The following is the list that VADM Balisle presented at the CTMA Symposium:

1. Fuel efficiency technologies, and alternative fuels, including hydrogen,
fuel cells, and nuclear

2. Joining process including:

glues
welding
new fasteners

3. Composites and composite joining, including big thick composites:

for ships
for pipes
for machinery


4. Synthetic materials that can substitute for traditional materials in a
marine environment that are low toxicity, low smoke, low fire susceptibility

5. Paints, coatings, non-skid technologies that survive and look good in a
high-use, marine environment

6. Radio Frequency ID applications for security, force protection, inventory
control, and logistics

7. Methods for keeping electronics technology up to date without costing a
fortune. Example, over a 10 year run of automobile, how do Toyota and Honda
(or anyone else) keep building the same engine management computer even
though the technology turns over 6 times. How do they keep up, keep a spare
parts inventory, and not rewrite all the code every time the technology
changes?

8. High-voltage, High-power electronics, electrical controls and electrical
components in support of electric warship

9. Adaptation of state-of-the-art aircraft and automotive technology to
ships

10. Equipment Health monitoring systems that can be remotely accessed and
used for automatic maintenance/repair/changeout decisions (Distant Support)

11. Electronic and virtual training aids to cover complete breakdown and
repair of complex machinery and electronics systems

12. BANDWIDTH - increasing technology for satellites, LANs, and WANs. Dynamic
Bandwidth management.

13. Power Management devices and systems

14. Machinery automation

15. Maintenance technology that reduces sailor workload in harsh shipboard
environment

This covers HM&E, but there is a host of software applications and
electronics such that the sky is the limit.

1. Commercial Nav that beats our stuff hands down for 1/10th of the cost

2. Use of commercial satellite networks

3. Commercially available product modeling and database tools

4. Imagery, computers, and display technology

5. Information Assurance