1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web95-322 SPRUpdated July 3, 1997DODs Dual-Use Strategy(name redacted)Specialist in Science and TechnologyScience Policy Research DivisionSummaryAs part of its effort to reduce the costs of its mili
2、tary systems and gain greateraccess to state-of-the-art technologies, the Department of Defense (DOD) is pursuingwhat it calls a dual-use strategy. This strategy seeks to make greater use of thecommercial sector in developing and manufacturing military goods. The strategy has twoprincipal elements:
3、acquisition reform to remove the regulatory and administrativebarriers that inhibit greater use of commercial technology, and dual-use technologyprograms that actively seek to (a) develop new dual-use technology in cooperation withthe commercial sector, (b) insert or spin-on existing commercial tech
4、nology intomilitary systems, and (c) spin-off existing military technology into the commercialsector. Acquisition reform has proceeded apace with bipartisan support. Dual-usetechnology programs, however, have generated much debate. While critics have beensupportive of the dual-use strategy in princi
