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Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Modernizing the KC-10 to Meet Global Air Traffic Management Mandates — Oct 14, 2009

Without modernization, the U.S. Air Force's KC-10 air refueling fleet will not be in compliance with upcoming worldwide air traffic mandates. An analysis of the cost-effectiveness of the required KC-10 upgrades revealed a net cost avoidance.

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Near-Term Feasibility of Alternative Jet Fuels — Oct 13, 2009

Aviation has few near-term options to petroleum-based fuels. Alternative fuels that may be available in the next decade may reduce aviation's impact on air quality and benefit nonaviation sectors.

Commentary

Speed Low-Risk Travelers Through Increased Security — Sep 4, 2006

Published commentary by RAND staff: Speed Low-Risk Travelers Through Increased Security, in Los Angeles Business Journal.

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Implementing Security Improvement Options at Los Angeles International Airport — Feb 16, 2006

Reasserting the need for reducing the density of people in unsecured areas at Los Angeles International Airport, the authors advise that adding security film to the tempered windows will likely not reduce fatalities in the event of a bomb detonation.

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Protecting Commercial Aviation Against the Shoulder-Fired Missile Threat — Jan 20, 2005

Examines the capabilities and costs of onboard technologies to divert or destroy missiles attacking commercial airliners.

Report

How Much Is Enough? Sizing the Deployment of Baggage Screening Equipment by Considering the Economic Cost of Passenger Delays — Sep 30, 2004

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

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How Much Is Enough? Sizing the Deployment of Baggage Screening Equipment to Minimize the Cost of Flying: Executive Summary — Sep 28, 2004

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?

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The Benefits of Positive Passenger Profiling on Baggage Screening Requirements — Sep 28, 2004

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?

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Near-Term Options for Improving Security at Los Angeles International Airport — Sep 23, 2004

Examining near-term options for reducing the terrorist threat to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), this study assesses LAX’s vulnerability to a wide range of possible terrorist actions and examines possible alternative courses of action.

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Designing Airports for Security: An Analysis of Proposed Changes at LAX — Jan 1, 2003

The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Master Plan explores a variety of ways to meet the changing aviation needs of Southern California in coming decades.

Commentary

Fliers Have Reason to Jettison Jitters — Sep 3, 2002

Published commentary by RAND staff.

Commentary

Put Brains Behind Airway Safety — Jul 30, 2002

Published commentary by RAND staff.

Commentary

Get Used to It: Our Airports Are Vulnerable to Terrorism — Jul 25, 2002

Published commentary by RAND staff.

Report

Study on Ideas on a New National Freight Model System for Sweden — Jan 1, 2002

Describes the outcomes of an idea study on a new national freight transport model system for Sweden, to provide state-of-the-art ideas that are consistent and innovative on a conceptual framework for policy orientated analyses and modelling of freight tra

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Safer Skies: Baggage Screening and Beyond — Jan 1, 2002

Is the FAA's accelerated schedule for implementing air travel safety improvements a reasonable goal?

Report

Safer Skies: Baggage Screening and Beyond — With Supporting Analyses — Jan 1, 2002

Is the FAA's accelerated schedule for implementing air travel safety improvements feasible?

Commentary

Safeguarding the Skies — Sep 30, 2001

Published commentary by RAND staff.

Report

Safety in the Skies: Personnel and Parties in NTSB Aviation Accident Investigations — Jan 1, 2000

In this report, RAND outlines a comprehensive set of recommendations intended to help the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) strengthen the party process, create a more expansive statement of causation, modernize investigative procedures, streamline internal operating procedures, better manage resources, maintain a strategic view of staffing, streamline training practices, improve facilities for engineering and training.

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Bestuurlijke en maatschappelijke haalbaarheid van een causaal model van het externe risico van de luchtvaart: Managerial and Social Feasibility of a Causal Model for External Safety of Aviation — Jan 1, 2000

The Dutch National Aviation Administration asked RAND Europe to consider the managerial and societal feasibility of a new model to calculate the external risk from aviation accidents around airports.

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Modellen voor een TOR: Models for a Transportation Safety Board — Jan 1, 1997

RAND Europe conducted an analysis to characterize the work of safety boards to enable comparisons among existing and proposed organizational structures, identify candidate structures for the TOR, and compare these candidate structures.

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