This thesis identifies and explains the critical changes that have occurred in the complex system of interrelated rules which have governed the defense budget process in Poland since 1989. This research explains the legal and institutional evolution of the defense budget process in post-communist Poland, focusing on the role of legislative authority i.e., the Sejm and the Senat of the Republic of Poland within the defense budget process since the collapse of the Warsaw Pact. It also analyzes...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Lepianka, Pawel, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *DEFENSE SYSTEMS, *BUDGETS,...
The United States remains the preeminent power in the global land combat systems (LCS) industry. The single most significant event in the LCS industry is the U.S. Army's transformation to the Objective Force, a lighter, more agile and deployable, more lethal force. The premier program of this transformation, the Army's Future Combat System (FCS), will be expensive, absorbing the majority of the Army's near-term research and development (R&D) funding, as well as the procurement and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Donovan, Michael E, INDUSTRIAL COLL OF THE ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON DC, *LAND WARFARE,...
Among the leading concerns surrounding Homeland Security in the United States is Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP). Identifying, prioritizing, and providing for the protection of infrastructure so vital to the United States that its incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters is one of the most compelling issues facing the Department of Homeland Security, its...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Tussing, Bert, ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP,...
Munitions are critical war-fighting commodities of the modern military. Historically, this industry included a wide variety of weapons: small arms, mortars, cannons, artillery, gun munitions, bombs, rockets, missiles, chemical munitions, mines, demolition material, grenades, flares, torpedoes, nuclear weapons and pyrotechnics- without which a military cannot fight successfully. Munitions, however, are in the midst of a transition from the traditional free-fall weapons (dumb bombs) to precision...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Buchanan, Elizabeth F, INDUSTRIAL COLL OF THE ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON DC,...
Since September 11, 2001, America has conducted sweeping executive branch changes and funneled vast economic and military resources toward lessening the opportunity for terrorists to strike within the borders of the United States. Two new bulwarks were added to the ramparts for securing and defending our nation, they were the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Northern Command of the Department of Defense (DoD). With these additions, the spectrum between security and defense needs a...
Topics: DTIC Archive, DeMaso, William C, AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL, *HOMELAND DEFENSE, *HOMELAND SECURITY,...
This paper describes the application of a computerized simulation model developed for estimating the costs associated with different defense structures. It is currently under use for cost-effectiveness studies as a part of an ongoing analysis of the future structure of the Norwegian defense. The model is meant for long term planning (15-20 years), and integrates investment costs as well as the cost of operating existing and future material and units. Forces might be simulated separately or in...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Steder, Frank B, NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT (FFI) KJELLER DIV FOR...
This scoring record documents the efforts of Human Factors Applications, Inc. to detect and discriminate inert unexploded ordnance (UXO) utilizing the APG Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site Open Field. The scoring record was coordinated by Larry Overbuy and by the Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site Scoring Committee. Organizations on the committee include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, the Strategic...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Overbay, Larry, ABERDEEN TEST CENTER MD, *UNEXPLODED AMMUNITION, ENVIRONMENTS,...
This scoring record documents the efforts of G-TEK to detect and discriminate inert unexploded ordnance (UXO) utilizing the APG Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site Woods. The scoring record was coordinated by Larry Overbay and the Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site Scoring Committee. Organizations on the committee include the US. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, the Strategic Environmental Research and Development...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Overbay, Larry, ABERDEEN TEST CENTER MD, *UNEXPLODED AMMUNITION, ENVIRONMENTS,...
This scoring record documents the efforts of the G-TEK Australia PTY Limited to detect and discriminate inert unexploded ordinance (UXO) utilizing the YPG Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site Desert Extreme. The scoring record was coordinated by Larry Overbay and the Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site Scoring Committee. Organizations on the committee include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, the Strategic...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Overbay, Larry, ABERDEEN TEST CENTER MD, *UNEXPLODED AMMUNITION, ENVIRONMENTS,...
On 1 October, 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, otherwise known as the Goldwater-Nichols Act It was the culmination of a four-year debate, from the disclosure of significant problems with the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) system by then-chairman General David Jones, USAF, to the final conference bill that became law. Throughout the process, the Navy Department (Navy and Marines), under the leadership of Secretary John Lehman, led the effort to...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Roncolato, G, NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC, *DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, *LEGISLATION,...
The third annual conference on security transformation was held on November 18-19, 2004, at the National Defense University (NDU). The conference was organized by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. It brought together current and former defense officials and military commanders to discuss progress in achieving transformation of U.S. national security. The Army War College, NDU, and BCSIA sponsored the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, White, John P, ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *NATIONAL...
In the early 197Os, amidst a world order predominantly defined by the Cold War relationship between the US and the Soviet Union, both nations agreed that then- strategic security would be best served by deterrence based on mutual vulnerability to nuclear ballistic missile attack Thus, Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) became the prevailing strategic arrangement -- a long-term, ultra-high stakes US-Soviet standoff backed by massive nuclear arsenals land sealed by the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Dillman, Robert D, NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC, *NATIONAL SECURITY, *TREATIES,...
The Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) held a Special Technology Area Review (STAR) on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) for Military Applications on August 3-4, 2004 at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California to address issues relevant to the use of this technology in military systems. FPGAs are rapidly becoming an essential flexible integrated circuit building block of choice for many commercial and defense systems. The STAR confirmed that FPGAs are a crucial...
Topics: DTIC Archive, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY AND...
What is AFED? AFED is a security management system combining data from multiple types of sensors including IDS, vulnerability assessment, change management, correlators, etc. It allows the analyst to view data from a single console. Its aggregation capabilities significantly reduce data that must be viewed by analysts. AFED components are configurable and flexible to allow them to be quickly modified to accept, aggregate and display information from new data sources.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Scheiderich, Lou, NORTHROP GRUMMAN MCLEAN VA, *MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL,...
The Department of Defense's (DOD's) programs to develop new satellites to alert U.S. military commanders to foreign missile launches, and to support missile defense objectives, are controversial because of cost growth and schedule slippage. SBIRS-High, managed by the Air Force, would replace existing Defense Support Program early warning satellites. The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS, formerly SBIRS-Low), managed by the Missile Defense Agency, would perform missile tracking and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Smith, Marcia S, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE,...
About 75 countries currently possess cruise missiles.1 Many experts predict that anti- ship and land attack cruise missile proliferation will increase in terms of both scope and technological sophistication. This report will be updated as events warrant.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Feickert, Andrew, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE,...
Providing a defense against ballistic missiles has required an immense research effort. However, with the help of the Missile Defense Agency's Technology Applications program, the research for the common defense is also being applied to promote the general welfare. Many key technologies needed for missile defense are benefiting everyday lives. High-power laser technology, conceived in the early days of the Strategic Defense Initiative to knock down missiles, is being used in medical treatments....
Topics: DTIC Archive, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC, *ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS, *TECHNOLOGY...
As part of its effort to develop a global ballistic missile defense (BMD) system the Department of Defense (DOD) is modifying 18 Navy cruisers and destroyers for BMD operations, and has deployed a large BMD radar the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) on a modified floating oil platform. The eventual role for sea-based systems in the worldwide U.S. BMD architecture has not been determined. The overall issue for Congress for this report is: What should be the role of sea-based systems in U.S....
Topics: DTIC Archive, O'Rourke, Ronald, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE,...
The United States has pursued missile defenses since the dawn of the missile age shortly after World War II. The development and deployment of missile defenses has not only been elusive, but has proven to be one of the most divisive issues of the past generation. The Bush Administration substantially altered the debate over missile defenses. The Administration requested significant funding increases for missile defense programs, eliminated the distinction between national and theater missile...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hildreth, Steven, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE,...
The Bush Administration conducted a review of U.S. nuclear weapons force posture during its first year in office. Although the review sought to adjust U.S. nuclear posture to address changes in the international security environment at the start of the new century, it continued many of the policies and programs that had been a part of the U.S. nuclear posture during the previous decade and during the Cold War. This report, which will be updated as needed, provides an overview of the U.S....
Topics: DTIC Archive, Woolf, Amy F, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE,...
This CRS Report discusses U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, or Republic of China (ROC), including policy issues for Congress and legislation. The Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), P.L. 96-8, has governed U.S. arms sales to Taiwan since 1979, when the United States recognized the People's Republic of China (PRC) instead of the ROC. Despite the absence of diplomatic relations, U.S. arms sales to Taiwan have been increasingly significant. The United States has expanded military exchanges with Taiwan after the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Kan, Shirley A, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE,...
Defense Depot Memphis Tennessee (DDMT) has for a long period of time operated with packing areas in many parts of the depot. That concept has changed recently, and they are consolidating operations as much as possible to take advantage of the associated economies. In addition, the requirement to upgrade and add on equipment to support the introduction of the DLA Warehousing and Shipping Procedures (DWASP) presented the opportunity to effect the consolidation. This plan materialized in the form...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Kostanski, Henry J, DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY FORT BELVOIR VA, *SUPPLY DEPOTS,...
The Defense Technical Center (DTIC) has developed the DoD Gateway Information System (DGIS) as a means for the DoD Scientific and Technical Information (STI) community to access remote heterogeneous databases in a common simplified manner and analyze the information from these databases. This paper explains the progress on developing and prototyping Phase I of DGIS during the 1987-1988 time period. The various components covered are the Directory of Resources, post-processing software, the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Schoen, Roberta S, DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER ALEXANDRIA VA, *TECHNICAL...
This document discusses the implementation of TQM by Defense Depot Mechanicsburg. It seeks to infuse the principles of TQM throughout DDMP. The phases of TQM implementation at DDMP are determination, commitment/planning, implementation, training, recognition, and maintenance. Keywords: Continuous process improvement.
Topics: DTIC Archive, DEFENSE DEPOT MECHANICSBURG PA, *QUALITY CONTROL, *QUALITY, *MANAGEMENT, *MANAGEMENT...
Chapter I introduces the issue of conventional response capability. The point stressed first is that the strategic bomber's primary mission is in support of the single integrated operations plan (SIOP) as a nuclear weapons delivery vehicle. However, as cited by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, we must have a rapid deployment conventional capability to areas where there are small if any U.S. forces present. The SAC strategic projection force (SPF) is available but with gravity weapons of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Bodenheimer, Clyde E, AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL AIRPOWER RESEARCH INST, *STRATEGIC AIR...
The U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center and School (USADACS), Evaluation Division, (SMCAC-DEV), was tasked by the U.S. Marine Corps, 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, FMF, to perform validation of the half-high (4 feet by 4 feet by 20 inches) Intermodal Shipping Container (ISC) for transportability, storage of ammunition aboard Maritime Prepositioned Ships (MPS). A sample container was supplied and tested with an inert load of 155MM m548 projectiles. Blocking and bracing procedures supplied by...
Topics: DTIC Archive, McIntosh, A C , Jr, ARMY DEFENSE AMMUNITION CENTER AND SCHOOL SAVANNA IL EVALUATION...
The U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center and School (USADACS) was requested by the U.S. Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command (AMCCOM) to conduct a series of transportability tests to develop/evaluate tiedown procedures for the M467 container(s) and for the M613 container(s) on the M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). Using web strap tiedown assemblies, test loads with either one or two of the two type containers, successfully completed the USADACS five step road...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Krohn, Jerry, ARMY DEFENSE AMMUNITION CENTER AND SCHOOL SAVANNA IL EVALUATION DIV,...
This study develops a theoretical framework for conducting analyses of the defense acquisition process. The framework consists of three parts or levels of analysis. It links the symptoms of poor productivity noted by major defense studies to weaknesses in social decision making processes. Using a transactional perspective, this study analyzes major program manager activities as organizational agreements. It also reviews the findings of major defense studies from this framework perspective. Key...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Spanier, Lee J, AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF SYSTEMS AND...
Distributed simulation is an area of research which offers great promise for speeding up simulations. Program parallelization is usually an iterative process requiring several attempts to produce an efficient parallel implementation of a sequential program. This is due to the lack of any standards or guidelines for program parallelization. In this research effort a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) time-driven simulation program, developed by DESE Research and Engineering, was used as a test...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Huson, Mark L, AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING,...
The near infrared (NIR) reflectance of paint schemes may be increased by replacing dark pigments which are highly absorptive in the visible and infrared regions, by visually similiar pigments with low NIR absorption. On exposure to sunlight, these low NIR absorbing pigments reduced heat buildup and thermal infrared (TIR) signature. Resins also absorb and emit radiation, frequently in the thermal infrared region. This report covers the formulation of coatings to reduce heat buildup, prolong...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Wake, Lindsay V, MATERIALS RESEARCH LABS ASCOT VALE (AUSTRALIA), *ANTIREFLECTION...
Partial contents: Acquisition improvement update; Budget instability- -A costly malpractice; Cost control--Information systems acquisition; Systems atrophy--Environment and objectives; Are you heading for organizational bankruptcy; The role of analysis In Cost/Schedule Control Systems criteria; Value engineering--Whose idea was it anyway?; Time for a relook at weapon system warranties; An alternative to the program executive office in chemical nuclear matters.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Betti, John A, DEFENSE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT COLL FORT BELVOIR VA, *MANAGEMENT, SYSTEMS...
Opportunities exist to better integrate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) into DoD should include the NEPA requirements in the documentation already required at the DoD's highly structured decision milestones. Directives on the milestones do not mention NEPA. NEPA actions for basing and construction decisions for acquisitions should also begin with those milestones. The environmental impact statement (EIS) could be easily tiered for each of these acquisition stages. Operations...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Neve, Trevor L, LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT INST BETHESDA MD, *DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,...
This report provides a brief overview of the various methods available for creating an Ada interface to SQL and summarizes the strengths and weaknesses of each. A specific comparison is made between the SQL Ada Module Extension (SAME) and the WIS Ada/SQL. The two approaches are evaluated using thirteen different criteria including 'user code portability', 'performance', 'effective use of Ada', and 'effective use of SQL'. The SQL Ada Module Extension (SAME) approach is recommended for the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, UNISYS DEFENSE SYSTEMS RESTON VA, *ADA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, *INTERFACES, MODULAR...
Europe 1992 is a road map for leading Europe away from her fragmented, divisive, inefficient and protected national markets. Europe 1992 is a plan for new laws and regulations that by 1992 will remove all barriers to the free movement of goods, services, capital and people within participating countries. Europe 1992, when fully implemented, hopes to see the European business community just as competitive in world markets as the United States and Japan, by creating a home market large enough to...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Cole, Willie E, DEFENSE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT COLL FORT BELVOIR VA, *MUNITIONS INDUSTRY,...
This study examines the stability of the Cost Performance Index (CPI) . The CPI is and indicator of the cost performance efficiency achieved on a contract and is used to analyze cost performance on defense contracts. It has long been asserted that the index does not change by more than 10 percent after a contract is 50 percent complete, but an exhaustive literature search did not locate any empirical work that supports this assertion. Knowing that the CPI is stable is important because it...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Payne, Kirk I, AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSONAFB OH, *CONTRACT...
Defense acquisition procedures are changed with the intention of improving the method of acquiring defense products and obtaining better defense products. It is possible that some changes to improve defense acquisition procedures may preclude the adoption of those changes that are degrading to the defense acquisition process. This exploratory study identified a method of identifying, comparing, and analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of proposed changes to defense acquisition procedures....
Topics: DTIC Archive, McIntire, Theodore B, AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF...
Although there have been several huge successes in the strategic sealift campaign in support of Desert Shield and Desert Storm, it is far from a blueprint for future contingencies. Shortfalls and lessons highlight strategic sealift as a continuing weak link in support of U.S. Navy Maritime Strategy. This research examined the Strategic Mobility Policy of the Department of Defense in the 1980's. It discusses the capabilities, limitations and effectiveness of the components of strategic sealift...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Bright, Carl T, NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI DEPT OF OPERATIONS, *MILITARY OPERATIONS,...
For a military operation to be labeled a peacekeeping operation, the host government must its consent, the deployed force must be impartial, and the use of force must be restricted to self-defense. A peace enforcement operation, although it also has the consent of the host government, is willing to use force to impose a solution. Successful peacekeeping operations have clearly defined and attainable objectives, begin with a desire for peace among the conflicting parties, have the cooperation of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Argersinger, Steven J, ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *BUFFERS, MILITARY...
The phenomenon of work force reductions via organizational decline can cause anxiety among workers. Furthermore, the threat of job insecurity will be exacerbated when individuals lack adequate information and can not predict or control the outcome of work force reductions. The purpose of this thesis was to determine the level of job insecurity and anxiety among soldiers in the United States Army following the decision by Congress to reduce the active force by 25 percent. In addition, the study...
Topics: DTIC Archive, McDonough, James D , Jr, ARMY MILITARY PERSONNEL CENTER ALEXANDRIA VA, *MILITARY...
This paper examines selected methodologies for collecting and using judgment data. Such methodologies may have applications in the consideration of qualitative aspects of military effectiveness, such as morale and leadership, as well as in the estimation of values for which good empirical bases do not exist. This paper examines several established approaches to using judgment to provide numerical values and ordinal rankings. Underlying principles, ease of implementation, and criticism of the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Grotte, Jeffrey H, INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA,...
The purpose of this report is to present the minutes from the Third Workshop on Standards for the Interoperability of Defense Simulations. This is the third workshop concerning the development of technical standards for networking defense simulations. These standards are intended to meet the needs of large scale simulated engagement systems which are being used increasingly to support system acquisition, test and evaluation, tactical warfare simulation and training in DoD. The primary goal of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, McDonald, Bruce, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA ORLANDO INST FOR SIMULATION AND...
This thesis examines the problems confronting the decision-makers today as they are forced to make tough budgetary decisions affecting the U.S. national security posture. Due to the dramatic changes occurring throughout the world, particularly in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, there is growing pressure upon Congress to reduce defense expenditures and realize a 'peace dividend'. The danger to U.S. national security lies not within the cuts themselves, but rather, within arbitrary budget...
Topics: DTIC Archive, McCaleb, Clyde J , III, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *USSR, DEPARTMENT OF...
The U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center and School USADACS. Evaluation Division (SMCAC-DEV), was tasked to test the Ammunition Peculiar Equipment 1974E002 Continuity Kit For M76 Grenade to MIL-STD-398. Military Standard Shields, Operational for Ammunition Operations, Criteria for Design of and Tests for Acceptance. The APE 1974E002 was tested in accordance with the test plan which defines the Maximum Credible Incident (MCI) expected when the Grenade, Launcher, Smoke, IR Screening, M76 is...
Topics: DTIC Archive, McIntosh, A C , Jr, ARMY DEFENSE AMMUNITION CENTER AND SCHOOL SAVANNA IL EVALUATION...
Managing expert system development is complicated by fear of the unknown a new technology and a new approach to problem solving. This thesis proposes a scenario approach to expert system technology planning for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service-Cleveland. The intuitive logic method used in this study suggests four scenarios that would progressively take place over time. Ultimately, the expert system technology at DFAS-Cleveland would move towards an open system architecture...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Schwarz, Frederick J , II, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *SCENARIOS, DEFENSE...
The purpose of this task is to investigate strategic and tactical facsimile equipments and networks employed by the Federal Government (including both those currently in the field and those due for deployment in the near future), determine their characteristics in terms of interoperability and compatibility, and, in those instances where incompatibilities are determined, to recommend how they might be made to interoperate. The Federal government uses a wide range of facsimile equipment and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, DELTA INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC HORSHAM PA, *UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, CRYPTOGRAPHY,...
Developing dependable software for large, complex, real-time systems is one of the major challenges now facing the software industry. The software R and D community is responding to this challenge; numerous efforts have been initiated on various aspects of real-time software development. In this paper, we review and evaluate ongoing R and D efforts in light of the needs of strategic defense systems. We identify and discuss four recent developments that hold promise for facilitating the design...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Gordon, Karen D, INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA, *STRATEGIC DEFENSE...
This thesis examines the utilization of graduate education for graduates of the Naval Postgraduate School, Manpower, Personnel, and Training Analysis (MPTA) curriculum, from December 1986 through June 1991. The study focuses on four areas: (1) developing a list and rank structure of billets requiring the xx33P code granted upon completion of the education, (2) tracking the careers of the officers following their graduation from the curriculum, (3) examining career progression paths to find...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Wilson, James R, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *EDUCATION, *MANPOWER...
This note is one of a four-volume set that collectively describes the latest versions of the TSAR(Theater Simulation of Airbase Resources) and TSARINA(TSAR INputs using AIDA) computer models, which were developed at the RAND Corporation to assess the effect of attacks on the sortie generation capabilities of airbases. These new versions replace earlier versions, including the versions documented in 1985. Among more significant new features are those that permit representation of (1) austere...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Emerson, Donald E, RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA, *COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION, *USER...
Contents: Manpower Estimate Reports-Implications and Relationships; The DuPont Model and The Experience Effect as Tools of Strategic Management; Making Smart Logistics Managers; Largest DSMC Correspondence Class Is An Outstanding Success; Ethics-Can We Get a Grip on Ourselves? Do Adequate Constraints Exist to Deter Defense Acquisition People from Violating the Code?; International NCO Panel at DSMC is Well Received; Producibility Practices; Live Fire Testing-Planning Implications For...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Clark, Catherine M, DEFENSE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT COLL FORT BELVOIR VA, *PERIODICALS,...
As requested by Senator Wilson, the General Accounting Office reviewed the Navy's initial provisioning policies and practices for the AV-8B aircraft program. This report is one in a series related to the effectiveness of defense logistics. New Navy aircraft entering the fleet need to have enough spare parts; however, if too many spare parts are purchased too early, they may become obsolete or unneeded. Purchasing parts for a new weapon system to meet the first 2 years of service requirements is...
Topics: DTIC Archive, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS...
