Singapore legislation
Section 6
Section 6
Mission and functions of Agency
(1)
The Agency is to harness and exploit science and technology, and provide technological and engineering support, to meet the defence and national security needs of Singapore.
(2)
The functions of the Agency are —
to advise the Ministry of Defence on all matters relating to defence science and technology;
to provide defence science and technology services and facilities to the Ministry of Defence;
to promote and facilitate the development of the defence science and technological capability in Singapore;
to manage the acquisition of defence systems, provide engineering support for such systems, provide quality assurance and systems engineering services, and forecast and assess future defence systems, for the Ministry of Defence;
to manage the acquisition of command, control, communications, computer and simulation systems, develop software and provide engineering support for such systems, and forecast and assess such future systems, for the Ministry of Defence;
to manage the design and development of defence buildings and infrastructure, and manage the maintenance of such buildings, infrastructure, and defence estates, for the Ministry of Defence;
to manage the acquisition of management information systems and information technology infrastructure, and develop, maintain and support such systems and infrastructure, and forecast and assess future developments in information technology and formulate standards, for the Ministry of Defence;
to conduct research on military medicine and perform human factors engineering studies, for the Ministry of Defence;
to manage contracts for the purchase of defence systems, spares and services, maintain a catalogue of stocked items, and manage the disposal of old stocks and equipment, for the Ministry of Defence;
to manage technological cooperation with other persons, and conduct and manage research and development programmes, for the Ministry of Defence;
to undertake any other activity considered necessary or desirable to achieve a cost-effective defence science and technological capability in Singapore; and
to perform other functions that are conferred on the Agency by any other written law.
(3)
The Agency may undertake other functions that the Minister may assign to the Agency and in so doing, the Agency is deemed to be fulfilling the purposes of this Act and the provisions of this Act apply to the Agency in respect of those functions.
(4)
Nothing in this section is to be construed as imposing on the Agency, directly or indirectly, any form of duty or liability enforceable by proceedings before any court.