| Capability Surprise (Report of the Defense Science Board 2008 Summer Study). Volume 1: Main Report |
Sep-2009 |
104 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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 | Instability and cultural complexities in today's world, the security challenges, and the capability of non-states and extremists to make bad things happen has reached new levels. As of yet the nation has found no simple form of deterrence to deal with this complex environment. Thus, the nation must be prepared to deal with surprise in new ways. This study addresses the issue of capability surprise - what it is, why ... |
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| Fulfillment of Urgent Operational Needs. Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force |
Jul-2009 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| This report provides an overview of current procedures to generate, validate, and fulfill urgent operational requirements, both through Service and joint processes. It also describes the oversight of the execution, performance, and transition of the need process and addresses the challenges of responding to urgent needs in an effective and efficient way. The task force found that all of DOD's needs cannot be met by the same acquisition process. Current ... |
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| Department of Defense Biological Safety and Security Program |
May-2009 |
94 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| This report examines the biological safety, security, and personnel reliability programs of Department of Defense's (DoD's) biological labs, compares these labs with other similar operations in academia, industry and the federal government. The report offers recommendations for improvements in the DoD program based on this comparison. The task force found that safety and security of the DoD facilities that they assessed are as good or better than those in comparably ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Department of Defense Biological Safety and Security Program |
May-2009 |
94 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| This report examines the biological safety, security, and personnel reliability programs of DoD's biological labs, compares these labs with other similar operations in academia, industry and the federal government. The report offers recommendations for improvements in the DoD program based on this comparison. The task force found that safety and security of the DoD facilities that they assessed are as good or better than those in comparably sized facilities in ... |
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| Creating a DOD Strategic Acquisition Platform |
Apr-2009 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
Craig Fields; Larry Lynn; William Howard; Robert Nesbit; Jacques Gansler; Robert Lucky; Robert Hermann; Ronald Kerber; Miriam John; Vincent Vitto; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The United States must be prepared to respond to a broad set of national security missions, both at home and abroad. Yet many deficiencies exist in defense capabilities needed to support these missions - systems are aging and technologies are becoming obsolete. The interoperability of communication systems continues to be a major concern on the battlefield. A robust acquisition process is critical to sustain a strong arsenal of effective weapon ... |
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| Defense Science Board Report on Advanced Computing |
Mar-2009 |
65 pages |
| Authors:
Bruce Tarter; Robert Nesbit; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| This is the final report of the DSB Task Force on NNSA's Strategic Plan for Advanced Computing, co-chaired by Dr. Bruce Tarter and Mr. Robert Nesbit. The Task Force was asked to evaluate NNSA's strategic plan for Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) and its adequacy to support the Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP), whose mission is to ensure the safety, performance and reliability of our Nation's nuclear weapons stockpile. The Task ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Understanding Human Dynamics |
Mar-2009 |
145 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Understanding human dynamics is an essential aspect of planning for success across the full spectrum of military and national security operations. Although the U.S. military belatedly increased its human dynamics awareness within the current Iraq and Afghanistan theaters, recent progress has been achieved because of its importance in strategic, operational, and tactical decision-making. The U.S. military also has made recent progress in training and sensitizing deployed U.S. forces to the ... |
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| Creating an Assured Joint DOD and Interagency Interoperable Net-Centric Enterprise. Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Achieving Interoperability in a Net-Centric Environment |
Mar-2009 |
174 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| As requested in the Terms of Reference, the Task Force was asked to assess the requirements for military operations in a net-centric environment, the use of a single autonomous agency as one mechanism to achieving interoperability, a standards-only approach allowing independent development and the development of a virtual test, integration and certification capability to assure interoperability. In doing so the Task Force was cognizant of the multiple organizations (Military Departments, ... |
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| Department of Defense Policies and Procedures for the Acquisition of Information Technology |
Mar-2009 |
110 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Information technology (IT) offers immense capability in terms of agility, flexibility, responsiveness, and effectiveness. It enables nearly all of our military combat capability and has become a necessary element of our most critical warfare systems. However, there is growing concern within Congress and among Department of Defense (DOD) leadership that the nation's military advantage may be eroding. The deliberate process through which weapon systems and information technology are acquired by ... |
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| Unconventional Operational Concepts and the Homeland |
Mar-2009 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| This report on unconventional operational concepts and the homeland was prepared as part of the Defense Science Board 2007 Summer Study on Challenges to Military Operations in Support of National Interests. The summer study recognized that asymmetric tools of war in the hands of potential adversaries may well be employed using non-traditional concepts of operation. Moreover, the battlefield may no longer be limited to regions afar, but may include the ... |
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| Time Critical Conventional Strike from Strategic Standoff |
Mar-2009 |
102 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| This Executive Summary and the attached appendices provide an unclassified overview of the Task Force analysis, findings and recommendations. For a more detailed understanding of this material, we refer the reader to the classified version of the full report. The U.S. strategic deterrence and strike environment has changed as our adversaries and their tactics have changed. Terrorists and rogue nations as well as future potential peers are well aware that ... |
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| Buying Commercial: Gaining the Cost/Schedule Benefits for Defense Systems |
Feb-2009 |
60 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The challenge to the task force was to examine the effective and efficient integration of commercial systems into the DOD. Specifically cited were the certification and qualification of commercial technologies to meet military requirements. These are only one aspect of the challenge, however. The task force identified many others, including acquisition practices, experience, education, communication, organization, and leadership. Purchasing commercial or other government off-the-shelf (COTS/GOTS) and commercial- or foreign-derivative systems ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Permanent Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Surety on Nuclear Weapons Inspections for the Strategic Nuclear Forces |
Dec-2008 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Secretary and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Major Air Commanders should: Provide clear direction on the collective and individual objectives of the set of nuclear inspections. Remove any direction or implication that inspection teams have an education or mentoring responsibility during the conduct of an inspection The Secretary of the Air Force should direct formation of a team of NSI, NORI, DNSI inspectors and ... |
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| Defense Science Board 2007 Summer Study. Challenges to Military Operations in Support of National Interests. Volume 1: Executive Summary |
Dec-2008 |
108 pages |
| Authors:
Craig Fields; Richard Haver; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| U.S. conventional military capability remains unmatched by any state. As a result, no adversary--peer, near peer, or powerful non-state actor--with objectives in conflict with U.S. interests will oppose our nation with conventional military means. The United States is too strong and capable. Yet, this strength in the conventional arena does not mean that the nation is unmatched across the spectrum of conflict. The proliferation of technology, technical information, and technical ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Deterrence Skills |
01-Sep-2008 |
149 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Deterrence Skills was chartered to assess all aspects of nuclear deterrent skills military, federal, and contractor and to recommended methods and strategies to maintain a right-sized, properly trained, and experienced work force to ensure the viability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent through 2020. As long as anyone in the world has or can acquire nuclear weapons, America must have nuclear deterrence expertise ... |
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| Task Group on a Strategic Relationship Model Between the Department of Defense and the Industrial Base |
Jul-2008 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Deputy Secretary of Defense tasked the Defense Business Board (DBB) to form a Task Group with the support of the Defense Science Board (DSB) to evaluate and make recommendations to the Department of Defense (DoD) regarding actions that could improve the strategic relationship between the Department and its manufacturer and service suppliers. Specifically, the Task Group was asked to deliver actionable recommendations for how the Department could better align ... |
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| Mission Impact of Foreign Influence on DoD Software |
01-May-2008 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Defense Science Board task force assessed the Department of Defense's (DoD) dependence on software of foreign origin and the risks involved. The task force considered issues with supply chain management; techniques and tools to mitigate adversarial threats; software assurance within current DoD programs; and assurance standards within industry, academia, and government. This executive summary highlights the future U.S. ability to ensure and maintain a trusted supply of software to ... |
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| The Defense Science Board Permanent Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Surety. Report on the Unauthorized Movement of Nuclear Weapons (Revised) |
APR 2008 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Larry D. Welch; Harold M. Agnew; Lyle G. Bien; John C. Crawford; Jr. Foster John S.; Sydell P. Gold; James P. McCarthy; Richard W. Mies; Thomas H. Neary; Robert L. Selden; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Surety was tasked by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD [AT&L]) and the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command to conduct an independent investigation of the unauthorized transfer of nuclear warheads between Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, and Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana on 30 August 2007. The task is to identify root and systemic causes ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on DoD Energy Strategy, "More Fight - Less Fuel" |
FEB 2008 |
136 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| On May 2, 2006 the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT&L)) directed the Defense Science Board to create a Task Force to examine DoD Energy Strategy Citing significant risks to both our nation and our military forces, he challenged the Task Force to find opportunities to reduce DoD's energy demand, identify institutional obstacles to their implementation, and assess their potential commercial and security benefits to the ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Strategic Communication |
JAN 2008 |
159 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The 2007 Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Strategic Communication has written this report within the context of a larger study, the DSB 2007 Summer Study on Challenges to Military Operations in Support of National Interests. The summer study recognized that effective strategic communication, coordinated and executed in association with all aspects of national capacity, can help to prevent and limit conflicts and greatly enhance responses to global challenges ... |
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| Defense Science Board Task Force on Directed Energy Weapons |
DEC 2007 |
98 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Schneider William; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Directed energy continues to offer promise as a transformational game changer as the Department of Defense (DOD) encounters new asymmetric and disruptive threats, while facing increasingly sophisticated traditional challenges. Yet years of investment have not resulted in any currently operational high-energy laser capability. In addition, the single high-energy laser program of record, the Airborne Laser (ABL) for boost phase missile defense, continues to experience delays and potential budget reductions. There ... |
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| Defense Science Board Task Force on Deployment of Members of the National Guard and Reserve in the Global War on Terrorism |
SEP 2007 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Use of the components in support of overseas contingencies has increased significantly since September 11, 2001 and the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. Although the number of reserve component members on active duty has declined over the past few years, from a peak in May 2003, the current level still remains far higher than in decades past. This level of effort is expected to continue as long as the ... |
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| Deployment of Members of the National Guard and Reserve in the Global War on Terrorism |
SEP 2007 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Donald Pilling; Michael Williams; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Use of the reserve components in support of overseas contingencies has increased significantly since September 11, 2001 and the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. Although the number of reserve component members on active duty has declined over the past few years, from a peak in May 2003, the current level still remains far higher than in decades past. This level of effort is expected to continue as long as ... |
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| Defense Science Board Task Force on Future Need for VTOL/STOL Aircraft |
JUL 2007 |
162 pages |
| Authors:
Jr. Howard William G.; Donald L. Pilling; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Since the start of the global war on terrorism, many operations involving U.S. forces have been supported by helicopters, to include combat operations, counterinsurgency operations, security operations, disaster relief, and humanitarian assistance operations. But in many cases, rotary wing aircraft have not been well suited to the mission. In fact, helicopter-related losses are among the leading causes of fatalities in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. In consideration of these facts, ... |
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| Defense Science Board 2006 Summer Study on Information Management for Net-Centric Operations. Volume 1: Main Report |
APR 2007 |
120 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Schneider William; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The task force addressed combat operations, information management, information assurance, and architecture requirements, as well as the architecture framework currently being pursued by the department. The task force examined the overall conceptual strategy for the system and the operational value of the proposed information network. Additionally, the task force assessed cost/risk trades and technical network issues such as bandwidth, quality of service, availability, security, integrity for all missions and users, ... |
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| Defense Science Board 2006 Summer Study of Information Management for Net-Centric Operations. Volume 2. Operations Panel Report |
APR 2007 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Jim McCarthy; Keith Kellog; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| This report of the operations panel of the Information Management summer study served as the basis for the full summer study report sections that included warfighter assessments of needs and suggested improvements to enhance combat capabilities. The panel examined the operational value enabled by information networks. Particular attention was paid to emerging missions, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, stabilization and reconstruction, and response to catastrophic disasters. The panel assessed the state of knowledge ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Defense Biometrics |
MAR 2007 |
179 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| A Defense Science Board Task Force was organized to address a number of issues relating to the use of Biometrics in the Department of Defense. The Terms of Reference (Appendix A) asked that specific organizational issues be addressed promptly and the Task Force provided an interim briefing that focused on these issues. While the terms of reference refer to "biometrics," the Task Force is convinced that identity management is the ... |
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| Defense Science Board 2006 Summer Study on 21st Century Strategic Technology Vectors. Volume 1: Main Report |
FEB 2007 |
122 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| For the foreseeable future, U.S. military forces will be called upon to perform a wide range of missions. These include major combat, counter insurgency, stability and reconstruction, countering weapons of mass destruction, homeland defense, and disaster relief. These varied missions present different challenges calling for highly adaptive military forces. One common feature of these missions is the increased responsibility placed on junior leaders and the small teams they lead. This ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Critical Homeland Infrastructure Protection |
JAN 2007 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| In the post 9-11 environment the nation has become much more aware of the potential vulnerabilities, and hence, security needs of many of its critical facilities and infrastructure. A number of important and generally useful efforts have been undertaken by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to help guide the owners of key assets in improving their security posture, and by the Department of Defense (DoD) for those assets for ... |
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| Critical Homeland Infrastructure Protection |
JAN 2007 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Miriam John; Ronald Kerber; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Attached is the final report of the DSB Task Force on Critical Homeland Infrastructure Protection. The report emphasizes the challenges facing the Department of Defense (DoD) with respect to protecting US homeland installations. The following areas of infrastructure protection were examined: * DoD/Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Coordination; * DoD and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Security; * Risk Management and Resource Allocation; * Understanding Infrastructure Interdependencies; * Best Practices; * ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Capabilities Report Summary |
DEC 2006 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD (AT&L)) requested that the Defense Science Board form a Task Force to assess current and future nuclear capabilities. Specifically, the Task Force terms of reference (TOR) are: " Assess the current plan for sustaining the nuclear weapons stockpile and make recommendations to provide for relevant future capabilities. " Assess progress towards the goal of an integrated new triad of strike ... |
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| Defense Science Board 2005 Summer Study on Transformation: A Progress Assessment. Volume 2. Supporting Reports |
APR 2006 |
298 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| One of the truly incredible benefits of Society in the United States has been the ability to create, stimulate, and propagate the continued efficiency and productivity of the industrial and business community in the private sector to power the economy. The Department of Defense (DoD) has a great opportunity to capitalize on the practices of this community. The Business Management processes of the Department are complicated and conflicting and the ... |
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| Force Protection in Urban and Unconventional Environments |
MAR 2006 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Theodore Gold; William Hartzog; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| This Defense Science Board report recommends improvements for protecting military forces engaged in counterinsurgency, stability, and related operations. These protracted operations have no front lines and entail U.S. forces distributed and intermingled within the local populace; the same populace that adaptive enemies attempt to hide within. While its subject is force protection, the task force has little to say about armor, fences, portals, and other defensive measures. Such defensive measures ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Future Strategic Strike Skills |
MAR 2006 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Task Force was asked by the Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs (ATSD(NCB)) to examine the current and future capabilities of the specialized skills necessary to maintain, upgrade, and design replacement strategic nuclear and non-nuclear strike systems. Recently, there has been considerable concern that the majority of the personnel involved with critical engineering skills may soon be retiring, thus endangering ... |
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| Defense Science Board Task Force on Force Protection in Urban and Unconventional Environments |
MAR 2006 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD [AT&L]), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Director, Defense Research and Engineering requested the Defense Science Board (DSB) to form a task force to evaluate force protection in the context of post- major combat operations that have been conducted in Iraq and Afghanistan. The task force has assumed that such operations include stability, security, transition, and reconstruction ... |
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| Joint U.S. Defense Science Board, UK Defence Scientific Advisory Council Task Force on Defense Critical Technologies |
MAR 2006 |
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| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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 | This joint study by scientific advisory boards that advise the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is an effort to deepen the cooperation of the two organisations as they both pursue a strategy of investing in and developing technology to achieve military advantage. The Defense Science Board (DSB) and the Defence Science Advisory Council (DSAC) undertook this collaborative study to explore transformational technologies that are critical ... |
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| Defense Science Board Summer Study on Transformation: A Progress Assessment. Volume 1 |
FEB 2006 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Transformation is a continuous process with no foreseeable end point. To meet 2lst century challenges, the Department of Defense (DoD) will need capabilities that are constantly evolving and improving. Transformation demands changes in the DoD culture, process, and capabilities; changing the way the Department conducts combat operations, conducts business, and interacts with other agencies and nations. The Department, through the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD(AT&L)), directed ... |
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| Defense Science Board Task Force on The Manufacturing Technology Program: A Key to Affordably Equipping the Future Force |
FEB 2006 |
115 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Advanced weapon systems cost too much, take too long to field, and are too expensive to sustain. Systems proceed through the acquisition process with immature technology and unstable designs, which result in higher costs, longer development times, and even reduced order quantities all detrimental to the ultimate goal of enhancing warfighting capabilities. While these challenges have plagued the Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition process for decades, they remain relevant today ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Aerial Targets |
OCT 2005 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
William P. Delaney; Michael Williams; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Defense Science Board Task Force on Aerial Targets was convened in December 2004 to assess the future (2005 to 2020) needs for aerial targets for developmental and operational testing and for training of air defense systems against air-breathing threats. Ballistic missile threats and targets were not part of the Task Force charter. The aerial targets involve full-scale aircraft, subsonic and supersonic cruise missiles, rotary wing vehicles, and unmanned aerial ... |
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| Defense Science Board Task Force on The Future of the Global Positioning System |
OCT 2005 |
110 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| On April 9, 2004, the acting USD (AT&L) and the ASD (NII) jointly requested that the Defense Science Board undertake a Task Force on the future of the Global Positioning System (GPS). The request focused on the implications for GPS from a civil-commercial Galileo, the European Union's proposed Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The Terms of Reference also requested assessment of several other aspects of GPS military and commercial competitiveness ... |
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| Defense Science Board Task Force on Munitions System Reliability |
SEP 2005 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Defense Science Board Task Force on Munitions System Reliability met from June 2004 to May 2005. The Task Force's charter focused on three principal areas of interest: * Conducting a methodologically sound assessment of the failure rates of US munitions in actual combat use; * Reviewing ongoing efforts to reduce the amount of unexploded ordnance (UXO) resulting from munition failures, and evaluate ways to improve or accelerate these efforts; ... |
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| Institutionalizing Stability Operations within DoD: Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force |
SEP 2005 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Craig Fields; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Enclosed is the final report of the Defense Science Board task force on Institutionalizing Stability Operations within the Department of Defense (DoD). This task force was asked to consider the institutional hurdles to effectively constitute and use the capabilities for stability operations called for in the 2004 Defense Science Board Report on Transition to and from Hostilities and the subsequent draft Directive to implement the recommendations of the report. In ... |
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| Defense Science Board Task Force on Mobility |
SEP 2005 |
176 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Tuttle William G.; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The attached report responds to the February 20, 2004 Terms of Reference tasking: "to identify the acquisition issues in improving our strategic mobility capabilities." The ability to project joint forces over great distances is a basic strength of the U.S. military. In the past, however, the speed of force projection has not been as critical to campaign success and the achievement of U.S. national security objectives as it is today. ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Management Oversight in Acquisition Organizations |
MAR 2005 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Recent events in the Air Force surrounding the illegal actions of former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Darleen Druyun highlighted the need to review the management and oversight structure of acquisition activities in the Department of Defense (DoD). DoD, through the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics USD(AT&L), established the Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Management Oversight of Acquisition Organizations to examine its acquisition structures and processes; ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on High Performance Microchip Supply |
FEB 2005 |
118 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The microelectronics industry, supplier of hardware capability that underlies much of America's modern military leadership technology, is well into a profound restructuring leading to horizontal consolidation replacing the past vertically integrated company structure. One unintended result of this otherwise sound industry change is the relocation of critical microelectronics manufacturing capabilities from the United States to countries with tower cost capital and operating environments. Trustworthiness and supply assurance for components used ... |
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| Interim Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on SARS quarantine |
DEC 2004 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Joshua Lederberg; Roger L. Gibson; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Task Force established by the Defense Science Board (DSB) to assess Department of Defense (DoD) quarantining guidance for dealing with a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic met on three occasions during 2003-2004 to review the status of current and planned DoD policies and procedures related to SARS outbreak response. The Task Force received a number of briefings describing SARS and other disease outbreak response and quarantine operations, Centers ... |
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| Defense Science Board 2004 Summer Study on Transition to and from Hostilities |
DEC 2004 |
230 pages |
| Authors:
Craig I. Fields; Philip A. Odeen; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| It is clear from recent experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq that the United States must expect to encounter significant challenges in its future stabilization and reconstruction efforts -- efforts that seek to ensure stability, democracy, human rights, and a productive economy in a nation of concern. Achieving these ends will require effective planning and preparations in the years before the outbreak of hostilities, as well as employment, in the period ... |
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| Defense Science Board Report on Corrosion Control |
OCT 2004 |
94 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Weapons system readiness and safety are among the highest priority challenges for the Department of Defense (DoD). As it continues to receive a large number of mission taskings, it is imperative that DoD equipment be maintained at an acceptable level of material condition so that it may be employed safely and effectively when required, often in harsh and physically demanding environments. However, both the material condition and safety of DoD ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Integrated Fire Support in the Battlespace |
OCT 2004 |
109 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| In 200, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT&L)) directed the Defense Science Board (DSB) to study the precision targeting of air-delivered munitions. The results of the 2001 Task Force were well-received within Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and in June 2003, USD(AT&L) directed the DSB to study the closely related topic of "integrated fire support in the battlespace." In this new study the ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on the Employment of the National Ignition Facility. Volume 1 |
OCT 2004 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The DSB Task Force was asked to: * Assess the proposed ignition and "non-ignition" high energy density experimental physics programs at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). * Assess the program's executabitity, particularly with respect to the availability of NIF and supporting technologies. * Assess the overall balance and priority of activities within the proposed plan and the degree to which the proposed program of NIF experiments supports the near- and ... |
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