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give them a decisive advantage over cur- rent and as-yet undefined enemies?


Innovation, among other things. As a concept, “innovation” has become a buzzword, and it is also becoming a major policy thrust, gaining momentum daily throughout DOD. But what does it really mean? According to Merriam-Webster, innovation is: 1) the introduction of something new; or 2) a new idea, method or device.


But defining something is vastly easier than actually doing it. Innovation has many different shades of meaning for the various defense communities—in acqui- sition, logistics, science and technology (S&T), industry and academia—not the least of them industry, tasked with actually converting requirements into concepts and concepts into products.


Te word “innovation” carries enough nuance to confuse rather than clarify. Te words “enterprise,” “collaboration,”


“culture,” “agility” and “responsiveness” pop up frequently. So do the terms


“knowledge sharing,” “intellectual prop- erty,” “return on investment,” “life cycle management,” “constrained resources” and “better buying power.”


Te Army Operating Concept, “Win in a Complex World,” defines innovation as


“the result of critical and creative think- ing and the conversion of new ideas into valued outcomes. Innovation drives the development of new tools or methods that permit Army forces to anticipate future demands,


stay ahead of deter-


mined enemies, and accomplish the mission.” In other words, it is more than technology; it is new ways of thinking about technology.


In this swirl of words, all fraught with a growing sense of urgency, each of the


stakeholder communities is grappling with how to interpret innovation within its own world and how to join forces with the other communities to actually make it happen, all within the constraints of congressional oversight.


Industry, in particular, is seeing its role evolve from one of meeting established (though not always clearly defined) requirements for well-funded programs. It is being asked to meet a much broader array of nascent needs with its IR&D funding, as DOD and the Army seek


ASC.ARMY.MIL 59 SEIZING OPPORTUNITY


The Hon. Stephen P. Welby, ASD(R&E), outlined opportunities for innovation within DOD at the second Army Innovation Summit at Aberdeen Proving Ground in April. Welby believes DOD needs to “regrow some of the muscle tone that we had” during the Cold War. (SOURCE: Office of the ASD(R&E))


Hypersonics Manufacturing Directed energy


Innovation opportunities for prototyping and experimentation


Autonomy and robotics Biomedical


100110 011011 110110


Electronic warfare and cyber


Future of computing and microelectronics


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