DTIC established as a DOD field activity.More than 300 civilian employees of the Defense Technical Information Center Noun 1. Defense Technical Information Center - the agency in the Department of Defense that provides scientific and technical information to federal agencies and their contractorsDTIC (DTIC DTIC A trademark for the drug dacarbazine. DTIC dacarbazine. dacarbazine Warning - Hazardous drug! DTIC (CA), DTIC-Dome ) at Fort Belvoir Fort Belvoir is a United States military installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 7,176 at the 2000 census. , Va., greeted Dr. Ronald Sega, director, defense research and engineering (DDR&E) on July 7, 2004, as he marked the establishment of DTIC as a Department of Defense Field Activity. DTIC will be under the office of the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics The Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics is the title of a high-level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The Undersecretary of Defense for Policy is the principal staff assistant and advisor to both the Secretary of Defense (AT&L) and will report to Sega. Sega's meeting with DTIC staff followed the signing of a decision memorandum on June 4, 2004, by Paul Wolfowitz, deputy secretary of defense, which elevated DTIC to field activity status. DTIC's products and services are used by its customers to maximize research knowledge in performing the multibillion dollar DoD research efforts authorized and funded annually by Congress. DTIC provides DoD with information on research activities of other DoD agencies and their contractors. This prevents unnecessary or duplicate research at the taxpayers' expense. Well known as the DoD central facility for defense information for almost 60 years, DTIC provides a one-stop access point to DoD scientific, research and engineering information. DTIC resources are available to DoD, the military services, other U.S. government agencies, contractors to DoD and other government agencies, potential contractors, and universities with federal research grants. The gateway to DTIC's products and services is its Web site <http://www.dtic.mil>. Registration is required to access many DTIC products and services. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (abbrev. "ASN") is the title given to certain senior officials in the U.S. Department of the Navy. They serve as chief assistants to the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV). for Research, Development and Acquisition John Young, also presidential nominee for the position of principal deputy under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, briefs reporters at the Pentagon on the new class of Navy ships known as Littoral Combat Ships (LCS LCS - Language for Communicating Systems ) on May 27, 2004. Young announced the awarding of contracts to Lockheed Martin Corporation, Maritime Systems & Sensors in Moorestown, N.J., and General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. Since its foundation in 1884 by Thomas W. Hyde, Bath Iron Works has built private, commercial and military vessels. in Bath, Maine, to produce two prototype ships each. For more information about how to obtain DTIC products and services, contact bcporder@dtic.mil or call (703) 767-8244. |
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