For the purposes of capability development planning, RAND Project AIR FORCE focuses on analytical methods that can be used for decisionmaking under conditions of deep uncertainty about the future threat environment, rate of technological advancement,...Daugiau...
To explore lessons learned from nondeclared-disaster events, researchers explain six case studies from diverse community contexts, considering innovations that support recovery in underserved communities and metrics for assessing nonprofits role...Daugiau...
Abbie Tingstad, Stephanie Pezard, Scott Savitz, Benjamin J Sacks, Yuliya Shokh, Irina a Chindea, Scott R Stephenson, Michael T Wilson, James G Kallimani, Kristin Van Abel...
This report summarizes the findings of research on U.S. and other armed forces capabilities in the Arctic, the extent to which non-U.S. entities are operating where U.S. forces cannot, and how those operations might affect U.S. national interests...Daugiau...
In this report, RAND researchers present practical knowledge to inform law enforcement agencies about available broadband options and opportunities, governance issues, funding options, costs, and barriers to implementation....Daugiau...
The authors of this report consider the exposure of Department of the Air Force (DAF) installations to flooding, high winds, and wildfires-hazards that have affected DAF installations in the recent past. The authors characterize exposure using three...Daugiau...
Heather J Williams, Joseph C Chang, Kristin Van Abel, David Metz, James V Marrone, Edward W Chan, Katherine Costello, Ryan Michael Bauer, Devon Hill, Simon Véronneau...
The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) is designed to enhance security at U.S. ports. This report provides the findings from an assessment of the TWIC program, along with the assessors’ recommendations....Daugiau...
This report documents a research project that focused on identifying priority potential Arctic capability gaps with respect to U.S. Coast Guard operations in the region in the present and in the 2030s....Daugiau...
This report addresses the U.S. Air Force’s need for a systematic way to value the risk to missions associated with electric power–related disruptions and accordingly set priorities among investments in power resilience....Daugiau...
HSOAC presents a summary of hurricane damage to public buildings in Puerto Rico and 12 courses of action to repair damage and modernize public building infrastructure for increased resilience, improved energy efficiency, and improved user ex...Daugiau...
Abbie Tingstad, Stephanie Pezard, Michael T Wilson, Katherine Anania, Jordan R Fischbach, Susan A Resetar, Scott Savitz, Kristin Van Abel, R J Briggs, Aaron C Davenport...
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Evergreen strategic foresight initiative works to identify emerging service challenges that require focus in the near term. This report describes an approach to developing future scenarios to aid in that proc...Daugiau...
Patrick Mills, Anna Jean Wirth, James A Leftwich, Daniel P Felten, Josh Girardini, John P Godges, Michael J Lostumbo, Anu Narayanan, Kristin Van Abel, Jonathan William Welburn...
RAND researchers review the motivations for adaptive basing, describe a footprint model used for estimating its implications for Agile Combat Support (ACS), and discuss recommendations for the ACS community and the U.S. Air Force at large....Daugiau...
For the purposes of capability development planning, RAND Project AIR FORCE focuses on analytical methods that can be used for decisionmaking under conditions of deep uncertainty about the future threat environment, rate of technological advancement,...Daugiau...
This report describes a methodology and prototype tool—the Lean Strategic Tool for the Analysis of Required Transportation (Lean-START)—that can explore trade-offs among capability (or risk), speed, and cost to create force pa...Daugiau...
This report examines security challenges that could alter Russia’s current cooperative stance in the Arctic, explores how these could undermine Arctic cooperation, and offers recommendations for the U.S. government to manage risks t...Daugiau...
RAND researchers assessed U.S. Department of Defense efforts to determine whether any administrative activities paid for with funding that was not congressionally appropriated could be consolidatedand, if so, whether savings would occur....Daugiau...
