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USNA SAIL TRAINING CRAFT ACQUISITION: EFFECTIVE STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT THROUGH APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROCESS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) does not possess an effective management plan for the acquisition of the 44-foot Navy sail training craft (STC), which has led to cost overruns and late deliveries. A review of the ...
EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF DEWAR VOLUME AND COLD FINGER SIZE IN A STIRLING CRYOCOOLER LIQUID AIR ENERGY STORAGE (LAES) SYSTEM
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-06)
This paper uses an experimental approach to evaluate two design characteristics for a liquid air energy storage (LAES) and generation system as part of the verification and validation of system component design for a ...
APPLICATIONS AND SUITABILITY OF RENEWABLE AND HYBRID POWER SYSTEMS FOR REMOTE DISTRIBUTED SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND U.S. MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN CONTESTED ENVIRONMENTS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-03)
Expeditionary forces are overwhelmingly reliant on diesel generators to sustain mission-critical command, control, communications, computers, combat systems intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) and life ...
OPERATIONAL CONCEPT FOR HYDROGEN FUEL-BASED FULLY UNMANNED CARRIER AVIATION
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-03)
Efforts to reduce dependence on existing fossil fuels and decouple from logistics trains are becoming critical for the U.S. military. Hydrogen, a potential alternative fuel, offers three interesting characteristics: it is ...
AN ANALYSIS OF SIZE, WEIGHT AND POWER (SWAP) FOR EMP SHIELDING OF THE RAAD SYSTEM
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-12)
In 2019, the U.S. Army’s Future Study Program designed and led the Unified Quest Multinational Seminar Wargame. This wargame examined U.S. forces, partners, and allies’ interoperability requirements to defeat a near-peer ...
DETERMINATION OF A FREE-PISTON STIRLING ENGINE-GENERATOR OPERATING CURVE FOR APPLICATIONS IN ENERGY EXTRACTION
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-06)
Renewable energy generation faces challenges in energy storage, particularly in providing sustained load management between periods of excess generation, peak demand, and intermittency. Clean and dependable energy storage ...
PERFORMANCE AND COMPLEXITY TRADE STUDY OF CANDIDATE LIQUID AIR GENERATION TECHNIQUES
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-06)
This paper presents the results of an alternatives analysis of gas-liquefaction methods used in liquid air energy storage (LAES) systems that incorporates two novel measures of performance (MOP) into the analysis: system ...
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