The project's mission is to stimulate the transition from a Cold War economy to a growing, integrated, national industrial capability that provides the most advanced, affordable military systems and the most competitive commercial products. If qualifying conditions are met, DoD organizations can obtain TRP funding. Dual-use projects will allow the Department of Defense to actively participate in equipping the United States for the 21st century without altering our basic missions. The total set of applications used on the NII cannot be envisioned at this time. Some applications that will seem commonplace tomorrow haven't been conceived yet.
Many applications do exist today - some are final, some are still conceptual.
A position of Army Project Manager for Information Infrastructure was created at the Advanced Research Projects Agency. Army organizations and employees can participate in the creation of the NII by learning more about the NII, educating your organization about the NII, identifying areas where your organization can participate, proposing dual-use projects, suggesting technical requirements and issues to DISA through command channels. Our challenge, in the Department of Defense, is to actively participate in the creation of the national information infrastructure.