10 U.S.C. § 2365 : US Code - Section 2365: Global Research Watch Program

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(a) Program. - The Director of Defense Research and Engineering
shall carry out a Global Research Watch program in accordance with
this section.
(b) Program Goals. - The goals of the program are as follows:
(1) To monitor and analyze the basic and applied research
activities and capabilities of foreign nations in areas of
military interest, including allies and competitors.
(2) To provide standards for comparison and comparative
analysis of research capabilities of foreign nations in relation
to the research capabilities of the United States.
(3) To assist Congress and Department of Defense officials in
making investment decisions for research in technical areas where
the United States may not be the global leader.
(4) To identify areas where significant opportunities for
cooperative research may exist.
(5) To coordinate and promote the international cooperative
research and analysis activities of each of the armed forces and
Defense Agencies.
(6) To establish and maintain an electronic database on
international research capabilities, comparative assessments of
capabilities, cooperative research opportunities, and ongoing
cooperative programs.
(c) Focus of Program. - The program shall be focused on research
and technologies at a technical maturity level equivalent to
Department of Defense basic and applied research programs.
(d) Coordination. - (1) The Director shall coordinate the program
with the international cooperation and analysis activities of the
military departments and Defense Agencies.
(2) The Secretaries of the military departments and the directors
of the Defense Agencies shall provide the Director of Defense
Research and Engineering such assistance as the Director may
require for purposes of the program.
(e) Classification of Database Information. - Information in
electronic databases of the Global Research Watch program shall be
maintained in unclassified form and, as determined necessary by the
Director, in classified form in such databases.
(f) Termination. - The requirement to carry out the program under
this section shall terminate on September 30, 2011.