Forces, Geography, and the Evolving Balance of Power, 1996–2017 Eric Heginbotham, Michael Nixon, Forrest E. Morgan, ... Ferguson, Robyn E., Information Warfare with Chinese Characteristics: China's Future View of Information Warfare and ...
Assesses in what ways and to what degree unmanned surface vehicles are suitable for supporting U.S. Navy missions and functions.
This report assesses in what ways and to what degree unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are suitable for supporting U.S. Navy missions and functions.
As of May 23, 2017: https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2017/04/15/ a-look-inside-aktau-kazakhstans-other-hub-on-the-new-silk-road/#64580ff27e1c ———, “The Central Station of the New Silk Road Has Emerged,” Forbes, April 29, 2017b.
... 2017; Christopher S. Chivvis, Raphael S. Cohen, Bryan Frederick, Daniel S. Hamilton, F. Stephen Larrabee, ... 4 Vincent L. Morelli, Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy, Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, RL33460, ...
A RAND study analyzed Chinese and U.S. military capabilities in two scenarios (Taiwan and the Spratly Islands) from 1996 to 2017, finding that trends in most, but not all, areas...
To reduce the costs of maintaining the Aegis system, and to take advantage of rapidly evolving commercial computing technology, the U.S. Navy is moving toward open-architecture software, a common source code library, and commercial, off-the ...
Nuclear submarine design resources at the shipyards, their suppliers, and the Navy may erode for lack of demand.
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Although irregular warfare includes a range of activities in which naval forces have played an integral role, there has been little examination of the characteristics or potential of such operations in maritime environments.
The U.S. Air Force is facing a number of challenges as a result of the current defense budget downturn.
The body armor that U.S. forces wear in Afghanistan is effective against ballistic threats, but it is heavy in weight and makes up a large portion of the load that soldiers and marines carry on patrol and into combat.
The U.S. Navy is interested in developing autonomous capabilities to execute tasks that are increasingly hazardous for humans and to enhance warfighting capabilities.
For the first time since the design of the first nuclear submarine, the U.S. Navy has no nuclear submarine design program under way, which raises the possibility that design capability...