tactical insights, and preparedness for future battlefields. In an ever-evolving combat landscape, continuous forward-looking innovation is critical to outpace emerging threats....
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