Acquiring a Mosaic Force: Issues, Options, and Trade-Offs

History

Wilson, Bradley

Drezner, Jeffrey A.

Wirth, Anna Jean

McLane, Liam

Schmid, Jon

Bartels, Elizabeth M.

Predd, Joel B.

Military

RAND Corporation

What do experts envision as the largest technology-based challenges the U.S. Joint Force could confront by 2040? The authors develop and implement a three-stage approach to elicit and evaluate ideas from experts on technology challenges that are ?radically altering.? Twenty challenges were identified and evaluated by experts. These evaluations allowed the authors to classify those challenges into three clusters to help inform how the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) could prioritize science and technology (S&T) investments.

A Structured Elicitation Approach to Identify Technology-Based Challenges: With Application to Inform Force Planning for Technological Surprise

Computers & Technology

Mayer, Lauren A.

Blumenthal, Marjory S.

Litterer, Sydney Jean

Computer Science

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

Business & Money

Kochhar, Ajay K.

Parker, Edward

Harold, Scott W.

Gonzales, Daniel

O'Connor, Kathryn

Litterer, Sydney

Scholl, Keller

Silberglitt, Richard

Chang, Joan

Eusebi, Christopher A.

Industries

In response to a requirement in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, the authors examine the strengths and vulnerabilities of China's defense industrial base (DIB) by designing and applying a comparative analytic structure that could be used to assess any country's DIB. They assess six areas: economics; governance and regulations; research, development, and innovation; workforce, labor, and skills; manufacturing; and raw materials.

Assessing Systemic Strengths and Vulnerabilities of China's Defense Industrial Base: With a Repeatable Methodology for Other Countries

Curriden, Christian

Popper, Steven W.

Weinbaum, Cortney

Lilly, Sale

O'Connell, Caolionn

Mondschein, Jared

Bond, M. Scott

Byrne, Hannah Jane

Fauerbach, Gregory Weider

Economics

The Role of Standards in Fostering Capability Evolution: Does Design Matter? Insights from Interoperability Standards

Dimarogonas, James

Triezenberg, Bonnie L.

Absher, Samuel

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