In many respects, building and fielding a national security apparatus in Afghanistan resembles
an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration program.
The system, the Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS), is the subject of
an advanced concept technology demonstration (ACTD) conducted by the Army, Air Force, U.S.
None of the services adopted ADOCS as a "program of record," Werth noted: But the Defense Department is funding the project through 2004 as
an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration.
THEL began as
an advanced concept technology demonstration in 1996 with the work funded by the Israel Ministry of Defense ($29 million) and the DOD ($60 million).
JFCOM adapted it from
an advanced concept technology demonstration for 10,000- to 20,000-pound loads.
We have
an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration [ACTD] that will start next fiscal year, and we intend to bring all the players in industry who want to compete into what we'll call a "rodeo" with our current truck fleet.
If the Army can muster enough high-level support for the program, FTTS will enter
an advanced concept technology demonstration in 2004.