Synopsis of the Applied Technology Roadmap; Providing Defense Readiness for Tomorrow

Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration, c2002. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Spiral bound. Format is approximately 11 inches by 8.5 inches. 30 pages, plus covers. Maps. Footnotes. Illustrations (many in color). Cover has slight wear and soiling. This document is a high-level synopsis of the full National Nuclear Security Administration's Applied Technology Roadmap. The larger document is the product of a collaborative effort by the NNSA and contractor representatives to the Applied Technology team. Representatives from all of the eight sites comprising the NWC, as well as other NNSA staff from headquarters and several field offices, participated in several workshops. The authors acknowledged a debt to the group that compiled the NNSA Applied Engineering, Testing & Manufacturing Capabilities book. There were four pillars in the roadmap: Flexible, Agile Manufacturing; Model-Based Design and Development; Responsive, Integrated Enterprise; and Adaptable, Knowledge-Enabled Workforce. The Nuclear Weapons Complex relies on the unique synergy created among the design laboratories and the production plants. The laboratories provide a strong science base while the production plants are capable of unmatched precision in producing a wide variety of materials, components, and assemblies. Together, the laboratories and plants can transform a concept into specialized hardware to meet very demanding requirements. The complex thus created in a security environment for synthesizing and processing a wide variety of materials, including hazardous and radioactive components. The Applied Technology Roadmap shows how the synergy of the NWC science and technologies base will be used to provide national defense for tomorrow. The most efficient way to support the nation is to build the 'pillars' formed from enabling technologies that rest upon the foundation of NWC capabilities, capitalizing on existing and future investment in the NWC. Condition: Very good.

Keywords: Applied Technology, Technology Roadmap, Agile Manufacturing, Model-Based Design, Knowledge-Enabled Workforce, National Laboratories, Weapon Plants

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