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Science and Technology (S&T) advancements are key enablers for the onset of DoD system development. New technology can support the achievement of new capabilities to fill gaps identified through intelligence, testing, and military operations. While essential to maintain awareness of emerging threats, it is also time to increase the focus on offense by delivering truly game changing capabilities which increase our advantage by overwhelming potential adversaries and forcing defensive reaction to U.S. warfighting capabilities. Additionally, with countering terrorism being a top priority for the DoD, we need game-changing capabilities to deal with irregular warfare. S&T advancements provide opportunities to create capability surprise; however, it often takes a decade or more to get that technology into the hands of the war fighters. Operational prototyping provides hope for creating a streamlined technology transition and acquisition process.