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Technology
Navigator...
An information sharing service
leveraging internet technology
By Edward F. Dandar
The
Technology Navigator (TN) evolved from a 1996
intelligence community study which recommended
establishing a technology information brokering function
to focus on key technology matters. The TN responds to
another key study recommendation calling for improved
information sharing and reuse across national security
community organizations. The Defense Technical
Information Center (DTIC) is sponsoring the TN effort as
an information sharing service using the Internet and the
governments intranets. This new service is focused
on information and measurements and signatures
technologies. The Navigator will be hosted on a DTIC
Internet server and mirrored on the government intranets.
The TN is an Internet-based collaborative tool built in
"partnership" with industry, academia and other
government agencies. It will enable government
technologists, project and resource managers to better
address technology issues.
The TN provides a marketing
opportunity for industry and academia to advertise latest
technology wares and project to a broad national security
community audience. The core of the TN is a
searchable/browsable database of products and related
information. It is organized by technology interest areas
with links to people and organizations. A bulletin board
service allows technologists, project managers and
resource managers to exchange information on problem
areas, possible solutions and upcoming technology related
events or activities.
The TNs extensive
framework facilitates information sharing and provides a
forum in which to determine the "who, what, when,
where, and how" for these technology domains and
their related activities spanning government, industry,
and academia. The TN will link users to
technology-related studies, assessments and pilot
projects, as well as to industry, academia and other
government web pages which provide additional information
on products or research status. This new service will
initially focus on information technology and
measurements and signatures technology. Detailed
descriptions of those listed technology areas can be
viewed at our Web sites as a common point of departure.
The TNs alpha version can be viewed on the Internet
at http://www.mews.org/jto. The beta version capability
will be available in early June at http://www.
dtic.mil/technav. The TN was developed with support from
a government contractor.
A Technology Navigator data
submission form is available via the DTIC Internet access
point. An identical submission form will be available to
government users on their intranets. Interested
contributors can obtain further proprietary research
submission guidance at: http://
www.dtic.mil/dtic/dtic-o/conguide.html. The DTIC plays a
vital role in the collection and dissemination of
Independent Research and Development information for the
government. It provides this information to DTIC
registered DOD and other U.S. government scientists,
engineers and analysts.
Sample
Information Technology Topics include:
lAutomated Warning,
Anomaly Detection and Discovery Tools
lCollaborative Analysis
Tools and Groupware
lData Analysis,
Visualization, and Fusion Tools
lData Warehousing,
Storage, Retrieval and Dissemination
lGeographic Information
Systems and Displays
l Human Computer Interface for
Information Systems
lInformation
Management and Decision Support
lInformation
Processing and Transformation
lModeling and Simulation
for Intelligence Analysis
lMulti-lingual Information
Technologies and Translation Support
lMultimedia Authoring,
Production, and Distribution
lMultimedia Storage,
Retrieval, and Analysis
lMulti-search, Data Mining
and Retrieval from Heterogeneous Sources
lObject-Oriented Data
Bases and Data Base Development
lSecurity, Auditing,
Records and Copyright Management
Sample
Measurements and Signatures Technology Topics include:
lAdvanced Radio Frequency
Sensors
lBiological Materials
Sensors
lChemical Materials
Sensors
lNon-Imaging Infrared
Sensors
lNuclear Materials Sensors
lRemote Spectral Sensors
lUnattended Sensors
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