An Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration enables the evaluation of mature advanced technology for usage by the United States military. These demonstrations allow technology evaluation earlier and cheaper than is possible through the formal acquisition of new production capabilities. They must be sponsored by an operational user with approval and oversight from the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts. None have been initiated since 2006, when the deputy under secretary initiated the follow-on Joint Concept Technology Demonstration program to emphasize multiservice technology development and improved planning for transition to operations.
Programs
The following programs were completed under the Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration framework
*
Global Hawk
The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, remotely-piloted surveillance aircraft of the 1990s–2020s. It was initially designed by Ryan Aeronautical (now part of Northrop Grumman), and known as Tier II+ during development. T ...
*
DarkStar
*
JPADS
The Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) is an American military airdrop system which uses the Global Positioning System (GPS), steerable parachutes, and an onboard computer to steer loads to a designated point of impact (PI) on a drop zone (DZ) ...
References
Further reading
*
*
External links
* {{cite web, title=Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations (ACTD) Website , url=https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=37609&lang=en-US , publisher=Defense Acquisitions University , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231029/https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=37609&lang=en-US , archivedate=2016-03-03
Military technology
Evaluation methods