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ANALYSIS OF PROCESS, PRODUCT, AND CONTEXT IN MILITARY ACQUISITIONS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-06)
The objective of this research is to identify key factors that impact the probability of success of a military material acquisition program. These key factors are intended to be incorporated in a wargaming-type acquisition ...
AN OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS ON MANNED-UNMANNED TEAMING USING WEAPONIZED UNMANNED VEHICLES IN URBAN TERRAIN
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-09)
In recent years, militaries have strengthened efforts to integrate unmanned technologies to improve manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) capabilities. As some countries’ fighting-age populations are decreasing, militaries are ...
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 ...
EXTENDING AND IMPROVING DESIGNS FOR LARGE-SCALE COMPUTER EXPERIMENTS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-06)
This research develops methods that increase the inventory of space-filling designs (SFDs) for large-scale computer-based experiments. We present a technique enabling researchers to add sequential blocks of design points ...
SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF THE ARMY COMMUNICATION NETWORK IN SUPPORT OF ENHANCED RECRUITING
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-09)
Methods of communication have increased greatly over the past 25 years. Faster, more targeted communication enables organizations to influence their audience with greater precision and achieve their effect with greater ...
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 ...
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF ARMY MATERIEL REPORTING FOR THE MIDDLE TIER OF ACQUISITION PATHWAY
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-12)
The Acquisition Modernization Integration (AMI) team within the ASA(ALT) office is critical in the Army decision-making process. The AMI creates reports that include actionable knowledge rendered to Army strategic leaders. ...
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