COMMENTARY


parent organization, PEO C3T, together with the Network Cross-Functional Team and the C5ISR Center, to lay the strong foundations required to truly bridge the technology transition valley of death and enter product development.


RDT&E BUDGET ACTIVITIES-4: ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES Te Army’s establishment of dedicated advanced-component- development and prototypes (6.4) RDT&E funding for use across PEO C3T is perhaps the single most important building block in the successful transition of mature S&T programs to their respec- tive project management offices. Tis funding line enables the


development, system integration and demonstration of technol- ogies and prototypes at TRL 6 and 7 (Figure 2).


To date, PM Tactical Network leverages two pathways to take advantage of this RDT&E funding (Figure 3), although there are others under consideration. Te first is through formal technology transitions from the C5ISR Center to the project management office and the second is through technical exchange meetings (TEMs) with industry.


Formal S&T Pathway: Te Army’s formal S&T pathway is the more traditional avenue for technology development. It generally includes multiple years of basic research (6.1 funding),


FIGURE 2


READINESS LEVEL


Financial Management Regulation – Technology Readiness Level (FMR-TRL) Map1. (Graphic by DAU, adapted by the author)


FIGURE 2 KEY


RDT&E: Research, development, test and evaluation TRL: Technology readiness level


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