Discusses the growth in the technical capabilities of commercial and foreign space systems, potential explotation of space by adversaries, increasing use of commercial space capabilities by U.S. forces, and continuing budget constraints are all changing the role of U.S. military in space.

The Changing Role of the U.S. Military Space

Science & Math

Gonzales, Daniel

Astronomy & Space Science

RAND Corporation

Compares three units that conducted stability operations in the same area in northern Iraq-the 101st Airborne Division (which had only limited digital communications), the 3/2 Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT), and the 1/25 SBCT (both equipped with digital networks) and finds that leadership, training, and tactics and procedures are just as important as networking capabilities for improving mission effectiveness in stability operations.

Networked Forces in Stability Operations 101st Airborne Division, 3/2 and 1/25 Stryker Brigades in Northern Iraq

History

Sollinger, Jerry M.

Hollywood, John

McFadden, James

DeJarnette, John

Middle East

The challenge of securing U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) information systems has grown significantly. A new approach to information assurance certification and accreditation (IA C&A) is needed to effectively extend the IA C&A process to aggregations of systems and improve their security. An examination of current policy shows that a number of changes could enable the IA C&A of aggregations of DoD information systems on a common platform.

Implications of Aggregated DoD Information Systems for Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Computers & Technology

Wong, Carolyn

Landree, Eric

Ohlandt, Chad

Certification

Universal Core (UCore) 2.0 is a Department of Defense (DoD) and intelligence community information exchange framework that can improve interoperability between DoD information systems. This report reviews UCore pilot programs, implementation issues, and bandwidth demands and identifies issues that should be addressed before UCore implementation is mandated for DoD programs.

The Universal Core Information Exchange Framework: Asssessing It's Implications for Acquisition Programs

Ohlandt, Chad J.R.

Bitar, Rima

The research reported here assessed the costs and benefits of the proposed California process safety management (PSM) and California Accidental Release Prevention regulations that are designed to improve safety at oil and gas refineries operating in California. The authors estimate these costs and benefits in four categories: costs to industry, costs to society, benefits to industry, and benefits to society.

Cost–Benefit Analysis of Proposed California Oil and Gas Refinery Regulations

Business & Money

Hoyle, William

Strong, Aaron

Gulden, Timothy R.

Industries

The unclassified networks of defense industrial base firms have become an attractive entrance for adversaries seeking access to cutting-edge technologies and research and development efforts. This report describes a way for the U.S. Department of Defense to better secure such networks through the establishment of a cybersecurity program designed to strengthen their protections.

Unclassified and Secure: A Defense Industrial Base Cyber Protection Program for Unclassified Defense Networks

Harting, Sarah

Brackup, Julia

Adgie, Mary Kate

Polley, Lindsey

Stanley, Karlyn D.

Management & Leadership

This report presents a flexible and repeatable set of metrics?specifically, focused on scientific research, government support, private industry activity, and technical achievement?for assessing a nation's industrial base in quantum technology. The authors apply these metrics to the United States to assess the current state of its industrial base, and they apply most of the metrics to the People's Republic of China as a comparative case study.

An Assessment of the U.S. and Chinese Industrial Bases in Quantum Technology

Kochhar, Ajay K.

Parker, Edward

Harold, Scott W.

Schmid, Jon

O'Connor, Kathryn

Litterer, Sydney

Scholl, Keller

Silberglitt, Richard

Chang, Joan

Eusebi, Christopher A.

Securing 5G: A Way Forward in the U.S. and China Security Competition (Research Report)

Pfeifer, Spencer

Bonds, Timothy M.

Alternative Futures for Digital Infrastructure: Insights and Considerations for the Department of Defense (Rand National Defense Research Institute: Research Report)

Corbin, Brandon

Asia

An Assessment of U.S.-Allied Nations’ Industrial Bases in Quantum Technology (Research Report)

Henriquez Sanchez, Natalia

Lee, Justin W.

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