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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Air defense"”.
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A Shield in the Sky: The Vertical Geopolitics of Transcontinental Air Defense
… and armies across battlefields. When the airplane emerged, it forced military theorists to contend with a new, vertical, dimension of conflict. In America, the United States Air Force assumed an important role in this vertical dimension as the country's delivery mechanism for nuclear …
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The Avenger and SGT York: an examination of two air defense systems nondevelopmental item acquisition programs
With the Department of Defense's (DOD) budget continuing to be reduced, DOD acquisition managers must acquire technologically superior weapon systems within shorter time periods with less resources. One effective way to accomplish this is to utilize an NDI Acquisition program. This thesis analyzes …
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Organizational and bureaucratic politics in Soviet defense decisionmaking : a case study of the Soviet air defense forces
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, 1988
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FEASIBILITY OF INDIRECT FIRE FOR COUNTERING SWARMS OF SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS
… within the existing Marine Corps ground-based air defense and fire support framework. In doing so, this thesis presents a novel solution by defining the parameters of an artillery shell with effects designed to disrupt SUAS operations. Such a shell would target the electromagnetic spectrum …
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On Geopolitically Tailoring Missile Defense
… U.S. has been researching and developing missile defenses since the end of WWII. Today, ballistic missile defenses have achieved great technological achievements but are not applied appropriately to counter the changing security threats. I choose this topic because I am commissioning into the U.S. …
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Exploration of liquid crystal polymer packaging techniques for rf wireless systems
… rate wireless systems for both commercial and defense applications. Some of these include air defense systems, remote sensing radars, and communication systems that are used for unmanned aerial vehicles, ground vehicles, and even the individual consumer. All of these applications require …
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Driving cycle time reduction through an improved material flow process in the electronics assembly manufacturing cell
… priority in the past ten years at the Integrated Air Defense Center (IADC) in Andover, MA. However, as Raytheon's corporate goals state, they want to take this further and bring "Raytheon Six Sigma" to the next level, fully engaging customers and partners. A focus of this continuous improvement …
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Missile autopilot design using Mu-Synthesis
Due to increasingly difficult threats, current air defense missile systems are pushed to the limits of their performance capabilities. In order to defend against these more stressing threats, interceptor missiles require greater maneuverability, faster response time, and increased robustness to …
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Evaluating Simulated Military Training Exercises
… Joint Kill Chain Event (JKCE), designed by the Air Forces Distributed Mission Operations Center (DMOC), provides an interesting case study for evaluation of simulated military training. JKCE places Army Air Defense Artillery Fire Control Officers (ADAFCOs) into an Air Force Control and Reporting …
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Coordinated dynamic planning for air and space operations
Planners of military air and space operations in a battlefield environment seek to allocate resources against targets in a way that best achieves the objectives of the commander. In future conflicts, the presence of new types of assets, such as tactical space-based sensors and Operationally …
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Robust planning for heterogeneous UAVs in uncertain environments
… objectives, such as Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) and coordinated strike missions. As the complexity of these objectives increases and higher levels of autonomy are desired, the command and control algorithms will need to incorporate notions of robustness to successfully …
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Reducing energy usage in a manufacturing facility through a behavior change based approach
… a six month case study at Raytheon's Integrated Air Defense Center (IADC) in which a new approach for achieving energy related employee behavior changes was implemented. The framework is unique to the author but builds upon lean manufacturing principles, social psychology research, and energy …
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The sky is no longer the limit: United States Air Force jet fighter development between the Korean and Vietnam Wars
… accomplished by analyzing and explaining: 1. The defense problem the USAF identified that triggered the development of jet fighters 2. The USAF response to this problem 3. The alternatives to jet fighters the USAF developed to apply this response 4. The key elements the USAF considered essential …
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Chinese Nuclear Policy
… and China's core military strategies of active defense and anti-access/area denial. Chinese nuclear policy will play a pivotal role in the future of China as it struggles to reduce the military superiority of the United States in East Asia. Innovative tactical nuclear weapons and advanced …
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Intrapreneurship as a tool for lean transformation : case study of VBS, intrapreneurship in IT space by Oladapo E. Bakare.
… for successful organizations ranging from defense to consumer industries. Its approach to reduction of waste and continuous process improvement allows a company to reduce cost, meet customer needs, and sustain growth. As companies embark on transforming their organizations into more …
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Even slower : the great smog of Beijing
Since the global media exposure of its air quality in 2008, Beijing has strived to improve its air quality. However, these preventive measures have not extensively altered the intensity of the smog-filled sky. This phenomena have generated an opportunity to redefine the position of architecture …
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Testing and evaluation of military systems in a high stakes environment
… development, the developments of the Division Air Defense System (DIVAD) and the M- 1 Abrams main battle tank are examined in comparative perspective, using testing as an explanation for their dramatically different programmatic outcomes. The DIVAD's testing strategy was not adequate, and the …
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The COMPASS Paradigm For The Systematic Evaluation Of U.S. Army Command And Control Systems Using Neural Network And Discrete Event Computer Simulation
… infantry units supported by artillery, air defense, close air, engineer, and other so called combat support elements. This type of unit comprises the main battle forces on the battlefield. It is used to refer to what is called the conventional force structure. These observations are …