Table 1

4 July 1998
Source: Hardcopy from Peter Leitner

FUTURE WEAPON SYSTEMS: Technologies Required

X ESSENTIAL
# IMPORTANT
O HELPFUL A-A Missiles Acoustic ASW Sensors Acoustic Sensing Sys. Air Superior. Fighter Air-
Launched Cruise Missiles Air to Surface Missiles Aircraft Bombs AN-12 Class Tactical Transport AN-124 Class Strategic Transport Anti-
personnel Weapon Anti-
aircraft Gun Anti-
sensor Laser Artillery Ammunition Artillery ASAT Astronomy Satellites ASW Missiles Attack Helicopter Ballistic Missile Radars Bomber BW/CW Munitions and Production Carrier Based CTOL Fighter Counter-
air Fighter Cruise Missile Attack Submarine Endo-
atmospheric ABM Exo-
atmospheric ABM Ground Attack Fighter Ground Based AD Radar Handheld ATGM

Aerothermodynamics
#

Bearingless Rotor
#

Burn Through Shroud

CAD/CAE/Simulation
X

#

X

#

X

X

X

#

X

#

X

X

X

X

#

X

X

X

#

X

#

X

Ceramics
X

#

X

#

X

X

#

X

X

Cesium Clocks

Chemistry
#

Coatings

Compact Cryogenics
#

X

Composites
X

X

O

X

#

#

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Correlation Sonar

Crystal Growth

Displays

Elastomerics
X

Electronics, High-power
#

Encryption
O

Explosives Chemistry
#

O

#

#

X

#

X

Fiber Optics

Gas Bearings

Heat Lamp

High Power Battery
X

High Pressure Pumps

Hydraulic Press Design
O

O

Hydraulics
#

Instrumentation
#

Know-how
X

#

#

X

X

#

#

X

#

X

O

X

#

#

X

#

Laser Detector
#

#

#

#

Laser

Machining
#

#

#

#

X

X

X

X

#

X

X

#

#

X

#

X

X

Magnetostrictive devices
#

Manufacturing
#

X

X

X

#

#

#

#

Materials
X

O

X

X

X

X

X

X

#

#

X

X

#

#

X

X

O

X

Matrix Detector Production
X

Metals
X

O

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Microelectronics
X

X

X

X

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

#

X

X

Monomolecular Fluid

Optics
O
X
X

X

#

#

Phase Shifters
#

#

Piezoceramics
#

Power Source

Radar Sensor

Receiver

Sensors

Signal Processor

Software
X

#

#

X

X

#

X

X

#

#

#

X

Spectroscopy
#

Superconductors
#

#

Telecommunications