Myron Hura

Senior Engineer

Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in environmental science and engineering, University of California, Los Angeles; M.S. in engineering, University of California, Los Angeles; B.S., U.S. Naval Academy

One Page Bio

Overview

Myron Hura is a senior engineer with more than 30 years of experience in national security policy analysis. He has led or co-led projects and studies in four research divisions within RAND: Project Air Force, Arroyo Center, National Defense Research Institute (NDRI), and the National Security Research Division (NSRD).

Hura's research efforts have included the development and acquisition of space systems, cyber and electronic warfare capabilities and operating concepts, employment of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities, and command and control and battle management of military forces in joint and coalition operations. His most recent research focused on space resilience, and cyberspace defensive and offensive operations and associated intelligence requirements.

Research Focus

Recent Projects

Protecting Freedom of Operations in Cyberspace
Developing an Analytical Base Vision for Air Force Capabilities Delivered by Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Leveraging National Intelligence Capabilities

Selected Publications

Lance Menthe, Myron Hura, Carl Rhodes, The Effectiveness of Remotely Piloted Aircraft in a Permissive Hunter-Killer Scenario, RAND (RR-278-AF), 2014

Mesic, Richard, Myron Hura, Martin C. Libicki, Anthony M. Packard, and Lynn Scott, Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional) Decision Support, RAND Corporation (MG-935/1-AF), 2010

Tim Bonds, Myron Hura, Thomas Durell-Young, Enhancing Army Joint Force Headquarters Capabilities, RAND (MG-675-AR), 2010

Publications

Report
Cyber Mission Thread Analysis: An Implementation Guide for Process Planning and Execution
Cyber mission thread analysis, which identifies mission-critical systems in a cyber threat environment, requires a disciplined, well-planned process for its execution. This report provides a proposed guide for its planning and implementation.
Mar 10, 2022
Report
Cyber Mission Thread Analysis: A Prototype Framework for Assessing Impact to Missions from Cyber Attacks to Weapon Systems
A decision to mitigate or accept a risk from a cyber attack to a weapon system depends on the operational mission impact. This proposed method for assessing mission impact is at once comprehensive and simple enough to scale across the U.S. Air Force.
Mar 10, 2022
Report
Assessing the Effectiveness of Future Concepts in the U.S. Air Force: Application to Future Logistics Concepts
RAND researchers present a Future Logistics Concept Assessment Framework, which is a disciplined, systematic way to assess proposed future logistics concepts to meet the requirements of the National Defense Strategy.
Mar 7, 2022
Report
Wing-Level Mission Assurance for a Cyber-Contested Environment
The authors offer ways to help wings assure their missions despite cyber attacks, focusing on how wings can maintain situational awareness, defend their systems, and respond to and recover from attacks to survive and operate when under cyber attack.
Dec 9, 2021
Report
Managing for Mission Assurance in the Face of Advanced Cyber Threats
This report offers a foundation for better managing, at the enterprise level in the Air Force, efforts to ensure resiliency of missions to adversarial cyber operations, including suggestions for the allocation of roles and responsibilities of tasks.
May 24, 2021
Report
Command and Control of U.S. Air Force Combat Support in a High-End Fight
This report describes new concepts for U.S. Air Force combat support command and control while under persistent multi-domain attack during a high-end fight, specifically to support maneuver and functioning in a communications degraded environment.
Mar 16, 2021
Report
Measuring Cybersecurity and Cyber Resiliency
This report presents a framework for the development of metrics -- and a method for scoring them -- that indicates how well a U.S. Air Force mission or system is expected to perform in a cyber-contested environment.
Mar 26, 2020
Report
Gaming Space: A Game-Theoretic Methodology for Assessing the Deterrent Value of Space Control Options
This report introduces and explains a game-theoretic methodology to help decisionmakers assess the potential effects of alternative approaches to space control.
Jan 5, 2018
Report
Enhancing Space Resilience Through Non-Materiel Means
Because changes to space systems are costly, the Air Force asked RAND to identify non-materiel means -- doctrine, organization, training, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy -- to enhance resilience.
Apr 28, 2016
Report
Acquisition of Space Systems, Volume 7: Past Problems and Future Challenges
As Department of Defense plans for the next-generation space systems in an increasingly challenging fiscal and security environment, it is important to apply lessons learned from past space acquisition, which had experienced many difficulties.
Mar 30, 2015
Report
The Effectiveness of Remotely Piloted Aircraft in a Permissive Hunter-Killer Scenario
This report analyzes the operational effectiveness of several new concepts for employing remotely piloted aircraft in a permissive hunter-killer mission.
May 9, 2014
Research Brief
Standing Up a More Capable Joint Task Force Headquarters
The U.S. Army needs to improve its ability to command and control joint, interagency, and multinational forces in diverse environments, and to prepare Army headquarters to perform as components of, or headquarters for, joint task forces.
Nov 18, 2011
Report
Enhancing Army Joint Force Headquarters Capabilities
The U.S. Army needs to improve its ability to command and control joint, interagency, and multinational forces in diverse environments, and to prepare Army headquarters to perform as components of, or headquarters for, joint task forces.
Aug 10, 2010
Report
Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional) Decision Support
This monograph addresses objectives, missions, tasks, and capabilities for the Air Force's new organization to address cyberspace issues (currently 24th Air Force), applying ''to fly and fight'' to cyberspace.
Feb 24, 2010
Report
Interoperability of U.S. and NATO Allied Air Forces: Supporting Data and Case Studies
Background information for a larger RAND study entitled Interoperability: A Continuing Challenge in Coalition Air Operations, including supporting aggregate data and detailed case-study analyses.
2004
Report
Enhancing Dynamic Command and Control of Air Operations Against Time Critical Targets
This report summarizes research intended to help the Air Force develop enhanced dynamic command and control and battle management of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets and shooter assets in air operations against time critical targets.
2002
Report
Interoperability: A Continuing Challenge in Coalition Air Operations
Because interoperability is a key element in coalitions, RAND undertook research to help the Air Force identify potential interoperability problems that may arise in coalition air operations and to suggest nonmateriel and technology-based solutions.
2000
Report
Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Program Case Study
The case study highlights the promises, pitfalls, and programmatic complexities of a cooperative initiative to achieve datalink interoperability among coalition forces at several levels.
2000
Report
A Framework for Precision Conventional Strike in Post-Cold War Military Strategy
Examines the value PCS weapons have in future military strategies and draws inferences about investment of system development and acquisition dollars.
1996
Report
Ensuring Adequate Intelligence Support for the Acquisition of New Weapon Systems
This documented briefing examines how intelligence support is provided to the existing DoD requirements and acquisition process and then discusses the adequacy of that support.
1995
Report
Producing Target Models at a Central Facility: Assessment Methodology
The authors develop a methodology for assessing the capabilities of facilities to produce target models.
1994
Report
The Independent European Force: Costs of Independence
This report examines the costs associated with acquiring and operating two key components of an independent European force--force projection and surveillance/C2I systems.
1993
Report
Route Planning Issues for Low Observable Aircraft and Cruise Missiles: Implications for the Intelligence Community
This monograph suggests the need for dialogue among the intelligence and mission planning communities, the aircraft developers, and the aircraft operators addressing issues in nine areas.
1993
Report
Intelligence Support and Mission Planning Requirements for Autonomous Precision Guided Weapons: Implications for Intelligence Support Plan Development
The authors of this report examined the support requirements for two categories of PGWs: those with target-imaging sensors and those that rely on an inertial navigation system aided by the global positioning system.
1993
Report
An Assessment of Alternative Transports for Future Mobility Planning
With the end of the Cold War and growing pressure to reduce the budget deficit, DoD mobility programs will probably face sharp fiscal constraints. Yet the ability to project forces to distant places remains central to U.S. national security.
1993
Report
Fast Sealift and Maritime Prepositioning Options for Improving Sealift Capabilities
Considers (1) the extent to which future U.S. flag merchant ships and existing government and sealift programs can support potential future force deployments and (2) the kinds of ships that should be built if additional sealift capabilities are required.
1991