| The Symbiotic Relationship between the Air Force's Active and Reserve Components: Ensuring the Health of the Total Force |
Feb 2013 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Bruce K Johnson; Scott Kniep; Sean F Conroy; AIR AND SPACE POWER JOURNAL MAXWELL AFB AL
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 | Following most major conflicts in our nation s history, the military services downsized, and their active component (AC) and reserve component (RC) faced similar dilemmas. Specifically, they had to maintain personnel readiness, modernize equipment, and retain enough force structure to meet defense strategy on a reduced budget. That situation hasn t changed. The war in Iraq is over, and major combat operations in Afghanistan remain on track to end in ... |
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| Direct Deposition of Metal (DDM) as a Repair Process for Metallic Military Parts |
20 Jan 2013 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Martin McDonnell; Guru Dinda; Bruce O'Neill; FOCUS-HOPE DETROIT MI
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| In 2005 Focus: HOPE began working on a Technical Area Task to investigate advanced manufacturing in the area of Direct Deposition of Metal (DDM) for the Tank and Automotive Command (TACOM). In 2006, the scope was expanded to include basic research areas of Direct Deposition of Metal applicable to repairing military equipment and Focus: HOPE demonstrated the feasibility of conducting repairs on military equipment using Direct Deposition of Metal (Work ... |
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| Pension Costs on DOD Contracts: Additional Guidance Needed to Ensure Costs Are Consistent and Reasonable |
Jan 2013 |
63 pages |
| Authors:
Cristina T Chaplain; Charles A Jeszeck; Karen Zuckerstein; Kimberley Granger; Robert Bullock; Robert Dacey; Charles Ford; Laura Greifner; John Krump; Gene Kuehneman; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| DOD contractors are among the largest sponsors of defined benefit pension plans in the United States and factor pension costs into the price of DOD contracts. Since the 2008 market downturn, these pension costs have grown thereby increasing DOD contract costs and recent changes in rules for calculating pension costs have raised the prospect of further cost increases. Given this possibility, GAO assessed how (1) contractor pension costs are determined; ... |
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| A Nanotechnology Enhancement to Moore's Law |
Jan 2013 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Jerry Wu; Yin-Lin Shen; Kitt Reinhardt; Harold Szu; Boqun Dong; AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ARLINGTON VA
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| Intel Moore observed an exponential doubling in the number of transistors in every 18 months through the size reduction of transistor components since 1965. In viewing of mobile computing with insatiate appetite, we explored the necessary enhancement by an increasingly maturing nanotechnology and facing the inevitable quantum-mechanical atomic and nuclei limits. Since we cannot break down the atomic size barrier, the fact implies a fundamental size limit at the atomic/nucleus ... |
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| What Is the Potential Impact on the Department of Defense (DOD) Military Treatment Facility (MTF) Pharmacies due to the Increased Copays and the Disenrollment of a Retail Pharmacy from the TRICARE Network? |
14 Dec 2012 |
143 pages |
| Authors:
Veronica L Hager; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The Department of Defense (DoD) has implemented an increase in Triple Option Benefit Plan Available for Military Families (TRICARE) copayments, which DoD military personnel and their dependents will pay if they use the TRICARE Retail Network Pharmacies and the TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery system. Another change is that the Walgreens retail pharmacy is no longer in the TRICARE Retail Pharmacy Network, so DoD military personnel and their dependents will no ... |
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| Defining and Measuring the Success of Services Contracts in the United States Navy |
06 Dec 2012 |
124 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick Hagan; Joseph Spede; Trisha Sutton; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| Department of Defense (DoD) spending on services has been trending upwards for over a decade and, as of 2011, accounts for 56% of total contract spending. The increased reliance on services contractors has prompted the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to look more closely at the acquisition and contract management process. The term program management describes the approach and methodology needed for the management of complicated projects. We used the program ... |
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| An Analysis of Aviation Maintenance Operations and Supporting Costs, and Cost Capturing Systems |
04 Dec 2012 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Alejandro Palomino; Jesse C Epp; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| By analyzing the current data-collecting systems utilized by the Department of Defense (DoD), can naval aviation accurately predict proper inventories, safety stocks, and costs associated with organizational-level, intermediate-level, and depot-level maintenance? Are the current data systems capturing the necessary data to make cost-effective maintenance decisions at these levels of maintenance? If not, what data fields should be added? What can be done to improve data collection? The United States Navy ... |
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| Defense Contracting: DOD Initiative to Address Audit Backlog Shows Promise, but Additional Management Attention Needed to Close Aging Contracts |
Dec 2012 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy J DiNapoli; Tatiana Winger; Arkelga Braxton; Virginia Chanley; Nicole Dery; John Krump; Janet McKelvey; ANH NGUYEN; Robert Swierczek; Omar Torres; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Why GAO Did This Study: DOD has a large volume of contracts that have not been closed on time. Closing a contract includes tasks such as verifying that the goods and services were provided and making final payment to the contractor. Closing contracts within required time frames can limit the government s exposure to certain financial risks. One reason why some contracts are not being closed is the large backlog ... |
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| Realizing the Potential of Analytics: Arming the Human Mind |
Dec 2012 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Robert D Folker Jr; Kyle B Bressette; AIR FORCE WEAPONS SCHOOL NELLIS AFB NV WEAPONS SQUADRON (19TH)
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| The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 (9/11) exposed an analytical deficiency within the intelligence community. However, the US Air Force has invested in expanding collection capacity, as evidenced by the 375 intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms added since 9/11.+ More remarkably, the increase in ISR platforms has come at a time when the total Air Force inventory has decreased by 500 aircraft. ISR platforms such as the RQ-4, ... |
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| Forecast Skill and Computational Cost of the Correlation Models in 3DVAR Data Assimilation |
30 Nov 2012 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
M Yaremchuk; M Carrier; H Ngodock; S Smith; I Shulman; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS DETACHMENT STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| Many background error correlation (BEC) models in data assimilation are formulated in terms of a positive-definite smoothing operator B which simulates the action of correlation matrix on a vector in state space. To estimate the efficiency of such approach, numerical experiments with the Gaussian and spline models have been conducted. Here I is the identity operator and nu is the diffusion tensor, whose spatial variability is derived from the forecast ... |
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| Costs of Military Pay and Benefits in the Defense Budget |
Nov 2012 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew S Goldberg; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| Compensation of military personnel takes up a substantial portion of the nation s defense budget. In its fiscal year 2013 budget request, for example, the Department of Defense (DoD) requested about $150 billion to fund the pay and benefits of current and retired members of the armed services. As in most recent years, that amount was more than one-quarter of DoD s total base budget request (the request for all ... |
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| Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR). Volume 19, Number 11, November 2012 |
Nov 2012 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| THE MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE MONTHLY REPORT (MSMR), in continuous publication since 1995, is produced by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC). The MSMR provides evidence-based estimates of the incidence, distribution, impact and trends of illness and injuries among United States military members and associated populations. Most reports in the MSMR are based on summaries of medical administrative data that are routinely provided to the AFHSC and integrated into the Defense ... |
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| Costs of Military Pay and Benefits in the Defense Budget |
Nov 2012 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| Compensation of military personnel takes up a substantial portion of the nation s defense budget. In its fiscal year 2013 budget request, for example, the Department of Defense (DoD) requested about $150 billion to fund the pay and benefits of current and retired members of the armed services. As in most recent years, that amount was more than one-quarter of DoD s total base budget request (the request for all ... |
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| Department of Everything: Department of Defense Spending That Has Little to Do With National Security |
Nov 2012 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Tom A Coburn; SENATE (UNITED STATES) WASHINGTON DC
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| The threat of our national debt can be defeated by reviewing every department, every program, and expenditure within the federal budget, including at the Department of Defense (DOD). We must eliminate waste and duplication to refocus the Pentagon to its true mission: fighting and winning the nation's wars. This report examines five areas of the Pentagon budget that have little to do with national security where taxpayer dollars could be ... |
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| Development Fund for Iraq: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Has Missing Receiving Reports and Open Task Orders |
26 Oct 2012 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
James Shafer; Benjamin H Comfort; M G Knoepfle; L M Welsh; SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION ARLINGTON VA
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| The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) was established in May 2003 to provide for the temporary governance of Iraq following the conclusion of major combat operations in that country. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 created the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) in May 2003 and assigned the CPA full responsibility for managing the fund. Resolution 1483 specified the DFI should be used in a transparent manner and for: (1) the ... |
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| Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress |
25 Oct 2012 |
64 pages |
| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The planned size of the Navy, the rate of Navy ship procurement, and the prospective affordability of the Navy s shipbuilding plans have been matters of concern for the congressional defense committees for the past several years. In February 2006, the Navy presented to Congress a goal of achieving and maintaining a fleet of 313 ships, consisting of certain types and quantities of ships. On March 28, 2012, the Department ... |
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| Extended Warranty Management in the Department of Defense |
01 Oct 2012 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Noah Myung; John Khawam; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| We provide a formal economics model to help consumers understand what types of warranty may be provided by producers, and to help consumers make decisions as to what type of warranty to select. To maximize profit, a producer always wants to sell with some type of warranty as opposed to selling with no warranty. The extended warranty is more likely to be provided as the consumer becomes more patient, as ... |
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| Afghan National Security Forces Facilities: Concerns with Funding, Oversight, and Sustainability for Operation and Maintenance |
Oct 2012 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION ARLINGTON VA
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| WHAT SIGAR REVIEWED: In February 2011, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Training Mission- Afghanistan (NTM-A) developed the Infrastructure Training Advisory Group (ITAG) Campaign Plan, which calls for the transition of operation and maintenance (O&M) of Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) facilities to the Afghan government and full Afghan-led sustainment by 2014. Because the Afghan government currently lacks the capacity to provide O&M, NTM-A obligated $800 million to fund these services ... |
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| Estimating the Effects of Damping Treatments on the Vibration of Complex Structures |
26 Sep 2012 |
62 pages |
| Authors:
J G McDaniel; Kyle Bridgeo; Hande Ozturk; BOSTON UNIV MA DEPT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
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| Damping treatments are used in most Naval platforms to reduce noise and vibration, and are therefore critical to structural acoustic performance. However, the complexity of naval structures often limits one's ability to accurately estimate the structural acoustic performance of a given damping treatment. As a result, some damping treatments represent a significant cost without a significant benefit. Costs include initial material and labor as well as routine maintenance that involves ... |
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| Resource Efficiency in the US Army Corps of Engineers: Examination of Strategies to Reduce Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
15 Sep 2012 |
96 pages |
| Authors:
Paul M Loechl; Michael R Kemme; Payal S Shah; William D Goran; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| As with other Federal agencies, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is attempting to plan a long-term strategy to increase the efficiency of operations through a series of investments and operational changes that reduce energy and water use and green house gas (GHG) emissions. These investments and changes are driven by a number of legislative and executive requirements that, since 2010, are addressed in annual sustainability plans, as required ... |
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| Project Planning Resulted in Outstanding Building Deficiencies and Decreased Functionality of the Main Fire Station at Naval Station Great Lakes |
14 Sep 2012 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE) ALEXANDRIA VA
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| We initiated this audit in response to allegations to the Defense Hotline. Our overall objective was to determine whether Project RM-005-07, Repair Fire Station Building 106, at Naval Station Great Lakes was adequately justified and properly planned. We also addressed the Defense Hotline allegations and determined whether the fire station renovation design incorporated the appropriate criteria; whether replacing the fire station would have been more economical than the renovation project; ... |
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| Defense Management: The Department of Defense's Annual Corrosion Budget Report Does Not Include Some Required Information |
10 Sep 2012 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Zina D Merritt; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| In 2012, the Department of Defense (DOD) estimates that corrosion costs the Department about $20.9 billion annually. Corrosion can negatively affect all military assets, including both equipment and infrastructure, and is defined as the deterioration of a material or its properties due to a reaction of that material with its environment. Section 2228 of Title 10 of the United States Code requires DOD, as part of its annual budget submission, ... |
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| Options for Modernizing Military Weather Satellites |
Sep 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Bennett; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| Over the next several years, the Department of Defense (DoD) will launch the last of its weather satellites, which it uses to plan military operations and generate weather forecasts. Long-running efforts to develop replacements for those satellites encountered schedule and cost difficulties, and in December 2011, the Congress directed DoD to cancel its latest program and to prepare for a follow-on program. DoD's plans now call for a new development ... |
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| A Comparison of Earned Value and Earned Schedule Duration Forecast Methods on Department of Defense Major Defense Acquisition Programs |
Sep 2012 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
William J Bruchey; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| Earned value management is a project management tool that integrates project scope with cost, schedule, and performance elements for optimum project planning and control. Earned value management is required by the Department of Defense for cost and incentive type contracts equal or greater than $20 million as part of a comprehensive approach to improving critical acquisitions. It is used to forecast the program's schedule performance using cost-based indicators but not ... |
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| Avoidable Software Procurements |
Sep 2012 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
Raymond K Koshi; Kenneth C Robinson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) spends billions of dollars a year acquiring software, a great deal of which never gets used. Although a large portion of this software is sole source, considerable savings may be realized through the development of a check-in/check-out (CICO) system for software. Such a system would be similar to a library or a video rental store. The purpose of this Joint Applied Project is to ... |
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| Using Optimization to Improve NASA Extravehicular Activity Planning |
Sep 2012 |
129 pages |
| Authors:
Paul W Felker; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
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| Extravehicular Activity (EVA) is a specialized function performed during spaceflights in which two or more astronauts don spacesuits to perform tasks on the exterior of their spacecraft. An extensive and iterative planning process is required to prepare for each highly choreographed EVA operation. The current planning process used by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) relies heavily upon time-consuming heuristic approaches by subject matter experts to essentially hand-build each ... |
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| Human Systems Integration Synthesis Model for Ship Design |
Sep 2012 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
Douglas Williams; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Current fiscal constraints are driving the reduction of system life cycle cost (LCC). A key objective of HSI is the reduction of operational cost and the improvement of operational performance. This thesis seeks to develop a Human Systems Integration (HSI) Synthesis Model for Ship Design. This model is based on the premise that ship design characteristics interact with the domains of HSI. The thesis begins with an historical overview of ... |
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| Smart Voyage Planning Model Sensitivity Analysis Using Ocean and Atmospheric Models Including Ensemble Methods |
Sep 2012 |
202 pages |
| Authors:
Scott E Miller; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Smart Voyage Planning (SVP) has been identified as a key technology for the US Navy, capable of assisting with the fleet energy saving goals of Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) and the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). Commercial SVP tools use weather, waves, and specific ship platform characteristic data to develop optimal transit routes that save on the order of 5% in fuel expenditures. Sensitivity analysis was conducted utilizing a ... |
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| GSM Network Employment on a Man-Portable UAS |
Sep 2012 |
119 pages |
| Authors:
Darren J Rogers; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| There are numerous national systems that offer communications support with enhanced capabilities to support ISR. For the tactical unit, it can be challenging and cumbersome to deal with national systems that may or may not be able to provide near real-time support due to other, high priority tasking. The deployment of a low-cost GSM communications support system with enhanced capabilities (CSSEC) to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), which a ... |
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| The Evolution of the Contract Type Used in Defense Acquisition with a Focus on Major Defense Weapon Systems |
Sep 2012 |
109 pages |
| Authors:
Douglas M Quinn; Chinyong Choe; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The goal in this project was to research and write an historical overview of the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition policy toward preference in a particular contract type. Major milestones and representative case studies were reviewed that challenge the current acquisition policy in regard to the type of contract selected for major defense weapon systems. In this project, historical and analytical accounts of the defense acquisition process are provided for ... |
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| Integrating Unmanned Aircraft Systems into Modern Policing in An Urban Environment |
Sep 2012 |
107 pages |
| Authors:
John A Wallace; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis examines the possibilities and advantages of incorporating the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into operational use by local public safety agencies. The use of UAS has become a vital tool for the military but still has not become a tool used by domestic police forces. This thesis explores the options of using this type of technology, such as an economical alternative or enhancement to existing aviation programs ... |
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| Acquisition of Modular Low Earth Orbit Satellites for Improved Intelligence Collection |
Sep 2012 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
Randy Staab; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The primary objective of this study is to investigate and analyze improved multi-source intelligence (multi-INT) data collection through low latency, cross-communicating, modular low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. This research examines the current acquisition process and system engineering approach to multi-INT data collection via command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) satellites, specifically focusing on time (production time and system life) and cost. The project introduces several proposed ... |
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| Connecting Land-Based Networks to Ships |
Sep 2012 |
107 pages |
| Authors:
Panagiotis Chatzigiannis; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Today it's important for ships at sea to be able to communicate and exchange information with a shore network, like file transferring, database access, e-mail, web/intranet browsing, or video conferencing. Navy ships might even want to send a live video feed from the field. To accomplish this, most ships use satellite communications, an expensive and slow method. When a ship is near shore, it can use alternative methods of communicating ... |
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| Potential Natural Vegetation of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Boeuf-Tensas Basin, Arkansas, Field Atlas |
Sep 2012 |
127 pages |
| Authors:
Charles Klimas; Thomas Foti; Jody Pagan; Malcolm Williamson; R D Smith; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| Over the past three decades, extensive field studies of wetland plant communities have been conducted in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. These field studies have been carried out for various purposes under the auspices of federal and state research programs or in conjunction with Corps of Engineers project planning efforts. In the process, a wetland site classification approach has evolved based on hydrology, soils, and geomorphic setting. The research data and ... |
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| Strategic Sourcing: Improved and Expanded Use Could Save Billions in Annual Procurement Costs |
Sep 2012 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
Cristina Chaplain; W W Russell; Joseph Fread; Laura Greifner; Julia Kennon; John Krump; Leigh A Nally; Michael Palinkas; Ralph Roffo; Roxanna Sun; Ann M ; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Why GAO Did This Study: GAO has reported that the government is not fully leveraging its aggregate buying power, and that strategic sourcing, a process that moves a company away from numerous individual procurements to a broader aggregate approach, allowed companies to achieve savings of 10 to 20 percent. A similar savings rate applied to the federal procurement budget would equal more than $50 billion dollars. In 2005, the Office ... |
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| The EP-3E vs. the BAMS UAS: An Operating and Support Cost Comparison |
Sep 2012 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Colin G Larkins; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The battlefield is constantly changing and the need for swift, persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), has increased the focus on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to help meet collection requirements. Certain UAVs can have longer dwell and on-station times than manned vehicles, with some UAVs capable of dwell times in excess of 20 hours. UAVs have an additional benefit of eliminating some of the risks associated with ... |
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| Contracting Officer Workload and Contractual Terms: Theory and Evidence |
30 Aug 2012 |
121 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick L Warren; Nancy M Huff; CLEMSON UNIV SC
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| This paper investigates the relationship between endogenously incomplete contracts and the selection of procurement terms. We take advantage of variation in the workload of contracting officers to estimate the relationship between contractual incompleteness and procurement outcomes such as the use of competitive acquisitions procedures and the risk of renegotiation. In a sample of 150,000 contracts from 85 civilian procurement offices over 11 years, we find that shocks that increase the ... |
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| Department of Defense's Waiver of Competitive Prototyping Requirement for Enhanced Polar System Program |
23 Aug 2012 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009, as amended (WSARA), requires that the acquisition strategy for each major defense acquisition program provides for competitive prototypes before Milestone B approval which authorizes entry into system development unless the Milestone Decision Authority waives the requirement. Competitive prototyping, which involves commercial, government, or academic sources producing early prototypes of weapon systems or critical subsystems, can help Department of Defense (DOD) programs reduce ... |
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| Defense Logistics: DOD Has Taken Actions to Improve Some Segments of the Materiel Distribution System |
03 Aug 2012 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Cary B ; Thomas Gosling; Susan Ditto; Jim Melton; Geoffrey Peck; Amie Steele; Michael Willems; Richard Winsor; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DOD) operates a complex, multibillion-dollar distribution system for delivering needed supplies and equipment to U.S. forces across the world. DOD's goal in operating its global distribution system is to deliver the right item to the right place at the right time, and also at the right cost. The materiel distribution system covers multiple legs, from the movement of supplies in the continental United States to tactical ... |
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| Improved Oversight, but No Invoice Reviews and Potential Antideficiency Act Violation May Have Occurred on the Kuwait Observer Controller Team Task Orders |
02 Aug 2012 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE) ALEXANDRIA VA
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| This is the third in a series of audits on the Warfighter Field Operations and Customer Support contract. We determined whether the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) obtained fair and reasonable prices and appropriately developed surveillance and oversight processes and procedures for the Kuwait Observer Controller Team (KOCT) task orders, valued at $195.2 million. On the KOCT task orders, PEO STRI contracting personnel ... |
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| Model Validation for Simulations of Vehicle Systems |
Aug 2012 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
David Lamb; Matthew Castanier; Hao Pan; Michael Kokkolaras; Gregory Hulbert; MICHIGAN UNIV ANN ARBOR DEPT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
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| This paper deals with model validation of dynamic systems (with vehicle systems being of particular interest) that have multiple time-dependent output. First, we review several validation methodologies that have been reported in the literature: graphical comparison, feature-based techniques, PDF/CDF based techniques, Bayesian posterior estimation, classical hypothesis testing and Bayesian hypothesis testing. We discuss their advantages and disadvantages in terms of several attributes: applicability to different types of models, need for ... |
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| Environmental Assessment for Proposed Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA Beddown, Mountain Home AFB |
Aug 2012 |
270 pages |
| Authors:
AIR COMBAT COMMAND LANGLEY AFB VA
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| This Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzes the potential environmental consequences resulting from a United States (U.S.) Air Force (USAF) proposal to beddown a USAF-lead Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) squadron of F-15SA aircraft and associated personnel working under the 366th Fighter Wing (366 FW) at Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB) in Idaho. The RSAF would purchase up to 18 F-15SA aircraft, provide RSAF military personnel and fund U.S. contractor personnel, ... |
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| Bio-Inspired Intelligent Sensing Materials for Fly-by-Feel Autonomous Vehicle |
Aug 2012 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
STANFORD UNIV CA
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| Advantages of UAV: Loser cost in manufacturing, reduced cost in maintenance and operation, energy saving for smaller size and minimal human risk. Goals: To develop an analytical technique for observability and controllability of large-scale, dynamic systems. To develop a bio-inspired data/information architecture for feature-based global diagnostics of a large-scale system. To develop a bio-inspired, feature-based reconfigurable control system to maintain vehicle functionality in the presence of system failures. Design a ... |
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| Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Defects in Gulf War Syndrome |
Aug 2012 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
John M Shoffner; GEORGIA STATE UNIV ATLANTA
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| Approximately 100,000 individuals have medical complaints consistent with Gulf War syndrome (GWS). Clinical manifestations of GWS are similar to those identified in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and mitochondrial defects are identified pathologically, metabolically, and genetically in some patients with CFS. In order to better understand and manage patients with GWS, the investigation of mitochondrial dysfunction in this syndrome is an important undertaking. During Year 3 of this grant, we have ... |
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| Probabilistic Framework for Prediction of Material Property Distributions from Small Microstructural Models (Preprint) |
Aug 2012 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick Golden; Reji John; Daniel M Sparkman; Jr Millwater Harry R; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH STRUCTURAL MATERIALS DIV
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| A probabilistic framework for prediction of material property distributions from small scale (i.e. 2-grain) models is proposed. Monte Carlo Simulation and kernel density estimation are used to estimate the material property distribution of a grain boundary with a 2-grain model. Extreme value and order statistics are then employed to estimate the distribution of larger microstructure models. An example of the methodology is presented for identifying the applied uniaxial stress at ... |
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| Loglines. July - August 2012 |
Aug 2012 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Kathleen T Rhem; Jacob Boyer; DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY FORT BELVOIR VA
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| One of my enduring messages when I talk to people outside of the agency is, This is not your father s DLA, like the old saying, not your father s Oldsmobile. I ve been a customer of DLA my entire Navy career, and we re doing things today I don t think anyone believed would be possible 30 years ago, or even several years ago. You are truly making history. ... |
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| NATO Independent Cost Estimating and the Role of Life Cycle Cost Analysis in Managing the Defence Enterprise (Estimation independante des couts de l'OTAN et role de l'analyse des couts globaux de possesssion au sen de l'OTAN) |
Aug 2012 |
254 pages |
| Authors:
NATO RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRANCE)
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| Building upon the efforts of SAS-028, SAS-054 and SAS-069, the goal of SAS-076 was to prove the concepts of these earlier RTO SAS works on Life Cycle Cost Analysis by rigorously applying the guidelines to generate sound, reliable, Independent Cost Estimates (ICE) of major weapon system acquisition programs of current, international interest: HMS Rotterdam and HMS Johan de Witt Landing Platform Docks (LPD) of the Netherlands; and NATO's Alliance Ground ... |
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| Operational Energy: Energy for the Warfighter |
30 Jul 2012 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
John D Jennings; OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC (OPERATIONAL ENERGY PLANS AND PROGRAMS)
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| Quantifying Friction Effects of Molybdenum Disulfide, Tungsten Disulfide, Hexagonal Boron Nitride, and Lubalox as Bullet Coating |
30 Jul 2012 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick Boyle; Alexander Humphrey; Michael Courtney; AIR FORCE ACADEMY COLORADO SPRINGS CO
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| Molybdenum disulfide (MS2), tungsten disulfide (WS2), hexagonal boron nitride (HBN), and Lubalox are common bullet coatings that purportedly reduce friction between the bullet and rifle barrel. Three different bullets, one a solid copper design, and two jacketed lead bullet designs, were tested in the 5.56 mm NATO rifle cartridge. After coating, these bullets were test fired through a chronograph with powder charges ranging from 0.52 grams to 0.91 grams. The ... |
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| The MRAP Boondoggle |
26 Jul 2012 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Chris Rohlfs; Ryan Sullivan; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Last summer, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said [1] that the Pentagon's Joint Program Office for Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (JPO-MRAP), a $45 billion program to design, manufacture, and deploy 27,000 heavily protected vehicles into Iraq and Afghanistan, had saved thousands and thousands of lives. The Joint Program Office drilled down a more specific figure: MRAPs, as they're known in military jargon, saved the lives of 40,000 troops in Iraq ... |
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