2013-05-22T17:18:13Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/military-ships-and-naval-vessels.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2003/08/01/AM.html Aug 1, 2003 Aug 1, 2003

The Atlantic Monthly Magazine features a compilation of ten short essays written by experts at RAND, collectively titled Headlines Over the Horizon. The RAND authors examined developments in international and military affairs drawing little attention today that are expected to be major issues in the next three to five years.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2005/08/07/LAT.html Aug 7, 2005 Aug 7, 2005

Published commentary by RAND staff.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2007/05/07.html May 7, 2007 May 7, 2007

May 7, 2007 news release: Navy Should Start Next Nuclear Submarine Design Phase Early to Prevent Engineering Brain Drain, RAND Study Finds.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/12/15.html Dec 15, 2011 Dec 15, 2011

When it comes to designing a new submarine, Australia has considerable expertise, but some gaps still exist.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP622.html Jan 28, 2011 Jan 28, 2011

Draws from RAND's international submarine experience to discuss the benefits of long-range planning, ways to improve efficiency, the need to sustain hard-to-replace resources, the importance of testing, and potential policy implications for Australia as the Commonwealth plans to build its new submarine.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB407.html Dec 20, 2004 Dec 20, 2004

<p>To help the Navy assess the benefits of electric drive propulsion for naval vessels, RAND has developed a framework for assessing key technological components, such as motors, generators, and power electronics. This documented briefing outlines the approach the authors developed for making such assessments suggests how this information can be integrated to assess the affects on overall ship performance.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1369z0.html Jan 1, 2001 Jan 1, 2001

Assessing the Benefits and Costs of a Science Submarine

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1395.html Apr 29, 2002 Apr 29, 2002

Develops concepts for a deep-diving research submarine's possible replacement platform, analyzing which military and scientific missions should have the highest priority.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1395z1.html Apr 29, 2002 Apr 29, 2002

<p>By 2012, the U.S. Navy's deep-diving research submarine's reactor will be exhausted, making it necessary to refuel the reactor or replace the submarine. If the Navy opts for a new submarine, what would be its vital missions and what would it need to perform them? This executive summary of MR-1395 encapsulates the authors' work with scientists, defense experts, and the Navy to develop a concept of operation for a new platform, analyzing which missions should have the highest priority. They conclude with a list of highest-priority missions and two design concepts best able to achieve them.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1486.html Jan 1, 2002 Jan 1, 2002

In 2001, RAND helped the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (MOD) evaluate different acquisition strategies that it might use to acquire the new-generation Type 45 destroyer.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1526.html Jun 1, 2002 Jun 1, 2002

<p>The present practice of fully funding aircraft carriers in a single year causes spikes of several billion dollars in the budget every fourth or fifth year, and it complicates the funding of other programs in those years. RAND assessed the advantages and disadvantages of three alternative strategies: incremental funding, advance appropriations, and a revolving fund. Each strategy can reduce budget spikes but introduces other risks to each participant in the budgeting process: the Navy, DoD, and Congress. No strategy was found to be clearly superior.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1606.html Jan 1, 2002 Jan 1, 2002

Examines alternative means to decrease the deployment time for the new Army medium-weight brigade, comparing air and sealift from the United States with air and fast (but short-range) sealift from forward bases or preposition sites. Historical experience and an assessment of U.S. regional interests are used to determine how much warning time the United States typically has before major force deployments and where it is most likely to deploy such forces.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1632.html Apr 1, 2002 Apr 1, 2002

<p>The midlife refueling/complex overhaul (RCOH) of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) took five years to plan and three years to execute. Numerous budget and work-requirements changes and a four-month labor-union strike during the overhaul caused the project's completion to slip and resulted in significant cost growth. This report analyzes the planning and execution of the CVN 68 RCOH to identify changes in processes and procedures that could lead to better cost and schedule performance for the nine remaining Nimitz-class RCOHs.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR375.html Jan 1, 1995 Jan 1, 1995

Addresses the post-Cold War use of traditional U.S. strategic nuclear forces (nuclear-armed long-range bombers, ICBMs, and submarine-launched ballistic missiles) from three perspectives: top-down, bottom-up, and policy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR456.html Jan 1, 1994 Jan 1, 1994

<p>In January 1993, the RAND National Defense Research Institute was asked by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition to compare the practicality and cost of two approaches to future submarine production: (1) allowing production to shut down as currently programmed submarines are finished, then restarting it when more are needed, and (2) continuing low-rate production.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR456z1.html Jan 1, 1994 Jan 1, 1994

<p>In January 1993, the OSD asked RAND to compare the practicality and cost of two approaches to future submarine production: (1) allowing production to shut down as currently programmed submarines are finished, then restarting it when more are needed, and (2) continuing low-rate production. This report is a summary of RAND&rsquo;s analysis, the results obtained, and the associated uncertainties. A full report appears in MR-456-OSD.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR948.html Jan 1, 1998 Jan 1, 1998

The U.S. Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base: Force Structure, Cost, Schedule, and Technology Issues for CVN77

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1003.html Aug 6, 2010 Aug 6, 2010

<p>The Navy is increasingly dependent on networks and associated net-centric operations to conduct military missions, so a vital goal is to establish and maintain dependable networks for ship and multiship networks. The authors develop a framework for measuring the dependability of naval networks and describe a software tool for modeling the impact that individual network components have on overall mission operational availability.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1033.html Dec 15, 2011 Dec 15, 2011

The Royal Australian Navy intends to acquire 12 new submarines to replace its <em>Collins</em>-class vessels. RAND assessed the domestic engineering and design skills that Australian industry and government will need to design the new submarine, identified the skills they currently possess, and evaluated how to fill any gaps between the two.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1073.html Mar 21, 2011 Mar 21, 2011

The Secretary of Defense's plans to shift Navy aircraft carrier acquisition to every five years should have little impact on force structure and the industrial base in the next decade&mdash;but after that, the force structure shrinks, as does the chance of meeting goals for the number of deployed aircraft carriers.