Reports and Technical Reports
Understanding, Assessing, and Mitigating Safety Risks in Artificial Intelligence Systems
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-12); NPS-CS-22-003
Traditional software safety techniques rely on validating software against a deductively defined specification of how the software should behave in particular
situations. In the case of AI systems, specifications are ...
Hydrogen Fuel in Support of Unmanned Operations in an EABO Environment
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2022); NPS-SE-22-005
Navy and Marine Corps planners developed the Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) concept of operations to provide maritime commanders with more options for future sea control operations. Additionally, Littoral ...
Robustness and Vulnerability Measures of Deep Learning Methods for Cyber Defense
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2022); PS-MA-23-001
Navy networks and infrastructures are under frequent cyberattack. One developing area of application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) is cybersecurity. However, some weakness of machine learning, ...
Structured and Unstructured Data Sciences and Business Intelligence for Analyzing Requirements Post Mortem
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2022); NPS-IS-22-009
The objective is to review requirements created within the DoD Requirements process and identify those that create excessive cost growth, and rank programs with significant cost growth. The research questions are: ' What ...
Considerations for Cross Domain / Mission Resource Allocation and Replanning
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2022); NPS-SE-22-003
Naval platforms are inherently multi-mission - they execute a variety of missions simultaneously. Ships, submarines, and aircraft support multiple missions across domains, such as integrated air and missile defense, ballistic ...
Capturing Risk in Capital Budgeting
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2022); NPS-IS-22-005
This proposed research has the goal of proposing novel, reusable, extensible, adaptable, and comprehensive advanced analytical process and Integrated Risk Management to help the (DOD) with risk-based capital budgeting, ...
Naval Integration into Joint Data Strategies and Architectures in JADC2
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2022); NPS-IS-22-003
As Joint capabilities mature and shape into the Joint All Domain C2 Concept, Services, COCOMs and Coalition Partners will need to invest into efforts that would seamlessly integrate into Joint capabilities. The objective ...
Preparing Engineering Duty Officers (EDOs) for Command of Major Acquisition Shore Commands and Major Acquisition Programs
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2022); NPS-IS-22-011
The U.S. Navy's capabilities regarding the entire sequence of ships and shipboard systems acquisition (research, development, testing, production, deployment, and operations/maintenance of ships and shipboard systems) needs ...
Using Additive Processing to Harness and Implement Graphene Technology for Wear and Corrosion Protection
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2022); NPS-MAE-22-003
Graphene emerged as new wonder material in 2004 when it was isolated and resulted in the awarding of a Nobel Prize. In the nearly two decades since its discovery research has advanced graphene technology to the point of ...
Long Range Fires in Degraded and Denied Environments
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2022); NPS-SE-22-006
The employment of long range fires is a high priority for the U.S. Navy. Long range fires address the capability of U.S. forces to coordinate an emerging arsenal of deep strike weapons against enemy targets that can be ...