The NSV-9 defines the underlying current and expected supporting technologies that have been targeted using standard forecasting methods. Expected supporting technologies are those that can be reasonably forecasted given the current state of technology and expected improvements.

New technologies should be tied to specific time periods, which can correlate with the time periods used in NSV-8 milestones.

NSV-9 provides a summary of emerging technologies that impact the architecture and its existing planned systems. The focus should be on the supporting technologies that may most affect the capabilities of the architecture or its systems.