JCTD Shout-Out

The Pentagon's Defense Research and Engineering office is calling for new fiscal year 2011 Joint Capability Technology Demonstration candidates, according to a recent memo.

In the Oct. 9 memo, DR&E Complex Systems Director Charles Perkins writes:

I invite you to submit FY 2011 candidates for the JCTD program. Candidates should have a Combatant Commander as the primary sponsor, support joint, coalition, or inter-agency capabilities and counter unconventional and time-critical threats by rapidly providing "leap ahead" capabilities for the warfighter while encouraging rapid technology transition within the department by matching customer needs with S&T innovation.

To be more responsive to the warfighter, I will accept candidates year-round. However, candidates that would like to be briefed at the Candidate Review Board (CRB) in March 2010 should submit documentation by Jan. 15, 2010. A second CRB will be held in September 2010.

JCTD candidates should be submitted to the Rapid Fielding Directorate using the Defense Research and Engineering office's Knowledge Management Information System (KIMS) on the office's Web site, according to the memo. Classified proposals should be submitted to the KIMS page found on the SIPRNET Web site.