Air Defense

As aviation technology has advanced, the ability to defend a country’s air space has become increasingly important. RAND research has evaluated aircraft options and costs, defensive systems and strategies, deployment, and the importance of international partnerships in an effort to help the U.S. and allied air forces assess and enhance their ability to combat enemy air strikes — for national defense as well as in military operations around the globe.

Research conducted by: RAND Project AIR FORCE; RAND National Security Research Division; RAND Europe

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Tracking and smoothing accuracy with digital C.D.S. — Jan 1, 1953

A discussion of the accuracy achievable with a semi-automatic digital track-while-scan system (e.g., the Comprehensive Display System described in the Michigan Air Defense System Proposal). In addition, the extent to which accuracy requirements can ...

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Kevin W. Chlebik

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.P.P. in public policy analysis, Pepperdine University; M.S. and B.S. in mathematics, Purdue University

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Shira Efron

Assistant Policy Analyst
B.S. in biology, Tel Aviv University; M.A in international affairs, New York University

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Chaitra M. Hardison

Senior Behavioral Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in industrial / organizational psychology, University of Minnesota; BA in psychology, University of California, Berkeley

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