Bradley Wilson

Senior Information Scientist

Pittsburgh Office

Education

M.S. in software engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; B.S. in information technology, University of Maryland

One Page Bio

Overview

Bradley Wilson is a senior information scientist at RAND with experience in government acquisition and applications of modeling & simulation to solve policy challenges. His research areas include unmanned systems, software acquisition and engineering, information architectures, networks, cybersecurity, biometrics, and natural disaster reconstruction cost estimation.

Research Focus

Selected Publications

Wilson, Bradley, Shane Tierney, Brendan Toland, Rachel M. Burns, Colby P. Steiner, Christopher Scott Adams, Michael Nixon, Raza Khan, Michelle D. Ziegler, Jan Osburg, and Ike Chang, Small Unmanned Aerial System Adversary Capabilities, RAND Corporation (RR-3023-DHS), 2020

Bradley Wilson, Jessie Riposo, Thomas Goughnour, Rachel M. Burns, Michael J. D. Vermeer, Ajay K. Kochhar, Angelena Bohman, Mel Eisman, Naval Aviation Maintenance System (RR-2974/1-Navy)

Bradley Wilson, Jessie Riposo, Thomas Goughnour, Mel Eisman, Angelena Bohman, Shane Tierney, Rachel M. Burns, Naval Operational Supply System (RR-2403-Navy)

Wilson, Bradley, Interfacing Force-on-Force and Communications Models: MANA and JNE, RAND Corporation (TL-201-A), 2017

Commentary

Cybersecurity

The Cost of Security in the iPhone Era
As the security on the iPhone better protects users from criminals, it also excels at keeping law enforcement from accessing the data. The dispute between the FBI and Apple over unlocking the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino attackers continues but the real debate is about whether society wants legislation that weakens iPhone security for law enforcement.
Feb 26, 2016
U.S. News & World Report
Data Analysis

How Do We Deal with a Flood of Data?
Despite the value of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, the amount of data they generate has become overwhelming. If the Navy does not change the way it processes information, it will reach an ISR “tipping point”—as soon as 2016.
Jun 23, 2014
Future Force

Publications

Report
Characterizing the Performance of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems
Analysts leveraged available data on performance of uncrewed aircraft system platforms to develop an approach to characterizing spray coverage as a function of payload, speed, endurance, and delivery and presenting performance parameters of interest.
Feb 6, 2023
Report
A Cost Estimating Framework for U.S. Marine Corps Joint Cyber Weapons
To help improve leadership decisionmaking related to the costs of offensive cyber operations acquisition, the authors developed a life-cycle cost-estimating framework for the U.S. Marine Corps and conducted exploratory modeling and simulation.
Feb 2, 2023
Report
A Methodology for Quantifying the Value of Cybersecurity Investments in the Navy
Researchers developed a methodology to assess the value of resource options for U.S. Navy cybersecurity investments. The proposed methodology enables the Navy to rationalize the cost-effectiveness of potential investments within the POM process.
Sep 28, 2022
Report
Acquiring a Mosaic Force: Issues, Options, and Trade-Offs
Mosaic Warfare envisions more fractionated, heterogeneous forces, dynamically composed on tactical timelines. In this report, the authors present insights from a policy game to assess alternative governance models for acquiring a Mosaic force.
Aug 9, 2021
Report
Small Unmanned Aerial System Adversary Capabilities
To support the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in prioritizing capability investments, this report examines trends in small unmanned aerial system development, features that could aid nefarious users, and how such actors could use these systems.
Mar 12, 2020
Report
Naval Aviation Maintenance System: Analysis of Alternatives
This report presents the results of an analysis of alternatives for fielding the Naval Aviation Maintenance System, which is intended to help modernize the U.S. Navy's afloat and ashore maintenance capabilities.
Mar 9, 2020
Report
Automating Army Convoys: Technical and Tactical Risks and Opportunities
How should the U.S. Army develop and integrate automated driving technology for its convoy operations in the next one to five years? The authors examine the technical and tactical benefits and risks of employment concepts for automated trucks.
Feb 5, 2020
Report
Improving C2 and Situational Awareness for Operations in and Through the Information Environment
Every military activity has informational aspects, but the information environment (IE) is not well integrated into military planning, doctrine, or processes. Better understanding of the IE will improve command and control and situational awareness.
Nov 1, 2018
Research Brief
Requirements for Better C2 and Situational Awareness of the Information Environment
Every military activity has informational aspects, but the information environment (IE) is not well integrated into military planning, doctrine, or processes. Better understanding of the IE will improve command and control and situational awareness.
Nov 1, 2018
Report
Naval Operational Supply System: Analysis of Alternatives
The Department of the Navy asked the RAND Corporation to assist with the Analysis of Alternatives for modernization of its future operational supply, food service, and retail operations capability, the Naval Operational Supply System.
Oct 11, 2018
Tool
Interfacing Force-on-Force and Communications Models: MANA and JNE
This report documents an interface between an agent-based force-on-force simulation and a network simulation for the U.S. Army's Cyber Center of Excellence, Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate (CDID), Cyber Battle Lab.
Nov 8, 2017
Report
Cyber Power Potential of the Army's Reserve Component
Describes the availability of personnel with cyber skills in the private sector and the number of Army reserve component soldiers available to support the Army's cyber mission needs.
Jun 15, 2017
Report
Maritime Tactical Command and Control Analysis of Alternatives
This report is about software systems that support situational awareness and command and control (C2) for the U.S. Navy. This report provides the results of an analysis of alternatives for the follow-on to the Global C2 system maritime (GCCS-M).
Aug 29, 2016
Report
Data Flood: Helping the Navy Address the Rising Tide of Sensor Information
The authors explore options for solving the Navy's big data challenge, considering changes across four dimensions: people, tools and technology, data and data architectures, and demand and demand management.
May 1, 2014
Report
Modeling Terrorism Risk to the Air Transportation System: An Independent Assessment of TSA's Risk Management Analysis Tool and Associated Methods
RAND evaluated a terrorism risk modeling tool developed by the Transportation Security Administration and Boeing to help guide program planning for aviation security.
Nov 26, 2012
Report
CANES Contracting Strategies for Full Deployment
Examines contracting alternatives for the full deployment phase of the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services system, intended to give the U.S. Navy a common set of key command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence networks.
May 24, 2012
Report
Finding Services for an Open Architecture: A Review of Existing Applications and Programs in PEO C4I
Investigates the potential software services within the U.S. Navy's Program Executive Office, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence that could be used as part of a service-oriented architecture.
Jul 19, 2011
Report
Navy Network Dependability: Models, Metrics, and Tools
Develops a framework for measuring the dependability of naval networks and describes a software tool for modeling the impact that individual network components have on overall mission operational availability.
Aug 6, 2010
Report
The Value and Impacts of Alternative Fuel Distribution Concepts: Assessing the Army's Future Needs for Temporary Fuel Pipelines
Reviews the U.S. Army's historical uses of temporary pipelines and surveys future scenarios in order to develop a broad list of potential requirements for temporary petroleum pipeline structure.
Mar 17, 2009
Research Brief
Can Publicly Available Information Be Used in Planning Terrorist Attacks?
This fact sheet describes a framework for assessing the availability of publicly available information for planning attacks on the U.S. air, rail, and sea transportation infrastructure and the results of applying the framework in a red-team exercise.
Aug 1, 2007
Report
Freedom and Information: Assessing Publicly Available Data Regarding U.S. Transportation Infrastructure Security
Describes a framework to guide assessments of the availability of data regarding U.S. anti- and counterterrorism systems, countermeasures, and defenses for planning attacks on the U.S. air, rail, and sea transportation infrastructure.
Jul 18, 2007
Report
The Impact of Network Performance on Warfighter Effectiveness
Analyzes networking concepts and uses simulation results from agent-based combat models to quantify and assess the marginal benefit of networking concepts with respect to warfighter effectiveness at the tactical level.
Oct 27, 2006