Report
Measuring the Value of Renewal: Age, Operational Tempo, Deployment, and Reset Effects on the Readiness and Maintenance Costs of Army Vehicles
Assesses the effects of vehicle age, operational tempo (OPTEMPO), deployment location, and reset on the mission-critical failures and maintenance costs of selected Army vehicle fleets.
Jun 3, 2013
Report
Methodology for Constructing a Modernization Roadmap for Air Force Automatic Test Systems
The Air Force is planning to modernize its automatic testing capabilities for electronics by moving to modern, common families of test equipment. This report focuses on the economic aspect of this process.
May 24, 2012
Report
Army Network-Enabled Operations: Expectations, Performance, and Opportunities for Future Improvements
The Army's staking much of its future battlefield success on the belief that units linked together with appropriate networks can dominate their adversaries by learning enemy locations and attacking with small arms fire and precision-guided munitions.
Mar 13, 2012
Report
Steps Toward a Formative Evaluation of NSDL
This report provides a preliminary assessment of the National Science Digital Library/Distributed Learning program and makes recommendations for the design of a more complete formative evaluation.
Aug 18, 2011
Report
Air Force Physician and Dentist Multiyear Special Pay: Current Status and Potential Reforms
Discusses the tendencies of Air Force physicians and dentists to accept Multiyear Special Pay.
May 6, 2009
Journal Article
The Air Force Medical Corps' Status and How Its Physicians Respond to Multiyear Special Pay
Examines the effect of multiyear special pay on attrition from the U.S. Air Force medical corps.
2009
Report
Subjective Probability Distribution Elicitation in Cost Risk Analysis: A Review
Offers a selective review of the literature of probability elicitation, both in the fields of psychology and statistics and in the cost risk field, and insights from senior people in the cost risk community.
Jul 1, 2007
Research Brief
Better Coordination Is Needed to Manage the Enlisted Force in the U.S. Air Force
This research brief describes the near-term and long-term steps the U.S. Air Force should take to better align its enlisted force management systems.
Jun 13, 2007
Research Brief
Evaluating Uncertainty in Cost Estimates: A Practical Guide to Eliciting Expert Judgments
This research brief describes a practical method for gathering and using expert opinions to assess cost risks.
Jun 13, 2007
Report
Air Force Enlisted Force Management: System Interactions and Synchronization Strategies
Proposes a way to help the Air Force ensure that its manpower inventory matches its requirements.
Jun 9, 2007
Research Brief
Managing Cost and Capacity Data in the Air Force's Air Education and Training Command
This research brief suggests measures to improve the flow and usage of cost and capacity data in the Air Force's technical training programs.
Dec 4, 2006
Report
Impossible Certainty: Cost Risk Analysis for Air Force Systems
Reviews ways of implementing cost uncertainty analysis to better understand the costs of future weapon systems.
May 1, 2006
Research Brief
Better Methods of Analyzing Cost Uncertainty Can Improve Acquisition Decisionmaking
This research brief looks at the Air Force's cost estimation process for weapon systems and reviews ways of implementing cost uncertainty analysis to better understand the costs of future weapon systems.
Apr 26, 2006
Research Brief
Alleviating Air Force Workforce Shortages with an Overall Force Management Approach
RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF) examined the causes of the shortages in the active-duty, non-rated line officer force, a broad set of diverse career fields that make up almost 50 percent of the officer corps.
Nov 25, 2005
Report
Understrength Air Force Officer Career Fields: A Force Management Approach
Develops an overall force-management framework for identifying roles and organizations to provide analysis and diagnosis of understrength conditions and to also execute appropriate policy interventions to solve the problems.
Apr 14, 2005
Draft
Quantitative Risk Analysis for Complex Projects: A Critical Review
Dec 21, 2004
Report
Air Education and Training Command Cost and Capacity System: Implications for Organizational and Data Flow Changes
Improving the Air Force's training management and decision processes.
2004
Report
Reconfiguring Footprint to Speed Expeditionary Aerospace Forces Deployment
This report offers recommendations on how to speed deployment of forces and equipment to bases by streamlining support processes.
2003
Report
Supporting Expeditionary Aerospace Forces: Engine Maintenance Systems Evaluation (EnMasse)-A User's Guide
A new simulation model will help the U.S. Air Force better understand its jet engine intermediate maintenance system.
2003
Report
Improving Dispute Resolution for California's Injured Workers: Executive Summary
Analyzes the causes of delays, high cost, and inconsistency in the California workers' compensation courts.
2003
Report
Improving Dispute Resolution for California's Injured Workers
Analyzes the causes of delays, high cost, and inconsistency in the California workers' compensation courts.
2003
Report
Supporting Expeditionary Aerospace Forces: Alternatives for Jet Engine Intermediate Maintenance
Evaluates the manner in which Jet Engine Intermediate Maintenance (JEIM) shops can best be configured to facilitate deployments from the continental United States to appropriate forward operating locations worldwide on a short notice.
2002
Report
Strategic Appraisal: United States Air and Space Power in the 21st Century
This report draws on the expertise of researchers from across RAND to explore both the challenges and opportunities that the U.S. Air Force faces as it strives to support the nation's interests in a challenging technological and security environment.
2002
Research Brief
Jet Engine Intermediate Maintenance for Expeditionary Operations
JEIM shop traditionally has been located with the fighter unit it supports. Expeditionary requirements for quick deployment have led the U.S. Air Force to consider whether intermediate maintenance ought to be centralized.
2002
Journal Article
Expeditionary Operations: Intermediate Engine Maintenance Alternatives
Options for Jet Engine Intermediate Maintenance (JEIM) structures for F100 engines on F-15 and F-16 aircraft and TF-34 engines on A-10 aircraft.
2001
Report
Flexbasing: Achieving Global Presence for Expeditionary Aerospace Forces
Flexbasing: Achieving Global Presence for Expeditionary Aerospace Forces
2000
Report
Supporting Expeditionary Aerospace Forces: A Concept for Evolving the Agile Combat Support/Mobility System of the Future
The Air Force has begun to reorganize into an Expeditionary Aerospace Force (EAF). This report summarizes RAND work to date on designing and evaluating the future agile combat system and mobility system needed to meet EAF operational objectives.
2000
Report
Supporting Expeditionary Aerospace Forces: New Agile Combat Support Postures
This report addresses support of emerging Air Force employment strategies associated with Expeditionary Aerospace Forces (EAFs).
2000
Research Brief
A Global Infrastructure to Support Expeditionary Aerospace Forces
The EAF will divide the Air Force into several Aerospace Expeditionary Forces (AEFs), each roughly equivalent in capability, among which deployment responsibilities are expected to be rotated on an equitable and fairly predictable basis.
2000
Report
Supporting Expeditionary Aerospace Forces: An Integrated Strategic Agile Combat Support Planning Framework
The report argues that the new Expeditionary Aerospace Force (EAF) concept requires a complete reexamination of the combat support system, especially the planning framework for combat support.
1999
Journal Article
Expeditionary Airpower: A Global Infrastructure to Support EAF
The United States has entered an entirely new security environment. It is now the only global superpower in a world of many regional powers.
1999
Journal Article
Expeditionary Airpower: A Vision for Agile Combat Support
To a large extent, success of Expeditionary Aerospace Forces depends on turning the current combat support system into one that is much more agile.
1999
Journal Article
Expeditionary Airpower: EAF Strategic Planning
A key challenge for the Air Force is strategic planning to support the Expeditionary Aerospace Force (EAF).
1999
Report
ISM-X Evaluation and Policy Implications
This document is the final report on RAND's evaluation of the Army's expanded Integrated Sustainment Maintenance (ISM-X) demonstration.
1997
Draft
Closing the Knowledge Gap for Transit Maintenance Employees: A Systems Approach
This final report documents the findings of TCRP Project F-5. The project focused on identifying the challenges facing public transit maintenance in coping with new skill demands.
1996
Report
Data Quality Problems in Army Logistics: Classification, Examples, and Solutions
Review the current literature on data quality, develop a three-way scheme for classifying data quality problems, and apply the classification to the analysis of an important logistics data element, the End Item Code (EIC).
1996
Draft
Leveraging Information for Better Transit Maintenance
This report documents a study of innovative practices for transit bus maintenance, generated from analysis of current practices in leading transit agencies and transportation-related private firms.
1995
Draft
Restructuring Smog Check: A Policy Synthesis
Restructuring Smog Check: A Policy Synthesis
1994
Report
Improving Naval Aviation Depot Responsiveness
This report examines the consequences of increasing the Navy depot's role in the logistics system by directing its resources toward the day-to-day needs of the fleet.
1992
Report
Management Adaptations in Jet Engine Repair at a Naval Aviation Depot in Support of Operation Desert Shield/Storm
Investigates management adaptations taken to speed up the repair of jet engines during Operation Desert Shield/Storm.
1992
Report
Materiel Problems at a Naval Aviation Depot: A Case Study of the TF-30 Engine
Investigates shortages of repair parts. It uses the TF-30 jet engine as a case study and analyzes the parts shortage using three different measures: delivery time, demand supply profiles, and effect on engine repair.
1992