2013-04-14T15:57:58Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/k/kennedy_michael.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR901.html 2011-02-25T14:00:00Z 2011-02-25T14:00:00Z

The Air Force is considering upgrades to the KC-10 in several areas. An assessment of options to upgrade the KC-10 weighed the costs and potential benefits of the upgrades against demands in different types of operations and KC-10 roles.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB410.html 2004-09-30T12:54:00Z 2004-09-30T12:54:00Z

How much baggage-screening equipment is necessary to maximize safety while minimizing disruption of passenger flow?

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB412.html 2004-09-28T14:31:00Z 2004-09-28T14:31:00Z

How much baggage scanning equipment should be deployed at airports in order to minimize the overall costs to the flying public while preserving security at the desired level?

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB411.html 2004-09-28T13:13:00Z 2004-09-28T13:13:00Z

Can positive passenger profiling lower the overall costs of airport security while minimizing the inconvenience to the flying public and retaining airport security at a high level?

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1147.html 2000-01-01T12:01:00Z 2000-01-01T12:01:00Z

Based on an analysis of the commercial aerospace industry and on the experiences of various acquisition reform pilot programs, the authors conclude that a commercial-like acquisition approach could benefit major Air Force acquisition programs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1370.html 2001-01-01T12:01:47Z 2001-01-01T12:01:47Z

This report focuses specifically on the effects of material mix, manufacturing techniques, and geometric part complexity on the cost of military airframes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/issue_papers/IP104.html 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z

This issue paper examines arguments that defense conversion requires a different response from that to normal industrial turnover.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR771.html 1996-01-01T12:01:00Z 1996-01-01T12:01:00Z

This report discusses trends in the international arms markets, how transfers of weapons and technology are controlled, the economics of arms exports, and the relationship between arms exports and a country's economy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR627.html 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Key economic and military trends in China, Taiwan, the United States, Japan, Korea, and India will likely indicate the future of Asia's security environment.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG284.html 2005-05-09T09:14:00Z 2005-05-09T09:14:00Z

Evaluation of the economic impact that could result from the implementation and operation of Galileo in the presence of GPS.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG495.html 2006-03-06T16:45:00Z 2006-03-06T16:45:00Z

Aerial refueling is critical to U.S. military and national security strategy; this analysis assessed alternatives for recapitalization of the ageing KC-135 fleet.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2511.html 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The effect that defenses have on crisis stability is one of the central issues in the current debate over the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Crisis stability would be threatened in a situation in which either the United States or the Soviet Unio...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2927.html 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This study develops a relatively new approach to the modeling of the Soviet economy that uses optimal control theory.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB169.html 2005-11-25T10:11:00Z 2005-11-25T10:11:00Z

U.S.-European cooperation on a global navigation satellite system could offer economic benefits, enhance service for the global community, and reduce civilian demands on the U.S. GPS.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB201.html 2006-03-09T11:52:00Z 2006-03-09T11:52:00Z

This research brief describes an analysis that assessed alternatives for recapitalization of the ageing KC-135 air tanker fleet.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB122.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB31.html 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This research brief summarizes analysis contained in the RAND Corporation report, "The Gray Threat: Assessing the Next-Generation European Fighters" (MR-611-AF).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB79.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The generation of more timely cost-estimating models would thus appear to form the cornerstone of sound acquisition policy. Address this issue by updating existing cost-estimating methodologies in the critical area of military airframes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3075.html 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uses the Hopkins-Kennedy optimal control model of the Soviet Union to explore the implications of and make comparisons between three "worlds" (views) that hold differing assumptions concerning the nature of the Soviet economy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2460.html 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Assesses the contributions of improvement in manpower and organization quality to military effectiveness of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, plus Iran and Turkey.