The military changes that have transformed global politics in recent years - especially since the end of the Cold War - have brought about a new revolution in military affairs (RMA) by the United States. The PLA has begun to study the RMA by focusing on asymmetric warfare capabilities under high technological conditions. China believes that asymmetric operations have the advantages of enabling a swift and precise attack and avoiding mass destruction on Taiwan's infrastructure and hightech...
Topics: Asymmetric warfare, China, National security, Taiwan, Information warfare, Republic of China,...
The competition for power and influence between China and the United States in Southeast Asia has presented strategic uncertainties in the region. Vietnam, like the rest of Southeast Asia, has adopted a hedging strategy to minimize security and political risks, and maximize the diplomatic benefits of flexibility. In recent years, however, China’s increasing aggression in the South China Sea may have put pressure on Vietnam to balance against China. By using a hedging spectrum between...
Topics: Vietnam, China, United States, ASEAN, balancing, bandwagoning, hedging, South China Sea, doi moi...
The United States Air Force is in the midst of an ambitious aviation modernization program, driven primarily by the age of its current aircraft fleets. Four major programs are in procurement, with five more in research and development (R and D).The need to replace several types of aircraft simultaneously poses challenges to future budgets, as the new programs compete with existing program commitments and normal program growth under a restricted service topline. The impending expiration of caps...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Gertler,Jeremiah, Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress Washington,...
The United States Air Force is in the midst of an ambitious aviation modernization program, driven primarily by the age of its current aircraft fleets. Four major programs are in procurement, with five more in research and development (R and D).The need to replace several types of aircraft simultaneously poses challenges to future budgets, as the new programs compete with existing program commitments and normal program growth under a restricted service topline. The impending expiration of caps...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Gertler,Jeremiah, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC WASHINGTON DC United States, Air...
This study provides a comparative analysis of the US Army's post-Vietnam transformation with an examination of the Army's recent transformation during the initial phases of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The research will identify those senior leaders whose constructive and positive civil-military relations enabled their service in managing transformation, which created agile and adaptive teams that were capable of adjusting to change. Additionally, effective transformation was built with sound...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Lombardo, Charles T, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth...
Army Sustainment is a bimonthly professional bulletin published by the Army Logistics University, Fort Lee, Virginia
Topics: DTIC Archive, Baker,Fred III W, Army Logistics University Fort Lee United States, logistics,...
This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study, which was prepared for the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces of the House Committee on Armed Services, examines the issue of how much bandwidth will be required to achieve the goal of digitization (the bandwidth demand) versus how much bandwidth will be provided by the Armys planned communications programs (the bandwidth supply). CBO finds that significant shortfalls currently exist for the Army in the supply of bandwidth. Moreover, under...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Rehmus,Paul, Congressional Budget Office Washington United States, MILITARY...
At the request of Senator Domenici, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently estimated future defense costs. The results of this analysis were presented to Senator Domenici in a briefing. This paper summarizes the results of the analysis and the assumptions underlying it. It also incorporates minor revisions of the figures used in the briefing. According to CBO's analysis, supporting and modernizing current numbers of U.S. military forces over the next five years could require average...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Congressional Budget Office Washington United States, MILITARY MODERNIZATION,...
Responsive Munitions Support the U.S. Warfighter: Achieving Efficiencies in an Uncertain Budget Environment
Topics: DTIC Archive, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Arlington United States, AMMUNITION,...
Two of DODs reconstruction objectives in Afghanistan were to (1) train, equip, base, and sustain the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), comprised of the ANA and ANP, and (2) respond to urgent humanitarian relief and small-scale reconstruction projects to support local Afghan communities.4 The majority of all U.S. reconstruction fundingabout $72.4 billion, or more than 64 percent, of the $113.1 billion appropriated as of December 2015has been allocated to DOD to accomplish...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Sopko,John F, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction Arlington,...
Defense acquisition has long been criticized for taking too long to field new systemsi.e., the cycle time. The current Better Buying Power initiatives have established shorter cycle time as an important objective. This project investigates how MDAP schedules are set and how they are managed, to provide timely capabilities to DOD forces. The research team reviewed documentation on schedule setting and conducted interviews with personnel in both the requirements and acquisition communities. Six...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Van Atta,Richard H, Institute for Defense Analyses Alexandria, military acquisition,...
With estimated acquisition costs of nearly $400 billion, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighteralso known as the Lightning II is DOD's most costly acquisition program. Since 2001, GAO has reported extensively on the F-35 programs cost, schedule, and performance problems. The program plans to begin increasing production rates over the next few years. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 contains a provision for GAO to annually review the F-35 acquisition program. Todays testimony...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Sullivan,Michael J, U.S. Government Accountability Office Washington United States,...
The Army s FY16 projected defense budget continues on a declining trend necessitating end strength reductions and deferring some modernization programs. The Army s Operating Concept to Win In a Complex World requires a more efficient means to develop an increasingly capable Army while meeting affordability levels. Discovering and developing technologies to ensure battlefield dominance is a key component of Army modernization even under fiscal constraints. The research investigates how...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Goodly,Bernard, Defense Acquisition University Huntsville United States, army...
Topics: DTIC Archive, National Defense Industrial Association Arlington United States, combat VEHICLES,...
During the Cold War, the U.S. nuclear arsenal contained many types of delivery vehicles for nuclear weapons, including short-range missiles and artillery for use on the battlefield, medium-range missiles and aircraft that could strike targets beyond the theater of battle, short- and medium-range systems based on surface ships, long-range missiles based on U.S. territory and submarines, and heavy bombers that could threaten Soviet targets from their bases in the United States. The short- and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Woolf,Amy F, Congressional Research Service Washington United States, nuclear...
In the past few months, China has announced a series of major reforms to the organizational structure of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA): the Central Military Commission (CMC) has been revamped, the four general departments dissolved, new service headquarters created, and five new theater commands established in place of the seven military regions (MRs). These changes are part of a sweeping transformation of PLA institutions, force structure, and policy that will be ongoing through 2020. In...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Saunders,Phillip C, NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV FORT MCNAIR DC WASHINGTON DC United States,...
The M-1 Abrams Tank, the M-2/M-3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV), and the M-1126 Stryker Combat Vehicle are the centerpieces of the Armys Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCTs) and Stryker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCTs).In addition to the military effectiveness of these vehicles, Congress is also concerned with the economic aspect of Abrams, Bradley, and Stryker recapitalization and modernization. Due to force structure cuts and lack of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) opportunities, Congress has...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Feickert,Andrew, Congressional Research Service Washington United States, armored...
This study provides a comparative analysis of the US Army's post-Vietnam transformation with an examination of the Army's recent transformation during the initial phases of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The research will identify those senior leaders whose constructive and positive civil-military relations enabled their service in managing transformation, which created agile and adaptive teams that were capable of adjusting to change. Additionally, effective transformation was built with sound...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Lombardo, Charles T, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Viggato,Mike, National Defense Industrial Association Arlington United States, combat...
What drives economically buoyant Southeast Asian nations, enjoying postCold War peace, to procure arms in a manner that has observers concerned about a regional arms race? Are these acquisitions driven by threats from within the region or from potential hegemons like China? Alternatively, are the purchases actually driven by domestic factors? This thesis investigates the following four factors to determine which are most powerful in driving arms procurements in Malaysia, Indonesia, and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Tan,Wah K, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, Malaysia, Indonesia,...
India is a great military power in the world. It is fortifying its military at a fast pace. Thus, the other states in the world have raised a serious question: What drives India to modernize its military? This thesis borrows Sagans three modelssecurity model, norms model, and domestic-politics modelto address the research question of why India is expanding its military capability. Indias military expansion is analyzed using two case studies on nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers to determine...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Wan,Chih-Hung, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MONTEREY United States, India,...
Development and support of military technology relies on knowledge workers with highly specialized training and education. This expertise generally comes from civilian employees and contractors. Human Capital is Essential to the Future Effectiveness of U.S.Naval Forces DON is heavily dependent on technology to achieve a competitive edge against potential adversaries. Development and support of military technology relies on knowledge workers with highly specialized training and education. This...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Colvard,James E, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON DC WASHINGTON...
In a 1980 testimony to Congress, the Armys Chief of Staff, General Edward Meyer, used the phrase hollow Army to articulate his perception of an undermanned,poorly trained post-Vietnam U.S. Army. While the validity of Meyers assessment remains disputed, Service leaders still use the phrase as an expedient and vivid way to describe shortfalls in readiness, force structure, and modernization. The phrases recurring use, typically in periods following conflict, suggests the existence of a hollow...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Griese,Jon D, NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA NORFOLK United States, military forces...
Military Services Chief Scientists and Technologists Panel Presentations: Transforming General Purposes Forces for Warfare in the SeamsPanel Members:Mr. George W. Solhan, Director, Expeditionary Warfare Operations, Office of Naval Research, Warfare in the Seams: Defense and Industry Partnering inthe Long War Mr. Jack McCready, US Coast Guard Research and Development Center, USCG Deployable OperationsNational Laboratories Panel Presentations: Technologies from the National Labs to Wage the Long...
Topics: DTIC Archive, National Defense Industrial Association Arlington United States, DEFENSE Industry,...
The tragic events of 11 September have drastically altered the way the United States assesses the security of the global environment. The fact that we may be attacked again on our own soil, anywhere, at any time, with any type of weapon is now a permanent thought in our nations collective conscience. Now, it is more difficult to predict potential sources of military threats, the conduct of future wars, and the form that threats and attacks will take. We now face a new enemy known as terrorists...
Topics: DTIC Archive, NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION ARLINGTON VA ARLINGTON United States, Defense...
Proceedings of the National Small Business Conference 2006, held in Newport, Rhode Island on May 8-10, 2006. Briefing charts only.
Topics: DTIC Archive, NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION ARLINGTON VA ARLINGTON United States, defense...
The Coast Guards proposed FY2017 budget requests $150 million in acquisition funding for a new polar icebreaker that the Coast Guard wants to begin building in FY2020. The Coast Guards FY2017-FY2021 five-year Capital Investment Plan (CIP) includes a total of $780 million in acquisition funding for a new polar icebreaker, including the $150 million requested for FY2017, $200 million projected for FY2019 and FY2020, and $430 million projected for FY2021. The total acquisition cost of the ship has...
Topics: DTIC Archive, O'Rourke,Ronald, Congressional Research Service Washington United States, coast...
China is building a modern and regionally powerful navy with a limited but growing capability for conducting operations beyond Chinas near-seas region. Observers of Chinese and U.S. military forces view Chinas improving naval capabilities as posing a potential challenge in the Western Pacific to the U.S. Navys ability to achieve and maintain control of blue-water ocean areas in wartimethe first such challenge the U.S. Navy has faced since the end of the Cold War. More broadly, these observers...
Topics: DTIC Archive, O'Rourke,Ronald, Congressional Research Service Washington United States, MILITARY...
World events have led some observers, starting in late 2013, to conclude that the international security environment has undergone a shift from the familiar post-Cold War era of the past 20 to 25 years, also sometimes known as the unipolar moment (with the United States as the unipolar power), to a new and different situation that features, among other things, renewed great power competition with China and Russia and challenges by these two countries and others to elements of the U.S.-led...
Topics: DTIC Archive, O'Rourke,Ronald, Congressional Research Service Washington, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT,...
The U.S. Department of State concluded in 2014 that Russia is in violation of its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, raising doubts about the treatys durability and questions about how the United States should respond. At the moment, U.S. policy remains committed to the treatyand seeks to encourage Russia to return to compliance by eliminating prohibited systems. The process of attempting to revive the treaty could take several years. Russia could continue...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Heim,Jacob L, RAND Arroyo Center Santa Monica United States, BALLISTIC MISSILES,...
The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission found that there is a significant risk that gains to medical readiness developed during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be lost as the medical community returns to a peacetime focus on beneficiary healthcare. To prevent this loss and improve medical readiness, they provided a comprehensive recommendation to reform military healthcareincluding introducing the concept of Essential Medical Capabilities (EMCs). In hearings on...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Whitley,John E, Institute for Defense Analyses Alexandria United States, MILITARY...
From ancient times until the late 19th century man fought his battles in relatively dense and tightly packed formations. Modern battles, by way of contrast, are largely fought by small units of men called a squad.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hashim,Ahmed, Center for Naval Analyses Alexandria United States, military history,...
Ten years ago the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union was dissolved. The new Russian Federation faced an agenda calling for fundamental transformation. There were five major challenges for Russia, and the country had to deal with them simultaneously: 1. To establish a new identity; 2. To build political democracy; 3. To replace total government control of the economy with market economy; 4. To integrate Russia into the global economy;5. To conduct military reform.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Rogov,Sergey, CNA Corporation Alexandria United States, Russia, military forces...
Indonesia lies at the heart of the Indo-Pacific region. Its new president, Joko Widodo, wants to transform Indonesia into a global maritime fulcrum between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. He will struggle to overcome entrenched elites, a sluggish bureaucracy, endemic corruption, limited resources, and the armys traditional dominance within the armed forces. Nonetheless, President Widodo has articulated a new maritime vision that steers Indonesia towards regional maritime power. A...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Percival,Bronson, CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA ALEXANDRIA United States,...
Active Protection Systems (APSs) are subsystems integrated into or installed on a combat vehicle to automatically acquire, track, and respond with hard or soft kill capabilities to a variety of threats, including rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs). APS technologies are not new, and a number of nations have already employed APS on the battlefield. The U.S. military is now beginning to include APS as part of its formal combat vehicle modernization plans and, if...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Feickert,Andrew, Congressional Research Service Washington United States, antitank...
Why GAO Did This Study Patriot is a mobile Army surface-to-air missile system deployed worldwide to defend critical assets and forces. To respond to emerging threats and address a diverse set of capability needs, the Army has spent nearly $1.1 billion and requested $1.8 billion over the next 5 years to upgrade Patriot, begin developing a long-term radar solution, and integrate Patriot components into a central network and command and control systemthe Integrated Air and Missile Defense. A House...
Topics: DTIC Archive, U.S. Government Accountability Office Washington United States, test and evaluation,...
The United States has long enjoyed a powerful military with a significant technological advantage, if not superiority, over its competitors and adversaries. The Department of Defenses (DOD) ability to develop and integrate new, cutting-edge capabilities like stealth, precision-guided munitions, and networked command, control, communications, computers,intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) has been a vital source of strength, agility, and confidence in our nations armed forces....
Topics: DTIC Archive, Flournoy,Michele A, Air University Maxwell AFB United States, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,...
In November 2011, when former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton published Americas Pacific Century in Foreign Policy magazine, the Obama Administration was unmistakably acknowledging a transformation in US foreign policy. This article described the beginnings of a United States pivot away from Europe, and to a lesser degree the Middle East, toward the Asia-Pacific region. The 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance codifies that shift in US foreign policy and renewed interest in US Asia-Pacific...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Smith,Robert S, Air University Maxwell Air Force Base United States, air force,...
The gunfire detection system was developed in France and tested by USSOCOM using programs within the Office of the Secretary of Defenses Comparative Testing Office (CTO). The programs rapidly find and test U.S.- and foreign-developed technologies for warfighting use. For program managers, the CTO programs allow them to speed the acquisition process and avoid research and development (R and D) costs. For warfighters, the CTO programs tested technologies can solve battlefield problems as well as...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Burns,Richard E, U.S. Special Operations Command MacDill AFB United States, united...
This thesis explores the relationship between military technology and strategic risk. As weapons become more dependent upon technology, they generally become more capable but at the same time introduce a new set of vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities invite an adversary to conduct an attack that prevents the weapon from functioning properly. Because of the highly complex and integrated nature of Americas military arsenal, such an attack could be particularly problematic and result in...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Keithley,Chris, Air University Maxwell Air Force Base United States, acquisition,...
This study develops the theory that strategic harmonization of a countrys national character, military forces, and the character of the wars in which it participates minimizes risk and creates conditions for success. The spectrum of socio-technological revolutions from revolutionary wave theory, to military revolutions, to revolutions in military affairs creates the structure for strategic harmonization. Harmonization occurs when the means, ways, and ends of military forces efficaciously...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Gunn,Scott, Air University Maxwell Air Force Base United States, military...
wanted to take this opportunity, with the general election now behind us, to give Defense AT and L magazine readers a sense of what we can expect during the next few years. First of all, we can expect to be challenged. Budgets are shrinking and threats to our national security are not. The department has articulated a sound strategy, and, unless there are major budget reductions to come and we are forced to make revisions, we will be charged with supporting that strategy through effective...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Tyree,Benjamin, Defense Acquisition University Fort Belvoir United States, systems...
For more than 25 years, the United States has had a dominant military advantage over any potential adversary. The underpinning of that advantage was the superior platforms and systems enabled by our technology. The technological superiority of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is at the greatest risk in recent history, and this erosion occurs while ideological, economic, political, military and technological threats proliferate to national and international security. Future engagements will...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Shaffer,Alan, Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Washington United...
During a decade of war, the Army purchased vast amounts of equipment. As the conflicts end and the overall Army budgets are significantly reduced (34 since 2008), maintaining the entire equipment portfolio reduces the funding available to meet Army equipping and modernization goals. The Army will need to make decisions about the best way to invest the available funding in the next couple of years and across the current Program Objective Memorandum (POM) years, fiscal year (FY) 20172021, to meet...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Leonard,William M, Defense Acquisition University Aberdeen Proving Ground United...
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) conducted a trade-off analysis of in-sourcing versus outsourcing parts for ship maintenance and modernization with a focus on cost savings given the importance of strategic sourcing in cost-effective sustainment costs. The purpose of the study was to create the needed make/buy comparison for implementing 3DLST and 3DP for US Navy fleet maintenance and upgrading. In particular, cost estimates of in-sourcing and outsourcing were developed and the impact of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Ford,David N, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, trade off analysis,...
The Canada First Defence Strategy announced that the CP-140 Aurora, Canadas long-range maritime patrol aircraft, will be replaced by a fleet of Canadian Multi-Mission Aircraft (CMA). This report details analyses provided in support of developing requirements on speed, endurance, and fleet size to enable the CMA to fulfill surveillance and patrol missions. The analysis was repeated to determine the number of Auroras that would require modernization if the acquisition of the CMA were to be...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Bourdon,Sean, DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA OTTAWA (ONTARIO) OTTAWA Canada,...
This course will provide an overview of DLA DMSMS capabilities, cataloging and standardization as it applies to component research and DMSMS, using the DLA representatives, weapons coding, software tools and other DLA specific abilities. There will be a strong emphasis on understanding technical drawings and how they translate into cataloging codes and item-of-supply requirements. Interpreting the total-item record (basic codes and meanings) including Reference Number Category Codes (RNCC),...
Topics: DTIC Archive, National Defense Industrial Association Arlington United States, department of...
Current Navy plans call for achieving and maintaining a fleet of 308 ships of certain types and numbers. Some observers have advocated increasing the Navys force-level goal to about 350 ships. The Navy is currently conducting a force structure assessment (FSA), and some observers anticipate that this FSA will lead to a new Navy force-level goal of more than 308 ships, although not necessarily 350 ships. The Navys actual size in recent years has generally been in the range of 270 to 290 ships....
Topics: DTIC Archive, O'Rourke,Ronald, Congressional Research Service Washington United States, naval...
Includes briefing charts and videos (.wmv files) from Session III: Future to Current, presented on Thursday, 22 September 2005.
Topics: DTIC Archive, NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION ARLINGTON VA ARLINGTON United States, combat...
Because the U.S. has a technological culture, the U.S. military has become technology dependent. This dependence has made the military more vulnerable and has plunged the DoD into a perpetual cycle of purchasing technology to fill shortfalls resulting from reductions in manpower, technology evolutions, and to maintain the leading edge. Because technology is increasing in per-unit cost, the DoD purchases fewer items which increases the impact of minimal losses in combat. It is feasible that...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Coyle,Keven P, National Defense University Norfolk United States, Vulnerability,...
