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Electronic Warfare

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The Outlook for Russia's Growing Military Power

Russia's military forces have been improving since 2008, enabling operations in Crimea, eastern Ukraine, and Syria. How will Russian capabilities continue to develop over the next 20 years? And what will this mean for U.S.-Russian competition and for the U.S. Army?

Jun 18, 2019
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The Future of the Russian Military: Russia's Ground Combat Capabilities and Implications for U.S.-Russia Competition

Researchers analyze societal, political, economic, and demographic factors that undergird Russian military power. They also make projections about how Russian ground combat capabilities will evolve in the future and how the U.S. Army can respond.

Jun 18, 2019
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Advancing Autonomous Systems: An Analysis of Current and Future Technology for Unmanned Maritime Vehicles

In this report, RAND researchers explore current and potential military applications of autonomous systems, focusing especially on unmanned undersea vehicles and unmanned surface vehicles.

Jan 4, 2019
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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
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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
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The Creation of the PLA Strategic Support Force and Its Implications for Chinese Military Space Operations

This report explores the missions and organization of China's Strategic Support Force, created in 2015 to develop and employ space capabilities, in particular launch and operation of satellites to provide C4ISR capabilities for joint operations.

Nov 10, 2017
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Building an Army Strategy for Cyber Support

Cyber operations are increasingly important to the Army and other services' ability to incorporate actions in cyberspace with activities in traditional warfighting domains. A new strategy for tactical Army cyber operations enumerates overarching goals, objectives, and associated activities.

Mar 28, 2017
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Research Brief

Getting the Most Out of Littoral Combat Ships

This research brief summarizes analysis of the Littoral Combat Ship, the U.S. Navy's first modular warship, suggesting the best locations for homeports, mission package installation sites, and the quantity of mission packages that should be procured.

Mar 11, 2008
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Research Brief

How Advances in Information and Firepower Can Transform Warfare

Investigated the potential of new concepts for destroying moving mechanized forces. These new concepts incorporate advanced munitions with systems for theaterwide surveillance and control.

Dec 31, 1997
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Research Brief

The Fly on the Wall and the Jedi Knight

To identify leading-edge technologies that could revolutionize military operations, to develop concepts of military systems that could transform warfare, and to specify the research necessary to make these systems a reality.

Dec 31, 1993
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Methodological Considerations in Using Simulation to Assess the Combat Value of Intelligence and Electronic Warfare

... technical challenges that must be addressed to support the analysis of the combat value of intelligence and electronic warfare/target acquisition (IEW/TA) with simulation models. This Note describes these challenges and considers ways to meet them.

Dec 31, 1990
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Report

On the Sums of Independently Distributed Pareto Variates

An extension and generalization of the technique of RM-5198, in which the Pareto probability density distribution is shown to apply to the problem of detection of radar signals of unknown frequency.

Dec 31, 1966
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Jair Aguirre

Senior Technical Analyst; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education M.S. in applied economics, Johns Hopkins University; B.S. in liberal studies, Excelsior College; A.A. in modern standard Arabic, Defense Language Institute; A.S. in communications applications technology, Community College of the Air Force
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Mel Eisman

Senior Operations Research/Cost Analyst
Education M.S.I.E. in operations research, Pennsylvania State University; B.S. in industrial engineering, State University of New York
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Dan Gonzales

Senior Scientist
Education Ph.D. in theoretical physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S. in physics, Stanford University
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Nicholas A. O'Donoughue

Senior Engineer
Education Ph.D. in electrical engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; M.S. in electrical engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; B.S. in computer engineering, Villanova University

RAND Topic:
Electronic Warfare

Topic Synonyms:
EW;
Network;
Radar Warfare;
Radio

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