http://ammtiac.alionscience.com The AMMTIAC Quarterly, Volume 2, Number 4 9 Benjamin D. Craig AMMTIAC Rome, NY tech solutions 7 The IAC Program – A National Resource This year the Department of Defense (DoD) will spend approxi- mately $75.1 billion on research, development, testing, and evalua- tion (RDT&E), according to the FY2008 DoD Budget.[1] Supporting a vast array of research efforts with this high level of funding naturally results in the generation of an extensive amount of scientific and technical information. So how does the DoD make sure that there is minimal duplication of effort? Moreover, how does the department ensure that the research results are preserved and also shared among scientists and engineers? Finally, how does the DoD ensure that collaboration between groups, organizations, and subject matter experts takes place whenever possible? The challenges presented by these questions are met head on by the DoD’s Information Analysis Center (IAC) program. The DoD has nineteen separate IACs and several key, centralized systems ded- icated to serving the entire DoD RDT&E community. The mission of the program is to provide comprehensive technical and informa- tion support to researchers, scientists, engineers and program man- agers. This article will provide an overview of the various functions of the IACs and the IAC program, as well as the resources available to the community, many of which are free. THE IAC PROGRAM – A NATIONAL RESOURCE The DoD’s IAC Program, an institution that has been operating in various forms for more than 65 years, supports nearly all types of RDT&E efforts. The program also preserves and maintains the sci- entific and technical information that documents the achievements, advancements and lessons learned of the RDT&E community. The IAC Program also helps to drive the development, advancement, and transfer of technology. About the IAC Program The IAC Program is configured to be a resource for researchers, engineers, scientists, and program managers working on or support- ing the DoD in almost any capacity. IACs are research and analysis organizations chartered to focus their efforts in strategic technology areas. The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), which operates under the policy guidance of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Research and Engineering (DDR&E), is the premier provider of DoD technical information and is responsible for ten contractor-operated IACs. The other nine IACs are managed through other DoD initiatives. Table 1 provides a list of the ten DTIC IACs and Table 2 displays the other nine DoD IACs. DTIC supports the warfighter by leveraging the billions of dollars invested in defense scientific and technology research to quickly provide access to relevant information and to prevent redundant research from being performed. The IAC Mission The mission of DTIC’s IAC program is two-fold. Firstly, IACs enable quick access to worldwide scientific and technical informa- tion to improve the productivity of personnel in the defense science and technology communities. The IACs accomplish this mission by collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, and disseminating relevant information in clearly-defined and structured subject areas. Secondly, the IACs serve their respective fields by providing techni- cal services and solutions. With the staff’s competency in working with customers to define requirements and then employing their skills in data analysis, they can develop those customized solutions needed to address critical defense problems. Granting Researchers Rapid Access to Technical Information and Reducing Duplication of Effort Table 1. IACs Sponsored by DoD and Managed by DTIC. AMMTIAC Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, and Testing IAC http://ammtiac.alionscience.com/ CBRNIAC Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense IAC http://www.cbrniac.apgea.army.mil/ CPIAC Chemical Propulsion IAC http://www.cpia.jhu.edu/ DACS The Data & Analysis Center for Software http://www.thedacs.com/ IATAC Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center http://iac.dtic.mil/iatac/ MSIAC Modeling and Simulation IAC http://www.dod-msiac.org/ RIAC Reliability IAC SENSIAC Military Sensing IAC http://www.sensiac.gatech.edu/ SURVIAC Survivability/Vulnerability IAC http://www.bahdayton.com/surviac/ WSTIAC Weapons Systems Technology IAC http://wstiac.alionscience.com/ Table 2. IACs Sponsored by Military Organizations and Agencies. APMIAC Airfields, Pavements, and Mobility IAC CEIAC Coastal Engineering Defense IAC CRSTIAC Cold Regions Science and Technology IAC CTIAC Concrete Technology IAC DTRIAC Defense Threat Reduction IAC EIAC Environmental IAC HEIAC Hydraulic Engineering IAC SAVIAC Shock and Vibration IAC SMIAC Soil Mechanics IAC
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http://ammtiac.alionscience.com The AMMTIAC Quarterly, Volume 2, Number 4 9
Benjamin D. CraigAMMTIACRome, NYtechsolutions 7
The IAC Program – A National Resource
This year the Department of Defense (DoD) will spend approxi-mately $75.1 billion on research, development, testing, and evalua-tion (RDT&E), according to the FY2008 DoD Budget.[1]Supporting a vast array of research efforts with this high level offunding naturally results in the generation of an extensive amountof scientific and technical information. So how does the DoD makesure that there is minimal duplication of effort? Moreover, how doesthe department ensure that the research results are preserved andalso shared among scientists and engineers? Finally, how does theDoD ensure that collaboration between groups, organizations, andsubject matter experts takes place whenever possible?The challenges presented by these questions are met head on by
the DoD’s Information Analysis Center (IAC) program. The DoDhas nineteen separate IACs and several key, centralized systems ded-icated to serving the entire DoD RDT&E community. The missionof the program is to provide comprehensive technical and informa-tion support to researchers, scientists, engineers and program man-agers. This article will provide an overview of the various functionsof the IACs and the IAC program, as well as the resources availableto the community, many of which are free.
THE IAC PROGRAM – A NATIONAL RESOURCEThe DoD’s IAC Program, an institution that has been operating invarious forms for more than 65 years, supports nearly all types ofRDT&E efforts. The program also preserves and maintains the sci-entific and technical information that documents the achievements,advancements and lessons learned of the RDT&E community. TheIAC Program also helps to drive the development, advancement,and transfer of technology.
About the IAC ProgramThe IAC Program is configured to be a resource for researchers,engineers, scientists, and program managers working on or support-ing the DoD in almost any capacity. IACs are research and analysisorganizations chartered to focus their efforts in strategic technologyareas. The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), whichoperates under the policy guidance of the Office of the Secretary ofDefense, Research and Engineering (DDR&E), is the premierprovider of DoD technical information and is responsible for tencontractor-operated IACs. The other nine IACs are managedthrough other DoD initiatives. Table 1 provides a list of the tenDTIC IACs and Table 2 displays the other nine DoD IACs. DTICsupports the warfighter by leveraging the billions of dollars investedin defense scientific and technology research to quickly provideaccess to relevant information and to prevent redundant researchfrom being performed.
The IAC MissionThe mission of DTIC’s IAC program is two-fold. Firstly, IACsenable quick access to worldwide scientific and technical informa-tion to improve the productivity of personnel in the defense scienceand technology communities. The IACs accomplish this mission bycollecting, analyzing, synthesizing, and disseminating relevantinformation in clearly-defined and structured subject areas.Secondly, the IACs serve their respective fields by providing techni-cal services and solutions. With the staff ’s competency in workingwith customers to define requirements and then employing theirskills in data analysis, they can develop those customized solutionsneeded to address critical defense problems.
Granting Researchers Rapid Access to Technical Information and Reducing Duplication of Effort
Table 1. IACs Sponsored by DoD and Managed by DTIC.AMMTIAC Advanced Materials, Manufacturing,
DTIC offers a centralized digital repository of the IAC libraryholdings to provide researchers, scientists, engineers, and programmanagers with quick and easy access to scientific and technicalinformation. The Total Electronic Migration System (TEMS) isdesigned to preserve valuable data and technical informationcreated under the DoD’s RDT&E efforts. TEMS also helps toreduce duplication of effort as researchers can use the powerfulsearch tools to find information that is relevant to their project.Finding similar projects in literature allows ongoing programs to
avoid performing work that’s already been done and thereby real-ize a significant cost savings.
Are you generating new scientific and technical informa-tion? Help AMMTIAC help the DoD avoid duplication of effort.Send in your technical reports and AMMTIAC will upload themto DTIC’s TEMS on your behalf. Or if you have valuable legacyinformation, AMMTIAC will digitize it and upload it to TEMSto be preserved for future researchers. To get started, contact us at:
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techsolutions 7Table 6. WSTIAC Provides Information and TechnicalSupport in a Number of Areas.
Power & Energy
Lethality
Command & Control
Non-Lethal Weapons
Weapon Systems & Munitions Readiness, & AssetVisibility
DoD dictionary of military and associated termshttp://wstiac.alionscience.com/pdf/dodmilitarydictionary.pdf
Weapon Systems TechnologyWSTIAC
TEMS – Reducing Duplication of Effort
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