Report
Analyzing a More Resilient National Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Capability
The authors assess the costs associated with realistic threats to domestic, nonmilitary uses of the Global Positioning System (GPS), and consider possible additions to the positioning, navigation, and timing ecosystem in light of those costs.
May 17, 2021
Report
The tanKer Aerial Refueling Model for Analysis (KARMA)
This report describes the algorithms used in the tanKer Air Refueling Model for Analysis (KARMA) and explains how to use the model. KARMA simulates the extent to which a tanker force can aerially refuel combat aircraft in a denied environment.
Sep 4, 2019
Report
Low-Cost Options for Airborne Delivery of Contraband into North Korea
Activist groups are seeking improvements in the balloons they use to carry political, religious, and humanitarian materials into North Korea. This report assesses the technical state of balloons and drones, along with plausible improvements.
Apr 2, 2018
Journal Article
Non-State Actors in North Korean Airspace
In previous decades, going back to the Korean War, the South Korean government used to send balloons carrying propaganda into North Korean territory.
2016
Report
Feasibility of Laser Power Transmission to a High-Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Is powering an ultra-high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle with a laser beam a practical possibility?
Jun 9, 2011