Selected University Laboratory Needs in Support of National Security

摘要

The Report of the House Armed Services Committee on the 1984 Department of Defense Authorization Act contained the following request: Many of the university laboratories in which Department of Defense research programs are conducted are obsolete and in need of major modernization or replacement. The committee believes a study should be undertaken on the need to modernize university laboratories in the physical sciences, earth and ocean sciences, atmospheric sciences, engineering, computer sciences and other fields essential to our long-term national security. The survey should (1) document the laboratory needs of universities presently engaged in Department of Defense competitive research programs, (2) assess priorities by academic field, (3) provide estimates of costs to meet these needs, (4) provide specific recommendations appropriate to the Department of Defense and others designed to address the need, (5) state the consequences to our long-term national security. This report is a response to that request. Contents: Rationale; Definitions; Research Disciplines and Thrust Areas; DOD Support for University Laboratories; Previous studies; Selective University Laboratory Modernization.