| CNA's Integrated Ship Database: Second Quarter 2012 Update |
Jan 2013 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory N Suess; Lynette A McClain; CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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 | CNA's Integrated Ship Database (ISDB) brings together data on naval ships from disparate online government sources such as the Naval Vessel Register, the Military Sealift Command's Ship Inventory, USN Chief of Information's Navy Fact File, the Naval History and Heritage Command's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, and the Maritime administration's Naval Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory. This CNA Interactive Software product is our update with data as of June 30, ... |
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| Risk Assessment of Readiness and Life Cycle Cost for Weapon Systems |
07 Dec 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Keebom Kang; Kenneth H Doerr; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| Given an acceptable level of military performance, arguably the two most important criteria for weapon systems performance are readiness (operational availability, or Ao) and life-cycle cost (LCC). These two criteria are in conflict: one may maximize Ao by increasing LCC or minimize LCC by degrading Ao. In this paper, we develop a model to analyze risk factors associated with this bi-criterion problem. To analyze the impact of input factors on ... |
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| Superior Weapons Systems Through Castings (SWC) |
30 Nov 2012 |
226 pages |
| Authors:
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL NORTH CHARLESTON SC
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| Military operations demand rapid responses to maximize warfighter performance and readiness. The Army is making significant changes to its acquisition decisions and maintenance operations in order to reduce the weight and extend the service life of ground combat systems. The American Metalcasting Consortium's (AMC) Superior Weapons Systems through Castings (SWC) enhances the Army's ability to procure higher performance, lighter weight parts for both legacy and new weapons systems. The SWC ... |
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| Beaming Electricity via Relay Satellites in Support of Deployed Combat Forces |
Sep 2012 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas R Essenpreis; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA SPACE SYSTEMS ACADEMIC GROUP
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| The logistics required to supply military forces based in remote hostile territory can be onerous. A major component of those supplies is the fuel required to operate generators that provide electrical power. This research sought to determine the feasibility of a space-based system using wireless power transfer technology to relay power to a remote base from a location with a commercial grid. The two wireless power transfer methods examined in ... |
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| Use of Mobile Video to Enhance Situational Awareness in HA/DR Missions |
Sep 2012 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Nusret Denizci; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| There are several incident report systems designed for humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations. The Smartphone Assisted Readiness, Command, and Control System, SPARCCS, is one which brings the availability of cloud computing and mobility of smartphone/tablet together. It provides a clear common operational picture in order to create situational awareness among participants. Initially, responders are not able to share video clips between each other and headquarters. This thesis proposes to add video ... |
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| Design and Performance Evaluation of a 200 deg C Interleaved Boost Converter (Preprint) |
Sep 2012 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
James D Scofield; Seana A McNeal; Brett A Jordan; Hiroyuki Kosai; Biswajit Ray; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH AEROSPACE SYSTEMS DIR
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| Recent advances in SiC power semiconductor technology and resulting availability of SiC Schottky rectifiers and controlled devices (BJTs, JFETs, and MOSFETs) make it possible to design and implement power converters capable of operating at 200oC. The design, prototype development, operation, and testing of a 74 kHz, 2 kW, 100 V/270 V inversely-coupled, interleaved, dc-dc boost converter over the 20oC to 200oC temperature range is presented in this paper. The advantages ... |
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| Greening the Mixture: An Evaluation of the Department of Defense's Alternative Aviation Fuel Strategy |
08 Jun 2012 |
70 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph W McKenna; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Cost, consumption, and accessibility issues surrounding foreign petroleum have driven the Department of Defense to develop and publish an energy strategy founded on reduction, diversification, and affordability. Federal environmental mandates, geo-strategic security, technology, and logistics further complicate the achievement of energy security objectives. Aviation fuel possesses the greatest leverage for change and accounts for the largest percentage of energy use by the U.S. Armed Forces. The individual Services, particularly the ... |
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| Functional Network Analysis: A New Way to Compare Frontier and Emerging Markets |
Jun 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Margaret Moten; Daniel Evans; MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY
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| The study of frontier capital markets provides a unique opportunity to examine the network-based intersection of human behavior and economics. The individual motivations, information availability, transaction systems, and cultural realities in these markets provide a rich context of study. A social network analysis reveals interesting insights about how interrelationships among actors and organizations affect market operations and development. Network analysis provides both a visual and mathematical representation of the relationships ... |
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| Insanity: Four Decades of U.S. Counterdrug Strategy |
01 Apr 2012 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Michael F Walther; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In the four decades since President Nixon first declared war on drugs the U.S. counterdrug strategy has remained virtually unchanged favoring supply-reduction, law enforcement and criminal sanctions over demand-reduction, treatment and education. While the annual counterdrug budget has ballooned from $100 million to $25 billion, drug availability of most illicit drugs remains at an all-time high. The human cost is staggering nearly 40,000 drug-related deaths in the U.S. annually. The ... |
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| Managing Life-Cycle Information of Aircraft Components |
Apr 2012 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Geraldo Ferrer; Aruna U Apte; DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIV FT BELVOIR VA
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| When an aircraft component needs replacement of a serially controlled item, a maintenance officer in the U.S. Navy uses the Scheduled Removal Component (SRC) card to confirm the component's life cycle, to verify that the part is ready-for-issue, and to verify how many flight-hours it still has left. Unfortunately, replacement components are often missing the SRC cards. Further,when the cards are received simultaneously with the aircraft component requiring replacement, their ... |
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| Advanced Signal Processing & Classification: UXO Standardized Test Site Data |
Apr 2012 |
94 pages |
| Authors:
Dean Keiswetter; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP SAN DIEGO CA
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| Our objective was to study discrimination capabilities of feature based characterization and classification techniques using standard survey data acquired by others at the UXO Standardized Test Sites in APG and YPG. The fundamental issues investigated included the model used during characterization and the impact that classifier selection has on classification performance. After re-leveling and lagging the EM61 cart data, we inverted anomaly data for each data type using dipole, ellipsoidal, ... |
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| Augmenting the Global Positioning System with Foreign Navigation Systems and Alternative Sensors |
Mar 2012 |
124 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher B Killion; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| The United States Global Positioning System (GPS), with its great accuracy, receives extensive use by civilians and military organizations throughout the world. However, in areas with limited or partially obstructed views of the sky, such as amongst tall buildings or imposing geographic features, a position solution can be difficult or impossible to obtain as the limited view of the sky decreases the number of visible satellites. Augmenting the GPS constellation ... |
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| CNG as a Feasible Replacement for the U.S. Transportation Sector |
Mar 2012 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
Veysel Uz; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| For many years there has been much attention on reducing U.S. fuel imports to improve the nation's energy independence. Much of the focus has been on the transportation sector, as it accounts for 28% of total U.S. energy consumption. This thesis examines compressed natural gas (CNG) as a possible alternative fuel for the U.S. transportation sector. To fully explore this possibility, it is essential to understand both the supply and ... |
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| An Evaluation of the Argentinean Basic Trainer Aircraft Domestic Development Project |
Mar 2012 |
141 pages |
| Authors:
Guillermo A Stahl; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| The Argentine Air Force (AAF) is facing increasing challenges in maintaining and sustaining trainer aircraft. The current trainer aircraft used by the AAF face obsolescence issues and decreased serviceability. Argentina used to have the largest aircraft industry among the Latin America countries, but a number of factors such as not maintaining objectives and policies over time undermined its consolidation and were instrumental in Argentina losing its leadership position. To meet ... |
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| Military Child Care: DOD Is Taking Actions to Address Awareness and Availability Barriers |
Feb 2012 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| About a million military service members serve the United States while raising a family, and many need reliable, affordable child care. The Department of Defense (DOD) offsets costs by subsidizing on-installation child care centers and offering subsidies for approved off-installation care providers. Deployments related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan increased the demand for child care. The extent of military families out-of-pocket child care costs for those using subsidized ... |
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| DOD Supply Chain: Suspect Counterfeit Electronic Parts Can Be Found on Internet Purchasing Platforms |
Feb 2012 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Richard J Hillman; Timothy Persons; Cindy B Barnes; Gary Bianchi; Virginia Chanley; Dennis Fauber; Barbara Lewish; Jeffrey McDermott; Maria McMullen; Kimberly Perteet; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Counterfeit parts generally the misrepresentation of parts identity or pedigree have the potential to seriously disrupt the Department of Defense (DOD) supply chain, delay missions, affect the integrity of weapon systems, and ultimately endanger the lives of our troops. Almost anything is at risk of being counterfeited, from fasteners used on aircraft to electronics used on missile guidance systems. There can be many sources of counterfeit parts as DOD draws ... |
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| A Structural Health Monitoring Workshop Roadmap for Transitioning Critical Technology from Research to Practice |
24 Jan 2012 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Aditi Chattopadhyay; Mark Seaver; Antonio Papandreou-Suppapola; Seung B Kim; Narayan Kovvali; Charles R Farrar; Matt H Triplett; Mark M Derriso; ARIZONA STATE UNIV TEMPE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS
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| Interest in structural health monitoring/management (SHM) is attracting lots of attention across a spectrum that ranges from sensor developers to end users. The United States military, in particular is making a concerted effort to implement condition-based maintenance (CBM) as a means of reducing the life cycle costs and improving availability of various weapons platforms. In spite of this effort, the majority of installed health monitoring systems are limited to rotating ... |
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| Using M&S to Maximize Space Satellite Data Collection with Multiple Ground Stations |
Jan 2012 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher W Rose; Joseph R Wirthlin; MISSOURI UNIV-ST LOUIS
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| With the continued operations of FalconSAT-3 well beyond its design life, an opportunity exists to utilize multiple ground stations beyond the original site at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) to enhance individual training missions at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), United States Military Academy (USMA), and the Undergraduate Space Training (UST) course at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Using multiple ground stations can enhance FalconSAT-3 experiments beyond the ... |
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| Analysis of U.S. Military Helicopter Operations in Support of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief |
Dec 2011 |
109 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas Clementson; Charles Fisher; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| In recent years, the world has seen numerous natural disasters in which the U.S. military has played key roles in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR). A key component of HA/DR is to assure that relief is received through a timely and efficient logistics network. Sea basing is a vital aspect of U.S. military logistics abilities during relief efforts. The ability to launch and recover helicopters for humanitarian assistance from ... |
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| An Analytical Approach to Low Observable Maintenance Practices Using Simulation and Marginal Analysis |
Dec 2011 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Stephanie C Ysebaert; Alan W Johnson; John O Miller; Timothy J Pettit; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH DEPT OF OPERATIONAL SCIENCES
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| The F-22 Raptor is a unique aircraft with many technological advantages and superior capabilities. The aircraft's stealth capability is a function of many design aspects, including coatings that cover the outside of the aircraft and help mitigate radar detection. Maintaining these Low Observable coatings has its own set of challenges to include an inexperienced work force, time consuming procedures, and demanding maneuvers of a fifth generation fighter aircraft. Another challenge ... |
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| Quantifying the Army Supply Chain Water Bootprint |
Dec 2011 |
94 pages |
| Authors:
Mark T Gross; Keith A Herrmann; Julia A Kalloz; Jr Reilly Francis J; John K Ruffing; Kristie Siroonian; Christopher P Werle; LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT INST (LMI) MCLEAN VA
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| Water is highly likely to become a focus of future competition and conflict sparked by increased demand and dwindling availability. Projected climate changes will likely exacerbate water scarcity in high-risk areas. Army policy does not address supply chain or indirect water use, and, suppliers and most of industry do not track their own indirect water use or water used to manufacture products. The Army undertook this water bootprint study as ... |
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| DOD Supply Chain: Preliminary Observations Indicate That Counterfeit Electronic Parts Can Be Found on Internet Purchasing Platforms |
08 Nov 2011 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Richard J Hillman; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the preliminary observations of our ongoing investigation into the availability of counterfeit military-grade electronic parts on Internet purchasing platforms. Counterfeit parts -- generally those whose sources knowingly misrepresent the parts' identity or pedigree -- have the potential to seriously disrupt the Department of Defense (DoD) supply chain, delay missions, affect the integrity of weapon systems, and ultimately endanger the lives of our troops. ... |
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| An Analysis of the Navy's Amphibious Warfare Ships for Deploying Marines Overseas |
Nov 2011 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Eric J Labs; Raymond Hall; Christine Bogusz; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| Today, the U.S. Navy's fleet numbers 284 ships, including 29 amphibious warfare ships. This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report reviews the size, missions, and use of the Navy's amphibious warfare ships and related expeditionary forces under the Navy's 2012 shipbuilding plan. The 2012 plan, the Navy's latest 30-year shipbuilding plan, has a force of 33 amphibious warfare ships as its objective. The primary purpose of those ships in wartime is ... |
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| Health Care in Mexico: Is U.S. Partnership/Intervention an Advisable Course of Action? |
26 Oct 2011 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Michael E Krieger; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Mexico's leadership finds itself confronted with a variety of thorny governance issues including immigration, drug trafficking, and education. Alongside these seemingly unsolvable problems lies the issue of health care, which is primarily a good news story. The Mexican government has always taken a paternalistic approach to health care to the extent that access to care is a constitutional right. Nationally, Mexico's medical industry has demonstrated the ability to provide a ... |
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| New Frameworks for Detecting and Minimizing Information Leakage in Anonymized Network Data |
Oct 2011 |
92 pages |
| Authors:
Fabian Monrose; JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV BALTIMORE MD
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| The availability of realistic network data plays a significant role in fostering collaboration and ensuring U.S. technical leadership in network security research. Unfortunately, a host of technical, legal, policy, and privacy issues limit the ability of operators to produce data sets for information security testing. In an effort to help overcome these limitations, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has endeavored to create a national repository of network traces under ... |
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| Planning for Sustainable Water Supplies for US Army Installations |
Oct 2011 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Elisabeth Jenicek; CORPS OF ENGINEERS WASHINGTON DC
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| Even large gains in installation water efficiency will not safeguard supplies for continued use without planning for sustainable water resources regionally. Climate change will exacerbate scarcity in arid regions and affect availability in historically wet regions. Historic water rights are limiting factors for some installations. A holistic approach is needed for achieving energy and water sustainability. The Army should take a proactive approach for installations that will experience the greatest ... |
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| Tidal Channel Dynamics and Muddy Substrates: a Comparison Between a Wave Dominated and a Tidal Dominated System |
30 Sep 2011 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Sergio Fagherazzi; BOSTON UNIV MA DEPT OF EARTH SCIENCES
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| - To quantify the relationships between resuspension of fine material in the shelf by wind waves, tidal channels hydrodynamics, and sediment supply to coastal marshes. - To develop predictive, high-resolution models for the hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics of tidal channels in muddy coastal environments - To develop methods to predict the long-term evolution of tidal channels in muddy coastlines as a function of sediment availability, hydrodynamics, and climate change. OBJECTIVES ... |
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| Observations on the Costs and Benefits of an Increased Department of Defense Role in Helping to Secure the Southwest Land Border |
12 Sep 2011 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Davi M D'Agostino; Mark A ; Yecenia Camarillo; Nicole Harms; Lori Kmetz; Charles Perdue; Richard Powelson; Terry Richardson; Jason Widhagen; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 mandated, in part, that GAO report on the security of the southwest land border of the United States and ongoing efforts to improve such security by July 6, 2011.1 Specifically, we assessed: Objective 1: What is known about the costs and benefits of an increased DOD role to help achieve operational control over the southwest land border, including the ... |
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| Economics of Fishery Failure: The Fall of the King-Analysis of U.S. West Coast Chinook Salmon (Oncorhyncus Tshawytscha) |
Sep 2011 |
99 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J Hoshlyk; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This study examines bio-economic trends within the West Coast wild salmon fishery, specifically the Chinook (King) salmon Oncorhyncus Tshawytscha species. This study will first review the historical management, policies, competing interests, and environment affecting the health of the wild Chinook that brought the fishery sector to its current status. It focuses on fisheries supply data derived from both farmed aquaculture and troll caught (wild) salmon off the West Coast of ... |
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| Clandestine Transmissions and Operations of Embedded Software on Cellular Mobile Devices |
Sep 2011 |
127 pages |
| Authors:
Kalle G Kangas; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| In this thesis, we develop a method to offload data in a clandestine fashion from an Android cellular mobile device. Due to the Short Message Service (SMS) message system's reliability and widespread availability, it is ideally suited as the vehicle through which to conduct data transmissions. This thesis found that using a transmission rate of one SMS message every ten seconds, combined with a total file size of 13.53 KB, ... |
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| Architecting Service-Oriented Systems |
Aug 2011 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Philip Bianco; Grace A Lewis; Paulo Merson; Soumya Simanta; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST
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| Service orientation is an approach to software systems development that has become a popular way to implement distributed, loosely coupled systems, because it offers such features as standardization, platform independence, well-defined interfaces, and tool support that enables legacy system integration. From a quality attribute point of view, the primary drivers for service orientation adoption are interoperability and modifiability. However, a common misconception is that an architecture that uses a service-oriented ... |
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| Product Support and Human Capital: Essential Ingredients for Optimizing System Readiness, Availability, and Life Cycle Costs |
Aug 2011 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Bill Kobren; DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIV FT BELVOIR VA
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| Traditionally, development and procurement have accounted for about 28 percent of a weapon's total ownership cost, while costs to operate, maintain, and dispose of the weapon system account for about 72 percent of the total. For a number of years, the department's goal has been to spend less on supporting systems and to devote more funds to development and procurement in order to modernize weapon systems. But, in fact, growth ... |
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| Defense AT&L. Volume 40, Number 4, July-August 2011 |
Aug 2011 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIV FT BELVOIR VA
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| Articles in this issue include: Challenge and Change in Supply Chain Management: Pointed Questions and Blunt Answers, Shaping the Way Ahead: Army Biometrics WIPT Kickoff, Product Support and Human Capital: Essential Ingredients for Optimizing System Readiness, Availability, and Life Cycle Costs, Outside Influences on Systems Engineering: A Company Grade Officer s Observations in the Aftermath of a Difficult Project, Making Sense of the Changing Global Supply Landscape: New Rules and ... |
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| Guam Medical Plans Do Not Ensure Active Duty Family Members Will Have Adequate Access to Dental Care |
25 JUL 2011 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Alice F. Carey; INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| The Inspector General, Department of Defense (IG/DoD) evaluated DoD's plans for providing dental care to active duty family members (ADFMs) in Guam in view of the anticipated growth in population resulting from the planned base closure in Okinawa and subsequent realignment to Guam. The IG/DoD recognizes that population projections may change, which could have an impact on medical planning. DoD plans for providing dental care to ADFMs in Guam need ... |
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| Dual Role Airlift, Fee for Service? |
01 JUN 2011 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
William P. Triche; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| This research paper explains the differences of funding and reimbursement between the Transportation Working Capital Fund and Operations and Maintenance to Air Mobility Command. Strategic airlift aircraft and dual role aircraft are utilized to move cargo but are reimbursed using different processes and value streams back to the unit providing the cargo airlift. Dual role aircraft, such as the KC-10, are reimbursed to the Major Command and the Major Command ... |
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| Military Justice: Oversight and Better Collaboration Needed for Sexual Assault Investigations and Adjudications |
JUN 2011 |
43 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Sexual assault is a crime that can lead to serious physical, emotional, and psychological consequences for the aggrieved and severe punishment for the accused. The military services' handling of alleged sexual assault incidents is particularly important because it promotes good order and discipline, demonstrates a commitment to accountability, and helps to engender confidence that such allegations are taken seriously. According to judge advocates from each of the military services, the ... |
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| Enhanced Aircraft Platform Availability Through Advanced Maintenance Concepts and Technologies (Amelioration de la Disponibilite des Plateformes D'Aeronefs par L'Utilisation des Technologies et des Concepts Evolues de Maintenance) |
JUN 2011 |
553 pages |
| Authors:
NATO RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRANCE)
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| This report identifies maintenance/support management and equipment technologies which can improve aircraft platform availability. It contains information from a Workshop of invited specialists held in October 2006 (RTO-MP-AVT-144) and separate research by the AVT-144 Technical Team. Aircraft availability is a key component of military capability and an important measure of the readiness and effectiveness of a force. For military effect, high availability on the flight line must be accompanied by ... |
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| The Effects of Employing HVM on C-130 Aircraft at WR-ALC to Aircraft Availability |
JUN 2011 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
Ronald M. Llantada; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH INTEGRATED LOGISTICS SUPPORT (ILS)
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| The objective of this research is to evaluate the impact of increasing the labor burn rate, one of the High Velocity Maintenance (HVM) core tenets, and the transition of isochronal aircraft inspections from the field to the depots under the Single Maintenance Concept. This study focuses on depot maintenance data from WR-ALC for AFSOC C-130 aircraft to evaluate HVM effectiveness to improve the on-time delivery rate and increase aircraft availability ... |
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| Graywater Use by the Army -- Is It Time Yet? |
11 May 2011 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Richard J Scholze; Martin Page; CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB (ARMY) CHAMPAIGN IL
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| Department of the Army installations used over 41 billion gallons of potable water at a cost of $67.4M in FY10; costs, value increasing; military costs cheaper than private sector; approximately 25% of Army installations are vulnerable to water scarcity; shortages; competition for water; withdrawals unsustainable in some locations; many uses of water could use lower quality. Drivers to reuse graywater: Executive Orders 13423, 13514 require reductions in water use; incorporate ... |
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| Towards Modernizing the Electrical Grid |
May 2011 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Gabriela F Ciocarlie; REAL-TIME INNOVATIONS INC SUNNYVALE CA
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| Intranet, Internet, and Cloud Computing: Identifying Weak Spots in Our Technological Infrastructure |
May 2011 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Eugene W Bingue; David A Cook; NAVAL COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AREA MASTER STATION PACIFIC WAHIAWA HI
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| Future of Army Water Studies |
May 2011 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Marc Kodack; ARMY ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INST ARLINGTON VA
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| Water Challenges: Energy/water nexus, Balancing supply with demand, Aging infrastructure, Complex water rights issues, Cost versus price imbalance, Water quality degradation. The Army is assessing 30-year water supply and demand for a sample of Army installations. The study was initiated in 2009 at Fort Bliss, TX and Fort Bragg, NC. It is now being applied to 10 domestic and 3 overseas installations. General observations: We need the installation of more ... |
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| Sipping at the Straw: Planning for Sustainable Water Supplies for U.S. Army Installations |
May 2011 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Marc Kodack; ARMY ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INST ARLINGTON VA
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| Water Challenges: energy/water nexus, balancing supply with demand, aging infrastructure, complex water rights issues, cost versus price imbalance, and water quality degradation. The Army is assessing the 30-year water supply and demand for a sample of Army installations. The study was initiated in 2009 at Fort Bliss, TX and at Fort Bragg, NC. It is now being applied to 10 domestic and 3 overseas installations. General observations: We need the ... |
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| Sustainability vs. Enhancement: What is the Future Priority of Land Rehabilitation and Maintenance (LRAM)? |
May 2011 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey Andrews; ARMY (7TH) JOINT MULTINATIONAL TRAINING COMMAND CAMP NORMANDY (GERMANY)
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| ITAM is one of two DA G3 Enabler programs (RTLP and ITAM) that supports the objectives of the Army Sustainable Range Program (SRP) with the goal of maximizing the capability, availability, and accessibility of ranges and training land. (AR 350-19). Command: Execute USAREUR SRP Within Operations / Training Channels. Overall: Manage The Army s Training Land Platform To Sustain Its Future Use For Training by: 1. Sustainable Range Awareness, 2. ... |
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| The Effect of Increasing OCS Commissions on Our Senior Leader Bench |
02 Apr 2011 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory C Maxton; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| As a result of the force drawdown from 1990-1996, the Army established policies to reduce officer accessions. By 1998, the Army began experiencing a shortage of junior officers and increased the number of Lieutenants entering the force. Due to the reduced accession policies put in place during the drawdown, Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) could not meet the demand for the increased requirements. The Army used the Officer Candidate School ... |
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| Performance Based Logistics: Optimizing Total System Availability and Reducing Program Cost |
14 Mar 2011 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
David M Kaczmarski; TEXAS UNIV AT AUSTIN
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| Incorporating industry best practices into an evolutionary process under the program manager, as a single point of accountability for Total Life Cycle Management, remains a fundamental principle in DoD's strategy. Arguably, funding constraints create a barrier to achieving strategic objectives with respect to meeting growing user requirements and providing cash flow stability to contractors in a dynamic wartime environment. Program managers are challenged to obtain economies of scale based on ... |
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| Visual Aids to Navigation: Dispelling Aid Availability Myths |
Jan 2011 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Robert Trainor; COAST GUARD WASHINGTON DC OFFICE OF NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
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| Aid availability for visual aids to the U.S. navigation system is calculated monthly by the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Transportation Systems Management Directorate's Visual Aids to Navigation Division. These calculations can be presented by criticality category and broken down into various responsibility and servicing levels, including district, sector, servicing unit, waterway, and individual aid to navigation. Frequent updates and convenient data presentation lead many waterway managers to assume that aid ... |
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| The Black Hull Fleet: Multi-Function Assets for Multi-Mission Duty |
Jan 2011 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory Tlapa; COAST GUARD WASHINGTON DC VISUAL NAVIGATION DIV
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| To fulfill its multi-mission duties, the Coast Guard's black hull fleet or buoy tenders don't just tend buoys -- these vessels are routinely employed in all of the Coast Guard's statutory mission areas, and carry specialized equipment to fulfill those functions. For example, as a result of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 mandated that they be outfitted with an onboard spilled oil ... |
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| Can the Army Deploy More Soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan? |
Jan 2011 |
4 pages |
| Authors:
Kristin J Leuschner; RAND ARROYO CENTER SANTA MONICA CA
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| In October 2008, the Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army asked RAND Arroyo Center to assess the demands placed upon the Army by deployments to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in Iraq. This request coincided with some public statements concerning the Army's capacity to deploy additional soldiers to OEF and OIF. To give the Army and other policymakers a fresh look at ... |
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| Air Vehicle Integration and Technology Research (AVIATR). Delivery Order 0002: Condition-Based Maintenance Plus Structural Integrity (CBM+SI) Strategy Development |
NOV 2010 |
167 pages |
| Authors:
Dale Ball; Joe Lougheed; LOCKHEED MARTIN AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS MARIETTA GA
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| Military aircraft platforms are currently confronted by two pressing issues: increasing maintenance costs and decreasing availability. Nearly 30% of Air Force platform Operations & Support (O&S) costs are for structure inspection and repair. Condition-Based Maintenance plus Structural Integrity (CBM+SI) offers an opportunity to achieve significant platform availability increases and maintenance hour per flight hour decreases. A promising solution to both of these issues is the application and integration of CBM+ ... |
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