INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION


TECHNOLOGY SEARCH


ENGAGEMENT


USFK/8TH ARMY Seoul, South Korea JAPAN


WARFIGHTER SUPPORT CCDC-PACIFIC FAST ADVISERS


ALCOM/USARAK Anchorage, Alaska


USPACOM/USARPAC


AND CCDC-PACIFIC Oahu, Hawaii


CCDC-ATLANTIC FAST ADVISERS


7TH ATC Grafenwoehr, Germany


JMRC Hohenfels, Germany


USAFRICOM Stuttgart, Germany


USAREUR Wiesbaden, Germany


USARAF Vicenza, Italy


CCDC-ATLANTIC ITCs


NORTHERN EUROPE Koblenz, Germany


SOUTHERN EUROPE Paris


UNITED KINGDOM London


CCDC-Americas CCDC-Atlantic CCDC-Pacific


FAST ADVISERS


CCDC ITC


KEY


ALCOM: Alaskan Command ATC: Army Training Command


FAST: Field Assistance in Science and Technology


ITC: International Technology Center


JMRC: Joint Multinational Readiness Center


USAFRICOM: U.S. Africa Command USARAF: U.S. Army Africa USARAK: U.S. Army Alaska


USAREUR: U.S. Army Europe USARPAC: U.S. Army Pacific USFK: U.S. Forces Korea USPACOM: U.S. Pacific Command


CCDC-PACIFIC ITCs JAPAN


SINGAPORE AUSTRALIA


CCDC-AMERICAS ITCs


CANADA ARGENTINA CHILE


INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE This map shows the location of the U.S. Army’s ITCs around the world.


ITCs should also be empowered to act decisively if experts deem specific research or a certain technology to be “world lead- ing.” Currently, CCDC’s Global Technology Office acts as the Army’s central executive office for the foreign technology assess- ment support and foreign comparative test programs, both of which are funded at the Office of the Secretary of Defense level. Leveraging those dollars for Army purposes is smart, but slow. Hypothetically, if an innovative foreign company developed a material that could make Soldiers invisible on the battlefield, the purchase of a $300 sample of the material for testing would take 12 to 18 months. If AFC is serious about capturing innovative foreign technologies, at least on a small scale, an internal pot of money for rapid acquisition of test samples would prove effective.


Similarly, in the area of basic or early applied research, the grants proposed by ITCs to foreign academic researchers often pale in


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comparison with those from private industry, venture capitalists and even other foreign governments. If AFC aims to capture the best of foreign research for the United States, it must be willing to up its game if required. If the research is truly world-leading, then AFC only stands to benefit.


Finally, the Army’s Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program can build sincere relationships with partners. (For more on the program, see “Overseas Opportunities” in the January- March 2018 issue of Army AL&T.) Long-standing partners in the exchange program include Germany, South Korea and the Netherlands, for yearlong research projects on technology that is relevant to Army priorities. ITCs work hand in hand with DASA(DE&C) to make the most of this valuable program, and sponsorship by AFC and CCDC leadership would further enhance it.


Army AL&T Magazine Winter 2020


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