IC-WIDE S&T NEEDS BY TECHNOLOGY DOMAINS
FY2022–2026 ODNI Investment Landscape
Developed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Director of Science and Technology (DS&T), the FY2022–2026 ODNI S&T Investment Landscape is designed to increase the level of transparency into documented challenges facing the national security enterprise and to better align public- and private-sector efforts in support of these intelligence needs. These are the technology domain(s) and sub-tiers identified as important in the Landscape:
Artificial Intelligence: Adversary Models, Autonomous Systems, Deep Learning, Human Language Technology, Human–Machine Teaming, Information Assurance, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Recommender Systems, Summarization Engines
Behavioral Sciences: Cognition, Crowdsourcing, Deception (Research), Neuroscience, Psychology
Biological Sciences: Bioeconomy, Collection and Detection (e.g., Signatures), Computer and Information Services, Cyber, Biosecurity, DNA, Data Storage, Emerging Biotechnology, Genomic Manipulation/Alteration, Synthetic and Metabolic Engineering, “Tests, Kits, and Services”
Chemical Sciences: Collection and Detection (e.g., Signatures), Emerging Technology, Energetics, Sensors, “Tests, Kits, and Services”
Communications: Geolocation, Infrastructure, Satellite Telecommunications, Telemetry, Underwater
Computing: Augmented/Virtual Reality, Biologically Inspired, Cloud, High Performance Computing, Modeling and Prediction, Algorithms, Photonic, Quantum
Cyber: Blockchain, Cryptography, Cryptomathematics, Defensive, Internet of Things, Offensive, Supply Chain (Risk Management)
Data: Audio, Change Detection, Computational, Analytics, Digital Identity, Digital Media, Extraction, Link Analysis, Modeling and Prediction, Video/Image, Visualization, Privacy, Integration, Storage, Metadata, Graph Analytics
Electronics: Communication, Embedded Systems, Electronics Integration, Electronic Materials, Hardened Secure Microelectronics, Sensing, Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) Transmission
Energy and Power: Alternative Generation, Endurance, Harvesting, High Density, Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) Storage
Forensics: Biological, Biometric, Chemical, Computer Data, Document and Media Exploitation, Materials, Network, Nuclear, Reverse Engineering
Identity: Attribution, Biometrics, Counter-Detection, Manipulation Detection, Pattern of Life
Materials and Manufacturing: Additive Manufacturing, Bio-Inspired, Hardening, Metamaterials, Micro, Nano, Optics, Reverse Engineering, Robotics, Smart Manufacturing, Stealth
Nuclear Science: Characterization, Collection and Detection (e.g., Signatures), Forensics, Handling, Processing
Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT): Astronomy, Astrophysics, Geodesy, Geolocation, Navigation, Spatial, Temporal
Sensors: Acoustic/Seismic, Biological, Chemical, Data Processing, Electromagnetic, Gravity, Integration, Multi-Phenomenology, Optical, Persistence, Protection, Quantum, Radiation, Survivability
Space: Access, Characterization, Command and Control, Missiles, Operations, Resilience, Satellites
System of Systems: Acknowledged, Collaborative, Directed, Networks, Virtual
Other: Unconventional, Unexpected, Unwarned, Novel, Imaginative, Convergent, Opportune