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Subjacts Coordination of Lifo Scioncas a.D.S.G.B. Activities Between 1

TOI Chiefs, Action copioss Deoponsible Stal's Personnol.

A. Cenoral Considezations

1. Thedoes not have a Life Sciencos Research, Developnent. Tost and Evaloation Prograa ia the traditicnel and strict sense of the word since its lobjectives do not specify, per se, diacrote Life Sciences requirccents. Instcad, the majer projects initiated in . lare directed tovard the achiovement of an advanced Icapability within a rather criticsl and narrcw Futuro. tize frame. Ia those projecta vhich contain a human operator rasponsible for a vital on-line function in the Syotom contiol loop. than adequate considerations must be given to, and provisione made for, his viability performance and survival. Supporting Lifo Scionces activities therefore beccas primarily directed offorts toxard a spocific systeas requirement or problom, uaing wherover gosaible, existing knowledge and available technology for auccessful application theroto.

2. In ordos to meet this beavy responoibility for achiaving a National (advantage withla a epecific tine period, muat of necossity concentrate its lisited gcroonnel (and funds) upon Porsonnel availab' for so-called full time, overall a & D activitioe ara severely lizi:ód and there is no individual available to plan, diroct and sonage a Lise Sciences R & D program. To overcore this degicicncyhas mode full and excellont use of its Indostrial, Acadonio and Goverment collaborsters co-vrorkers and consultants, dopending beavily upon a fov highly cozpetent, key individuals to pake singla point and final deciaions. In the light of past significant and major contributiozs to the Uation's otake at the intornational bergaining tabloo, it would appear that lorganization and modus oparandi bas much to commond it, howover unconventional it may appear to the periets.

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B. Pant cod Chrzant Liso Sclencos Coordination Activitina.

l. As pointed out atove, the raaic workiag preaise anderlying lafforts is to edd a provon and ¿dvaaced 1
capability to the National Inventory, asiag only exiating
knowlocge and tochnology uniquely intagrated into a new syotems concept. Por this reason, foraal documentation of its plans and ioplemontation activitiss do pot exist in troditional sorzat used by a & D agoncies. The orientation is poisted entirely (and properly) toward the ...\realisation and utilization vith the supporting evidence being found in the docupented reeults of the ireadinoas activitios and inspections. Thus, only the end rosulta and products of Lis Seionces a.D.T.s.B. eféorts are found in tho oflicial. documenta and avon these are not alvays identified as acch. Of fundpmontal and primary inportance is that the advanced systea is brought on-line vithin the tise required and the details of how cach subsyutez (iocloding the human oporator) met its individual
roquircoments is somowhat acodemic, alboit of some potential biotorical valce.

2. The lack of Corpalised Liso Soiences R & D docwaentation within activitios has not as yot yosed aoy particular bardship on the end reauits. In addition to the acccss to govornzental Life Sciences a à D laboratorios and personnel,enjoye a benevoloat partnerohip with an Acedenio and Indostrial cozplex reprosenting all fronts of scionce and tochnology. Competition in the Life Sciencos siold koing what it io today - with both DOD and Masa bolding aple largease for the vinners - practically quarantoes an expert and curzont induatrial cognizance of significant progrses and advances in the ovorall fiold, Thereforo many new approachos aro successfully folloved to

/roalization with littlo evidanco in the rocord of the idoation and ingenuity involved. It is parhaps thio one factor of industrial cognizanco of existing Lice Sciences rosearch and development activities which haa toen moat important in attdiaing the required Liso Scioncos objectives.

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3. Since the re-organisation ofwith 1 managing the Lifo Scioncea portion of the total a & D prcgrxe. ea have teen holding poriodic infornal coordinating conferences vith bim and his staff. These particular oxcrcices have proven extzemely valuab?a to ourILife Sciences efforts and erd objectives. On saveral occaaions /has expanded the scope of exiating R & D projocts under his cognizance to mora diractly focus on a current unresolved"Iproblca. Or othar occasioss he has initiated and funded R & D projocts at our specific requeat in order to fill in noticeablo gaps in our own progran.

c. Tuture Plana

l. The past history ofprojects and reoultant amply attosts the fact that practically no advancod systos capability ever becomes obeolote or dead-ended. Conatant ize provoments are made from newly discovered knowledge and technology to further augment the envelope of the total systom and theee must be equally paced by inprovements in the porforzance and survivability of the huan cosponent. In addition to these extrapolatod ayetoms improvcments, thsro are numcrous complotely iconcepto which are.keing evaluated by the

R & D staff. In some of these latter cases, the decision to procood into a feaeibility and prelisinary design study aight partially rost upon our ability to give reasonable assuraace regarding the integrity of tho human cooponent. Thorefore, if we in the Lise Sciences are to give tinely and valid answers to problew areas presented in both the above cases. it is obviously mandatory that ve maintain a constant vigilance fos significant advances and potontial breakthroughs in ous own giold.

2. Thcse aforezantioned objcctivos caa be tetter not by expanding the cognizance of on these signigicant advances through a more sornalised and scheduled uso of 1 Life. sionces stagt in In ordor to properly utilise these additional ociontifio and tochnological cvcrsecrs, it is nocescary to provide them with information of greator depth and detail on Life Sciences requireoenta and programs than can Lo coasunicated during an informal oral diocuaaion. Therefore.

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through mutual agreement tetvecen tho chiof, along with and stafe, the following plan of action will te implczentcd in 1966:

a. Initial written documentatioa on currant Lise Sciences activitiet vill te prosentad to land stafs on 28 Decgerer 196s. at this recting, those projects which require furthez assistance fropLife Sciences vill te noted for more datailed diocussion anr/or conaiceration.

b. Cn or about 17 January 1966 a coordinating conference will be held between duriag which time the arovo-mantionod Liia Scionceg rogeirenents and probln arsas will te discusced and evaluated in detail. The pzcduct of this coordination exereise will be the initiation of now arcas of Lile Sciencns R.D.T.&.Z activities. through mutual concurrence, toward quicker and better resolution of the protlos aroas. Forther, it has been agreod that futuza ainilar exorcives will be acheduled at no greater intorvals than once every six months.

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CLASSIPICJTION AND DOCUNSEMTNTTOY

OF LI7Z SCISNCES PEQUINEMEJTS AND PROJECTS.

1. Portinent material concerning Life Scionces R.D.T.&.E activities are contained in the folloving forsss

s. Price and sub-contractor roports.

b. Minutes of 'Suppliers' meetinge.

e. Consultant's atatuo reports.

d. Monthly Sonior Flight surgeon reports.

e. Cotnander's Monthly and Special reports.

2. Claesification uned for purposes of 28 Docamber 1365 coníerence has been somewhat arbitrarily chosen, 1.e.,

a. Biomedical Sciences

b. Debavicural Scionces

c. Biotechnolcgy and Applications

Consultant uaed this breaxdoun in order to provide sore facility in matsting areas of intorost and activity with curzent projacts in the Life Seiences being sponsored by cod and aasa.

3.Consultant solicits guidance fros}Life Sciences Director and stars on the following points concerning docuentation in order to adequately prepare for the next meeting in aid-January 1966s

a. Ia thera any advantage to Lifa Sciances staff to have Iprojects extrapolated onto tho DD form l498? If so, they could to usod only for intornal coordination within the Agency.

b. Life Scionces prograns can be aligned to apecific i oystcms within soae security conotraints.

if such would provide any advantage to futuro coordination procodures.

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c. tith mutual concarzonce on those project areas speciried for pore dətailed review in January. 1966, further agroements should be roached on the type and amount of information desired.

d. Some reasonable projections into the 1368-70 time poriod can be made on the basie of curront advanced planning exercisos. Thcrofore, the Coraaltant'a recommendations would be to develop this projection of Life Scicnces requiroments for consideration at the time of the noxt coordination meeting.

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