Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Investment in Science and Technology -- 3 Air and Space Systems -- 4 Information Systems -- 5 Science and Technology Workforce -- 6 Overarching Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 Public Law 105-261-Oct. 17, 1998 -- Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix C Guest Speakers -- Appendix D Milestones in the Management of DoD Science and Technology -- Appendix E Air Force Evolutionary Concepts and Associated Information Systems Technologies -- Appendix F Leveraging Commercial Developments in Information Technologies.