Department of Defense news release (March 11, 2005): DoD selects defense equipment for testing.The Department of Defense has selected 15 new-start projects to receive fiscal 2005 funding under the Defense Acquisition Challenge program. The DAC See D/A converter and discretionary access control. DAC - Digital to Analog Converter program provides opportunities for both innovators innovators people who will try new things. early innovators important figures in the farming or client community because they are the leaders in the introduction of new techniques and management systems. and DoD. For innovators, it means faster entry to the defense acquisition system. For the DoD program manager, it means increased technology insertions to improve systems. Technological developments and operational needs are emerging faster than ever before. On the supply side, many of America's companies generating technological innovations have found it difficult to break into the defense market, especially those classified as small- and medium-sized Me´di`um-sized` a. 1. Having a medium size; as, a medium-sized man s>. Adj. 1. medium-sized - intermediate in size medium-size, moderate-size, moderate-sized businesses. In an effort to remedy the technology-to-programming lag, DAC provides opportunities for the increased introduction of innovative and cost-saving commercial technologies or products into existing DoD acquisition programs. The DAC program is especially designed to give small and medium-sized companies the opportunity to introduce new technologies and inject in·ject v. 1. To introduce a substance, such as a drug or vaccine, into a body part. 2. To treat by means of injection. innovation into current defense programs. To do so, DAC provides any person or activity within or outside the DoD the opportunity to propose alternatives, known as "Challenge Proposals," to existing DoD programs that could result in improvements in performance, affordability, manufacturability, or operational capability of the systems acquired by that program. As a result of selecting, testing, and inserting in·sert tr.v. in·sert·ed, in·sert·ing, in·serts 1. To put or set into, between, or among: inserted the key in the lock. See Synonyms at introduce. 2. the best of these production-ready technologies, the DAC program ultimately expands the opportunities for emerging defense suppliers, widens the U.S. defense industrial base, and leverages unique innovations for the benefit of the warfighter "Warfighter" is a term used by the United States Department of Defense to refer to any member of the US armed forces or a member of any armed forces under the US flag. It is intended to be neutral regarding military service or branch, gender, and service status. . Of the 15 DAC new-start projects for 2005, one is sponsored by Army, three by Navy, six by the Air Force, and five by 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. . The DAC Web site provides a list of the new projects and additional DAC program information at <http://www.acq.osd.mil/cto/>. |
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