Military Communication Systems

Report

Networked Forces in Stability Operations: 101st Airborne Division, 3/2 and 1/25 Stryker Brigades in Northern Iraq

Compares three Army units that conducted stability operations in the same area in Iraq's northern provinces between 2003 and 2005: the 101st Airborne Division (ABD), the 3/2 Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT), and the 1/25 SBCT.

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Using and Sharing Geospatial Information in the Department of Defense

The sharing of geospatial information provides the DoD both opportunities and challenges. Benefits include improved effectiveness resulting in better outcomes and efficiency in the form of reduced costs. Challenges include concern over security issues and technical difficulties in sharing information.

News Release

China Could Potentially Defeat U.S. in Conflict Over Taiwan By Limiting Military Access, RAND Study Finds

March 29, 2007 news release: China Could Potentially Defeat U.S. in Conflict Over Taiwan By Limiting Military Access, RAND Study Finds.

Report

Network-Centric Operations Case Study: The Stryker Brigade Combat Team

How will the network-centric operational concepts, organizational structure, and systems of this new Army unit make it a more effective combat force?

Report

Network-Centric Operations Case Study: Air-to-Air Combat With and Without Link 16

How much of an increase in mission effectiveness does the Link 16 communications system provide in prosecuting air-to-air combat and how can the observed increase in actual performance be attributed to the advantages of network-centric operations?

Report

Success of Virtual Collaboration Depends on Communications Medium

Virtual collaboration has become increasingly common in the corporate world. To improve group dynamics, businesses need a strategy for choosing the most effective medium, from videoconference to dataconference to hybrid systems.

Report

Examining the Army's Future Warrior: Force-on-Force Simulation of Candidate Technologies

Explores and assesses selected technology options for future dismounted soldiers that could improve mission effectiveness and reduce casualties.

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Future Army Bandwidth Needs and Capabilities

How can the Army design its future communications network to meet competing demands at a time of rapidly changing user needs and technologies?

Research Brief

Improving Communications Networks to Support Integrated ISR-Strike Operations

RAND Project AIR FORCE studied threats to U.S. communications networks and identified options for improving such systems against jammers and SIGINT receivers.

Research Brief

Broadening Army Bandwidth

Report

How RAND Invented the Postwar World: Satellites, Systems Analysis, Computing, the Internet -- Almost All the Defining Features of the Information Age Were Shaped in Part at the RAND Corporation

Presents a thumbnail history of the RAND Corporation, emphasizing its early accomplishments.

Commentary

Swarming -- The Next Face of Battle

Technological advances often give rise to new types of weapons, but the achievement of lasting breakthroughs in fighting power requires organizational and doctrinal innovation as we.

Report

Employing Commercial Satellite Communications: Wideband Investment Options for the Department of Defense

This report assesses military use of commercial wideband satellites by evaluating their effectiveness across several characteristics defined by the United States Space Command.

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In Athena’s Camp: Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age

The information revolution is transforming the nature of conflict across the spectrum: from open warfare, to terrorism, crime, and even radical social activism.

Journal Article

The Threat of High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse to Force XXI

The author gives a layman's overview of an important policy issue for U.S. national security.

Report

Strategic Information Warfare: A New Face of War

Future U.S. national security strategy is likely to be profoundly affected by the ongoing, rapid evolution of cyberspace -- the global information infrastructure.

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Tactical Satellite Orbital Simulation and Requirements Study

Documents the results of a preliminary analysis of space communications requirements employing scenarios for military operations in three widely separated geographical areas where U.S. contingency operations could occur.

Report

Cooperative Intelligence for Remotely Piloted Vehicle Fleet Control: Analysis and Simulation

Groups of agents (human or machine) can solve shared tasks effectively by applying cooperative intelligence.

Report

Computers and National Security.

Discussion of the impact of computers since World War II on military decisions and national defense. Computers have pervasive roles in military operations and management--on-board devices, communications, command and control, intelligence, logistic ...

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A Briefing on the Distributed Adaptive Message-Block Network

A description of the use in military communications of a distributed network in which each station is connected only to those nearest to it.