Author: Committee on C4ISR for Future Naval Strike Groups
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: groups, strike, naval, future, c4isr
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2006-05-02
List price: $61.75
ISBN-10: 0309096006
ISBN-13: 9780309096003

The Navy has put forth a new construct for its strike forces that enables more effective forward deterrence and rapid response. A key aspect of this construct is the need for flexible, adaptive command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. To assist development of this capability, the Navy asked the NRC to examine C4ISR for carrier, expeditionary, and strike and missile defense strike groups, and for expeditionary strike forces. This report provides an assessment of C4ISR capabilities for each type of strike group; recommendations

Author: Committee on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Cap
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: issues, strike, global, prompt, conventional
Number of Pages: 238
Published: 2008-12-08
List price: $51.00
ISBN-10: 0309114594
ISBN-13: 9780309114592

Conventional prompt global strike (CPGS) is a military option under consideration by the U.S. Department of Defense. This book, the final report from the National Research Council’s Committee on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Capability, analyzes proposed CPGS systems and evaluates the potential role CPGS could play in U.S. defense."U.S. Conventional Prompt Global Strike" provides near-, mid-, and long-term recommendations for possible CPGS development, addressing the following questions: does the United States need CPGS capabilities; what are the alternative CPGS systems, and how ef

Author: Committee on Naval Analytical Capabilities and Imp
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: capabilities, planning, based, improving, naval, analytical
Number of Pages: 102
Published: 2005-09-26
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 0309095166
ISBN-13: 9780309095167

Author: Committee on Identification of Promising Naval Avi
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: technology, opportunities, science, aviation, promising, naval, identification
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2006-03-28
List price: $29.75
ISBN-10: 0309097290
ISBN-13: 9780309097291

The Department of Defense is developing the means to transform the nation’s armed forces to meet future military challenges. For the Navy and Marine Corps, this vision is encompassed in Naval Power 21. Many new war-fighting concepts will be needed to implement this vision, and the ONR has requested the NRC to identify new science and technology opportunities for new naval aviation capabilities to support those concepts. This report presents an assessment of what they imply for naval aviation, an analysis of some capabilities that, if developed, would make a significant contribution to re

Author: Committee on Environmental Information for Naval U
Publisher: National Academy Press
Keywords: warfare, naval, information, environmental
Number of Pages: 203
Published: 2003-04
List price: $44.75
ISBN-10: 0309088607
ISBN-13: 9780309088602

Author: Committee on the Future of SupercomputingNational
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: supercomputing, future, speed, getting
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 2005-02-03
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0309095026
ISBN-13: 9780309095020

Author: Committee on Future Air Force Needs for Survivabil
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: survivability, needs, force, air, future
Number of Pages: 116
Published: 2006-10-03
List price: $30.25
ISBN-10: 0309102197
ISBN-13: 9780309102193

A key technical issue for future Air Force systems is to improve their ability to survive. Increased use of stealth technology is proposed by many to be the major element in efforts to enhance survivability for future systems. Others, however, suggest that the high cost and maintenance required of stealth technology make increased speed potentially more productive. To help address this issue, the Air Force asked the NRC to investigate combinations of speed and stealth that would provide U.S. aircraft with a high survival capability in the 2018 period, and to identify changes in R&D plans t