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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
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Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future) Capability Assessment: Planned and Alternative Structures

An assessment of the proposed MPF(F) Sea Basing squadron found alternative configurations with fewer ships and different air components that could still meet mission support counterinsurgency, special operations, and major combat operations.

May 11, 2010
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Controlling the Cost of C4I Upgrades on Naval Ships

Looking across a set of completed C4I upgrades to U.S. Navy ships, the authors uncovered mixed evidence of cost improvement, a high level of variability in costs, and a trend toward overestimating the installation-labor costs of certain upgrades.

Sep 14, 2009
Testimony

The Chinese Navy's "New Historic Missions": Expanding Capabilities for a Re-emergent Maritime Power

In testimony presented before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Cortez A. Cooper ties China's re-emergence as a naval power to its expanding economic and security interests.

Jun 8, 2009
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A Survey of Missions for Unmanned Undersea Vehicles

RAND identifies seven military missions for unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) that appear most promising to pursue in terms of military need, operational and technical risks, non-UUV alternatives, and cost.

Jun 1, 2009
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DDG-51 Engineering Training: How Simulators Can Help

Increased use of training simulators could improve engineering watchstanders' proficiency before Navy destroyers go to sea, saving money and reserving time at sea for refined training.

May 13, 2009
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In the Middle of the Fight: An Assessment of Medium-Armored Forces in Past Military Operations

This monograph presents a qualitative assessment of the performance of medium-armored forces in 13 past conflicts that span the range of military operations. The accompanying analysis is designed to help inform U.S. Army decisions about fielding medium-armored forces in the future. The case histories yielded three major insights.

Nov 2, 2008
Research Brief

Sustaining Key Skills in the UK Naval Industry

To preserve its ability to design, build, and support complex warships and submarines, the UK's Ministry of Defence will need to preserve and sustain several key technical skills in the maritime domain.

Jul 15, 2008
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Sustaining Key Skills in the UK Naval Industry

Building on prior RAND research, this monograph explores the need for and retention of technical skills in the UK's naval industrial base, particularly among designers and engineers involved with surface ship and submarine acquisition and support.

Apr 12, 2008
Research Brief

Aircraft Carrier Maintenance Cycles and Their Effects

This research brief summarizes RAND's analysis of the feasibility of different cycle lengths and their effect on the operational availability of Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. The authors also examine cycle length impact on shipyard workloads.

Apr 8, 2008
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Increasing Aircraft Carrier Forward Presence

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier fleets must balance the timing of maintenance, training, and deployment with presence and surge demands. An evaluation of deployment scenarios examines the feasibility of different cycle lengths, their effect on carrier forward presence, and their impact on shipyard workloads.

Mar 17, 2008
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Small Ships in Theater Security Cooperation

The authors evaluate roles for small ships in theater security cooperation, present a concept of operations for employing such ships, describe necessary ship and crew characteristics, and survey classes of suitable vessels.

Mar 16, 2008
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A Methodology for Estimating the Effect of Aircraft Carrier Operational Cycles on the Maintenance Industrial Base

Describes modeling the extension of time between depot maintenance, varying the size of work packages, and using continuous-maintenance on the maintenance industrial base, and the effect of cycle length on operational availability.

Jul 29, 2007
News Release

Navy Should Start Next Nuclear Submarine Design Phase Early to Prevent Engineering Brain Drain, RAND Study Finds

May 7, 2007 news release: Navy Should Start Next Nuclear Submarine Design Phase Early to Prevent Engineering Brain Drain, RAND Study Finds.

May 7, 2007
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Trade-offs in the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program

The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program must negotiate trade-offs between three elements: the number of LCSs, the number of mission packages required, and the number and locations of homeports and mission package installation sites.

May 7, 2007
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Sustaining U.S. Nuclear Submarine Design Capabilities

Given a lack of demand for nuclear submarine design resources in the near future, workforce and workload management options are analyzed to suggest ways to constrain the cost, schedule, and risk involved in the design of the next submarine class.

May 1, 2007
Research Brief

Sustaining the Ability to Design Nuclear Submarines

This research brief summarizes an analysis of workforce and workload management options to suggest ways to constrain the cost, schedule, and risk involved in the design of the U.S. Navy's next nuclear submarine class.

Apr 25, 2007
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Sustaining the Ability to Design Nuclear Submarines

The U.S. Navy should start designing the next class of nuclear submarines five years ahead of schedule and stretch out the design period to prevent a critical erosion of skilled submarine designers and engineers.

Apr 18, 2007
Research Brief

New Combat and Noncombat Roles for U.S. Aircraft Carriers

This research brief describes the range of new capabilities that U.S. aircraft carriers will require for combat and noncombat operations in the next 20 to 30 years.

Aug 29, 2006
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Leveraging America’s Aircraft Carrier Capabilities: Exploring New Combat and Noncombat Roles and Missions for the U.S. Carrier Fleet

Using two Concept Options Groups, explores possible nontraditional combat and noncombat roles for aircraft carriers.

Apr 28, 2006

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