Department of Defense News Release (Dec. 7, 2006): Comparative Testing Office announces projects for fiscal 2007.The Department of Defense announces the selection of new projects being funded in Fiscal 2007 under the Comparative Testing Office's (CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. ) Defense Acquisition Challenge (DAC See D/A converter and discretionary access control. DAC - Digital to Analog Converter ) and Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT FCT Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (Portuguese University) FCT Fundamentals of Computation Theory FCT Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation) ) programs. The Services and the U.S. Special Operations Command A subordinate unified or other joint command established by a joint force commander to plan, coordinate, conduct, and support joint special operations within the joint force commander's assigned operational area. Also called SOC. See also special operations. (USSOCOM USSOCOM United States Special Operations Command ) nominated more than 85 projects for CTO funding consideration. Each proposed project was carefully reviewed by the Services, USSOCOM, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is part of the United States Department of Defense and includes the entire staff of the Secretary of Defense. It is the principal staff element of the Secretary of Defense in the exercise of policy development, planning, resource to ensure that the mature equipment or technology addressed valid warfighter needs. Each project's Service sponsor also had to have a viable acquisition strategy to procure and field the equipment should it test successfully and offer the best value. The DAC and FCT programs support the warfighter by leveraging mature equipment and technologies from domestic and coalition industry to satisfy U.S. defense requirements. Performance measures include accelerating the acquisition process, reducing development costs, and providing opportunities for the introduction of innovative and cost-saving technologies into existing defense acquisition programs. By staying focused on the capabilities required for the global war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act , DAC and FCT enhance interoperability with our coalition partners, strengthen defense relationships, and frequently serve as a catalyst for partnering between domestic and overseas defense industries. The DAC program allows domestic industries, especially those that are not major defense contractors, to compete with current acquisition programs at the component, system or sub-system level. The FCT program demonstrates the U.S. commitment to the two-way street in defense procurement and the willingness of our allies and coalition partners to share their technology and compete in the U.S. defense market. Of the 37 new FCT and DAC projects for fiscal 2007, nine are sponsored by the Army, 11 by the Navy and Marine Corps, eight by the Air Force, and nine by the USSOCOM. Additional information on the DAC and FCT programs is available on the CTO Web site at: <http://www.acq.osd.mil/cto/>. Defense Acquisition Challenge (DAC) and Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) Programs Army FCT * Lithium-Ion Polymer Batteries -- Republic of Korea * Real-Time Geospatial Information Sharing -- Canada * Secure High-Capacity Tactical Radio System -- Sweden * Type II Superlattice A superlattice is a material with periodically alternating layers of several substances. Such structures possess periodicity both on the scale of each layer's crystal lattice and on the scale of the alternating layers. Focal Plane Arrays and Cameras -- Germany DAC * 10kW Tactical Vehicle Inverter (1) A logic gate that converts the input to the opposite state for output. If the input is true, the output is false, and vice versa. An inverter performs the Boolean logic NOT operation. (2) A circuit that converts DC current into AC current. Contrast with rectifier. System * Fiber Optic Gyro Rate Sensors for Combat Vehicles * Improved Performance Environmental Control System * Land Warrior Cable Connector System * Portable Oxygen Concentrator for Patient Transport and Treatment Navy and Marine Corps FCT * Deployable Instrumented Training System for Urban Warfare -- Sweden * Enhanced Underwater Breathing Apparatus -- Canada, Italy, United Kingdom * Mobile Oxygen Ventilation and External Breathing Apparatus -- Canada * Steel Strip Laminate Rocket Motor Case for 5-Inch Zuni Rocket -- United Kingdom * Tactical Paging Buoy for Submarine Communications at Speed and Depth -- Canada, United Kingdom * Waterjet Engine Qualification for Naval Combatants -- Netherlands, Sweden DAC * AN/BSN -- 2 Digital Depth Detector * Combat Rubber Raiding Craft The F470 Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC), also known as the "Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft," is a specially fabricated inflatable rubber boat often used by the Navy SEALs and US Marines, among others. Product Improvement * Improved Loader's Weapon Station for M1A1 Main Battle Tank * Non-Gasoline Burning Outboard Engine * Portable Receive Communications Suite Air Force FCT * Ceramic-Aluminum Engine Coating -- Germany * Helmet-Mounted Cueing System for A 10 "Warthog" -- Israel * Spatial Disorientation Trainer -- Austria * X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Radar, airborne or satellite-borne, that uses special signal processing to produce high-resolution images of the surface of the Earth (or another object) while traversing a considerable flight path. Satellite Data -- Germany DAC * Angel Fire -- Situational Awareness of Large-Area Urban Operations * C2 Resource Management: Master Control Panel * Cost-Effective Light Aircraft Missile Protection * Low-Plasticity Burnishings to F-100 Engine U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM SOCOM Special Operations Command (US DoD) ) FCT * Anti-Material Rifle -- Croatia, Republic of South Africa * Hostile Forces Tagging, Tracking and Locating -- Canada, France, Italy, United Kingdom * Lightweight Deployable Universal Communications Systems -- Sweden * MK47 Crew-Served Weapon Trainer -- Norway * PSYOP Radio Broadcast Platform -- Norway DAC * Crew-Served and Heavy Weapon Aiming Laser * Improved Radio Frequency (RF) Micro-Chip Assemblies * Lithium-Ion Battery System for SEAL Delivery Vehicle The SEAL Delivery Vehicle or (SDV) is a manned submersible and a type of Swimmer Delivery Vehicle used to deliver United States Navy SEALs and their equipment for special operations missions. * Modular Composite Armor Kits A brief description of each project is available from the Public Affairs Office (media only), (703) 697-5131; Public Communications (non-media only), (703) 428-0711. |
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