AMERICA’S ARMY WINNING IN A COMPLEX WORLD

Broad Overview of Army S&T Investments (FY15)
Army scientists working at Army S&T laboratories and centers conduct
the remaining basic research. Army scientists and engineers conduct
approximately half (54 percent) of the Army’s applied research (BA2),
with the remaining contracted to industry and other organizations
and government agencies. A majority (60 percent) of the advanced
technology development (BA3) program is contracted to industry, with
the remaining portion performed within Army and other government
laboratories and centers. The figure above shows the split of in-house
versus external work for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, by budget activity.
Programming, Budgeting and Execution process inputs and other
oversight actions specific to that portfolio. The Army S&T Portfolios
address challenges across six Army wide capability areas: Ground
Maneuver, Soldier/Squad, Air, Command, Control, Communications
and Intelligence (C3I), Lethality and Medical portfolios. There are also
two S&T enabling portfolios: Innovation Enablers and Basic Research.
Army S&T is responsible for some advanced component development
and rapid prototyping (BA4) and operational system development
efforts, including Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) (BA7). BA4
and BA7 resources support technology maturation and technology
manufacturing efforts across S&T portfolios and help enable the
transition of new and affordable capabilities to Army acquisition
programs and ultimately to the field. The Army S&T Enterprise
also executes Research and Development funding allocated to Small
Business Innovation Research programs for the Army and DoD.
For coordination and oversight across the Army S&T Enterprise, the
ODASA(R&T) organizes the S&T budget and programs into eight
S&T Portfolios. Each portfolio is overseen by a portfolio director
within the ODASA(R&T) who coordinates the Planning,
Army S&T Enterprise Program Funding Percentage Breakdown
by Portfolio
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