Over the past year, Project AIR FORCE researchers have reported on such complex challenges as alternative fuels for military aircraft, terrorist safe havens in Afghanistan, and techniques for analyzing large amounts of visual data in real time. The 2011 PAF Annual Report outlines how these and many other PAF studies are helping the U.S. Air Force to plan, train, and operate more effectively.
As a result of the congressional super committee's inability to reach a debt-reduction agreement, the U.S. military faces automatic budget cuts of half a trillion dollars or more. Paula Thornhill, director of PAF's Strategy and Doctrine Program, examines the impact of similarly-determined cuts on Britain's military readiness prior to World War II.
Before, during, and after deployment, military families face significant challenges. RAND has developed resources for these families—and also for those who assist and advocate for them—including research on recovery from psychological and cognitive injuries. In addition, a RAND survey of Air Force spouses identified ways to increase their participation in support programs.
A Project AIR FORCE (PAF) report by Martin Libicki—
Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar—was the most frequently sold RAND report in fiscal year 2011. Four of the top 10 most downloaded publications were also PAF analyses, addressing aircraft and weapon costs, Chinese air force capabilities, and Israeli air defense operations in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip as well as cyber security issues.
Natalie Crawford, Senior Fellow at the RAND Corporation, will be presented with an Air Force Association (AFA) Lifetime Achievement Award during the National Aerospace Awards ceremony at the AFA's 2011 Air and Space Conference on September 19, 2011.
Efforts by the United States to combat Latin American cocaine smugglers have disrupted drug supplies and captured key cartel leaders, but they have not significantly reduced the region's overall narcotics trade.
Dissuading Iran from developing nuclear weapons faces major obstacles, but it's too soon to give up trying as it may still be possible to influence the outcome of Iran's internal political debate.
An exhaustive study of Chinese military sources reveals that a future Chinese air force campaign would, under most likely scenarios, seriously test the United States and its allies in a conflict, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
During a presentation at USC RAND Corporation senior political scientist Andrew Scobell concluded there is a gap between what Chinese civilian and military officials say about China's rise and that this gap suggests that civilian control over the military is loose, at best.
The International Journal of Communication reviews a new report by RAND’s Martin C. Libicki — “His measured analysis will prove timely to panicky decision makers.”
NPR’s Talk of the Nation interviews Roger Cliff, senior political scientist at RAND, about the significant advances China has made in modernizing its military.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced that RAND Corporation Senior Fellow, Natalie W. Crawford, was recognized as a 2011 AIAA Fellow.
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