4 July 1998
Source: Hardcopy from Peter Leitner

## Table 3

## FUTURE WEAPON SYSTEMS: Technologies Required

X ESSENTIAL # IMPORTANT O HELPFUL | Ship-to- Air Missiles | Shipborne Laser Weapons | Shipborne Phased Array Radar | Short- range Attack Missiles | Short- range SAM | SIGINT Satellite | Small ACLM | Small GLCM | Small SLCM | Solid SLBM | Space Event Support Ship | Space Station | Space Tug | SSBN | Surface Combatant | Tank- Launched ATGM | Tank | Tilt- Rotor Aircraft | Torpedo Attack Submarine
Aerothermodynamics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bearingless Rotor |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Burn Through Shroud | O |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CAD/CAE/Simulation |  | # | # | X |  | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | # | X | X | X | X | X | X
Ceramics | O |  |  |  |  |  | # | # | # |  |  |  |  |  | # |  | X | # |
Cesium Clocks |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X | X | # |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Chemistry |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X
Coatings |  | X |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compact Cryogenics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Composites | O |  |  | # |  | X | X | X | X | X |  | O | # | # |  |  |  | X | X
Correlation Sonar |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | # |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crystal Growth |  | X |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Displays |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | # |  |  | X |  |  |  |
Elastomerics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X |  |
Electronics, High-power |  |  |  |  |  | O |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | O |  |  |  |  | X
Encryption |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Explosives Chemistry | O |  |  | # |  |  | O | O | O | X |  | O | # |  | # | X | O |  | X
Fiber Optics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gas Bearings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | # |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Heat Lamp |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | O |  |
High Power Battery |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
High Pressure Pumps |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hydraulic Press Design |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | O |  |  |
Hydraulics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Instrumentation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Know-how |  |  | # |  |  |  |  |  |  | X |  | O |  | # | # |  | # |  | #
Laser Detector |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | # |  | O |  |  |  |  | O |  |
Laser |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | O |  |
Machining |  |  | X | # |  | O |  |  |  | X | X | # | O | X | # | X | X | # | X
Magnetostrictive devices |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Manufacturing |  | X |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | # |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | # |
Materials | # | X |  | # |  | O |  | # | # | X |  | X |  | X | # |  | O | # | X
Matrix Detector Production |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Metals |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | # | # | # |  | X | O | # | # | X | X | # | X
Microelectronics | X |  | X | X |  | # | X | # | # | X | X | # |  | X | X | # | X | X | X
Monomolecular Fluid |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | # | X |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Optics |  | X |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Phase Shifters |  |  |  | # |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Piezoceramics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Power Source |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | O |  |
Radar Sensor |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Receiver |  |  |  |  |  | # | # | # |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sensors |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Signal Processor |  |  |  |  |  | # | # | # |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Software | X |  | X | X |  | # | # |  |  | # | X | # | # | O |  | X |  | X | X
Spectroscopy |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Superconductors |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | O |  |  |  |  | X
Telecommunications |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X |  |  |  |