2000 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research's Marine Corps Science and Technology Program (2000) / Chapter Skim
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9 Suggestions for Improving Program Effectiveness and Achieving Better Integration with the Marine Corps
9 Suggestions for Improving Program Effectiveness and Achieving Better Integration with the Marine Corps
Pages 70-74
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programs will brassboard promising technologies for demonstration at MCWL and elsewhere, the committee believes that Code 353's program should be primarily a discovery program, that is, one that explores new technologies with an intent to clarify their applicability to Marine Corps needs. Although the Code 353 program need not exclude all demonstrations, those selected should feature promising techniques that do not fit in the FNC pipelines.
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However, ONR can assist in the clarification of the OMFTS concept by identifying technologies that can support increasing force size and distance and estimating availability dates for these technologies. Recommendations The committee recommends that Code 353 build the necessary relations with MCCDC and other organizations to permit assessment of the operational payoff of a successful technology investment before investments are made in that particular technology, and that Code 353 have the authority to 1ONR's mission is to maintain a close relationship with the research and development community to support long-range research, foster discovery, nurture future generations of researchers, produce new technologies that meet known naval requirements, and provide order-of-magnitude innovations in fields relevant to the future Navy and Marine Corps.
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However, for Code 353 to succeed in this function, it needs to fill its current vacancies with people who have a background in and a commitment to the Marine Corps, as well as the technology management experience to interact as peers with other ONR scientific and program officers. Recommendation The committee recommends that Code 353 be adequately staffed to perform the functions of executing a discovery program of L~necial interest to the Marine Corns aLs well aLs to leverage wherever possible, the remainder of ONR's S&T program to the benefit of the Corps.
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Although the committee did not identify all the mechanisms that higher echelons of the Marine Corps may use to influence Army investments, the committee observes that there are mechanisms for inter-Service coordination that involve working-level technology managers. Recommendations The committee recommends that Code 353 seek mechanisms, in addition to its personnel location strategy, to develop a technically robust discovery program oriented to Marine Corps needs.
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Recommendations Code 353 should plan a major group interaction between ONR program officers, ONR-supported researchers, and Marine Corps technology users, and, if the plan appears sound, ONR senior management should ensure the participation of a wide spectrum of ONR program and scientific officers. THE OPPORTUNITY The criticisms of the Code 353 program throughout this report may dishearten some ONR readers, but the committee wants to point out that it recognizes the circumstances that led to the current program and also that many of these circumstances represent opportunities.
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