United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-06-17 monographic deposited born digital 36 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-480 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-480 P0b002ee18038016f f:d05480 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-480 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-480 GAO-05-480 Combat readiness Defense capabilities Defense procurement Military research and development Program evaluation Research program management Research programs Technology assessment Defense cost control DOD Defense Acquisition Challenge Program Other Written Product A26957 The Department of Defense (DOD) and Congress both recognize that Defense technology innovations sometimes move too slowly from the lab to the field. Three new programs have been recently created in DOD to help speed and enhance the transition of new technologies. A report accompanying the fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization Act required GAO to review two of these programs--the Technology Transition Initiative (TTI) and Defense Acquisition Challenge Program (DACP). The first is designed to speed transition of technologies from DOD labs to acquisition programs and the second is designed to introduce cost-saving technologies from inside and outside DOD. We were also asked to review the Quick Reaction Fund, which is focused on rapidly field testing promising new technology prototypes. We assessed the impact the programs had on technology transition and the programs' selection, management and oversight, and assessment practices. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-480/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-480.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-480/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-480.pdf GAO-05-480 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-480 Other Written Product GAO-05-480; Defense Technology Development: Management Process Can Be Strengthened for New Technology Transition Programs; Combat readiness Defense capabilities Defense procurement Military research and development Program evaluation Research program management Research programs Technology assessment Defense cost control DOD Defense Acquisition Challenge Program Public Law 107-314