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21 June 2001

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    [Federal Register: June 21, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 120)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 33238]
    From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

    Office of the Secretary

    Defense Science Board

    AGENCY: Department of Defense.

    ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Meeting.

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    SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board (DSB) Summer Study will meet in
    closed session August 13-24, 2001, at the Beckman Center, Irvine, CA.
    At these meetings, the Defense Science Board will discuss interim
    findings and recommendations resulting from two ongoing Task Force
    activities: Defense Science & Technology (S&T) and Precision Targeting.
        The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary
    of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
    Technology & Logistics on scientific and technical matters as they
    affect the perceived needs of the Department of Defense. At these
    meetings, the Board will address the issues involved in assuring that
    the U.S. continues to gain access to and develop technology from which
    to gain military advantage. They will consider future technologies that
    should be developed and exploited for military applications,
    particularly potential technologies that provide the U.S. military an
    asymmetric advantage in conflict, in deployment, and at home; the
    appropriate mix of in-house, contractor, university and commercial
    providers of basic and applied research and of advanced development;
    how DoD can leverage technology that is under development and produced
    globally in commercial industry, as well as that which is being
    discovered and demonstrated in the S&T programs funded by both other
    U.S. agencies and other nations; the situation of and the contribution
    of the DoD laboratories in this changing world; and how to maintain
    excellence in in-house S&T endeavors.
        The Board will also examine the full range of the precision weapons
    targeting in tactical military operations, from target execution,
    location, and identification through mission execution and damage
    assessment. Specifically, all planned precision weapons programs and
    procurements will be examined to determine the degree to which these
    weapons are compatible with targeting requirements for different target
    classes; the degree to which existing and planned reconnaissance and
    surveillance assets are used to effectively develop target sets, real
    time targeting data and perform battle damage assessment under varied
    degrees of cover, concealment and deception; our ability to identify
    and precisely locate targets while minimizing false alarms using
    automatic target recognition techniques and precision location
    technologies; and our ability to attack moving targets.
        In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee
    Act, P.L. No. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II), it has been
    determined that these Defense Science Board meetings, concern matters
    listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), and that accordingly these meetings will
    be closed to the public.

        Dated: June 14, 2001.
    L.M. Bynum,
    Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
    [FR Doc. 01-15594 Filed 6-20-01; 8:45 am]
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