John Matsumura

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Senior Engineer; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Pittsburgh Office

Education

M.S. in engineering mechanics, B.S. in aerospace engineering, Pennsylvania State University

Overview

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • Exploring the role of advanced technologies and new operational concepts to improve military capabilities and national security

Selected Publications

John Matsumura et al., Survivability Options for Maneuver and Transport Aircraft: Analytic Support to the Army Science Board, RAND Corporation (MG-123-A), 2007

John Matsumura and Randall Steeb, "Unmanned but Not Untethered: Robots on the Future Battlefield," RAND Review, 2006

Robert H. Anderson et al., High-Performance Computing Opportunities and Challenges for Army R&D, RAND Corporation (TR-310-A), 2005

John Matsumura et al., Exploring Advanced Technologies for the Future Combat Systems Program, RAND Corporation (MR-1332-A), 2004

John Matsumura et al., Lightning over Water: Sharpening America's Light Forces for Rapid Reaction Missions, RAND Corporation (MR-1196/1-A/OSD), 2002

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: Carnegie Science Center; Inside the Army/Pentagon; L'Expresso; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Popular Science

Publications

Perspectives on the Battle of Wanat: Challenges Facing Small Unit Operations in Afghanistan - 2011

High-Performance Computing Opportunities and Challenges for Army R&D - 2006

RAND Review: Vol. 29, No. 2, Summer 2005 - 2005

Examining the Army's Future Warrior: Force-on-Force Simulation of Candidate Technologies - 2004

Survivability Options for Maneuver and Transport Aircraft: Analytic Support to the Army Science Board - 2004

Analysis of Air-Based Mechanization and Vertical Envelopment Concepts and Technologies - 2002

Exploring Advanced Technologies for the Future Combat Systems Program - 2002

Preparing for Future Warfare with Advanced Technologies: Prioritizing the Next Generation of Capabilities - 2002

Corralling the Trojan Horse: A Proposal for Improving U.S. Urban Operations Preparedness in the Period 2000-2025 - 2001

Lightning Over Water: Sharpening America's Light Forces for Rapid-Reaction Missions — Executive Summary - 2001

Ground Forces for a Rapidly Employable Joint Task Force: First-Week Capabilities for Short-Warning Conflicts - 2000

Lightning Over Water: Assessing Options for Future Light Forces - 2000

Lightning Over Water: Sharpening America's Light Forces for Rapid Reaction Missions - 2000

Rapid Force Projection Technologies: Assessing the Performance of Advanced Ground Sensors - 2000

Joint Operations Superiority in the 21st Century: Analytic Support to the 1998 Defense Science Board - 1999

The Army After Next: Exploring New Concepts and Technologies for the Light Battle Force - 1999

Assessment of Crusader: The Army's Next Self-Propelled Howitzer and Resupply Vehicle - 1998

Denying the Widow-Maker: Summary of Proceedings of the RAND-DBBL Conference on Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain - 1998

Analytic Support to the Defense Science Board: Tactics and Technology for 21st Century Military Superiority - 1997

A Framework for Precision Conventional Strike in Post-Cold War Military Strategy - 1996

Rapid Force Projection: Exploring New Technology Concepts for Light Airborne Forces - 1996

Rapid Force Projection Technologies: A Quick-Look Analysis of Advanced Light Indirect Fire Systems - 1996

An Assessment of Alternative Transports for Future Mobility Planning - 1993