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Showing 1 to 20 of 104 for “"Department of Defense (DOD)"”.
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Evaluation of the Extensible Markup Language (XML) as a means for establishing interoperability between heterogeneous Department of Defense (DoD) databases
This thesis evaluates the application of current Extensible Markup Language (XML) tools and technologies toward solving data interoperability issues between legacy data repositories. Past efforts to address these issues have largely failed. XML has the capability to address many of the past …
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Climate allies : how urban/military interdependence enables adaptation
… to fill the federal leadership vacuum in spite of their own resource constraints. In the midst of federal inertia, the Department of Defense (DoD) acknowledges climate risk, mainstreaming it into policy, while defense experts promote a climate security agenda. However, defense adaptation has …
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Development of Mechanistic Flexible Pavement Design Concepts for the Heavyweight F-15 Aircraft (Airfield, Computer Design, Cbr, Algorithms)
A new configuration of the F-15 aircraft has been developed and is in use by the U.S. Air Force. This heavyweight F-15 has a 30-kip/355-psi wheel loading. A heavier-weight F-15 with 36-kip/395-psi wheel loading has been proposed for use. The F-15 will become the controlling aircraft for design of …
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Developing a standard unit-level object model
This thesis describes the development of a standard unit-level object model for combat simulations. This thesis is part of an Army Modeling and Simulation Office (AMSO) sponsored study examining selected models from existing and future simulations in order to provide examples and insights to …
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Business case analysis of the Joint Strike Fighter's alternate engine program
This thesis is a Business Case Analysis (BCA) of the costs, benefits, issues, and effects associated with maintaining the Joint Strike Fighter’s (JSF) alternate engine program. It compares the competition (dual-source) and sole-source scenarios with regards to the development, production, and …
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Intelligent tutoring systems: a design support tool
The Department of Defense (DoD) is facing a shortage of qualified instructors for its advanced technical weapons training facilities. This shortage is because of the current downsizing trend, without a similar trend in the development of weapons and computer systems. To maintain a force of highly …
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Intellectual capital
The purpose of this MBA Project was to investigate and provide a comprehensive overview of the historical and current efforts directed at valuing intellectual capital (IC). This project was conducted with the sponsorship and assistance of the Office of Military Base Retention and Reuse (OMBRR), of …
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Marketing the joint Naval Postgraduate School of Business and Public Policy and University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business, defense focused Masters in Business Administration to active duty military officers
… the Naval Postgraduate School's Graduate School of Business and Public Policy (NPS GSBPP), and the University of Maryland (UMD), Robert H. Smith School of Business embarked on a joint venture to provide a defense focused Masters in Business Administration (MBA) to military service members and …
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The Impact of the Defense Message System (DMS) on the United States Surface Navy
This thesis examines the planned implementation of the DMS and its impact on the Department of Defense DoD, the Navy and, specifically, naval surface ships. The DMS phased planning will be evaluated, with a concentration on several key technological developments that will support the modernization …
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FEASIBILITY OF DETECTING AND CLASSIFYING SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM THREATS USING ACOUSTIC DATA
… systems (UAS) have become a threat that the Department of Defense (DoD) must address. Malevolent actors have shown time and again that they will exploit any new technology for illicit ends. Current systems designed to defeat UAS threats have failed to demonstrate adequate performance. There …
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National Security Personnel System (NSPS) a history of creation and enactment of the legislation authorizing its establishment
The Department of Defense (DOD) National Security Personnel System (NSPS) was enacted through the FY 2004 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed into public law by President George W. Bush on November 24, 2003. NSPS enactment served as a key pillar of DOD's ongoing transformation effort …
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PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR A SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CONFIDENCE TRACKING TOOL FOR REQUIREMENTS REALIZATION
… requirements realization, was developed in Microsoft Excel and applied to an energy-related R&D project that was completed in October 2015. To achieve the primary objective, an analytical search for key SE activities was performed on interview data about the 2015 project. The search was conducted …
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Navy Capabilities and Mobilization Plan (NCMP) Annex Q - Health Services Support: resource and end strength implications
… by post Cold War operations and downsizing of the Department of Defense (DoD). This study reviews Navy medicine's reengineering efforts intended to address these policies, focusing on the revision of the medical annex of the Navy Capabilities and Mobilization Plan (NCMP), used in support of …
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Sensitivity analysis of the C-130 sensor deployment system arm using finite element methods
… used in many different applications. The purpose of this thesis is to utilize this tool to optimize the current design of the roll-on roll-off sensor deployment system support arm for the C-130 Hercules. The Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Guard (NG) will be using these sensor pallet …
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CASE STUDY OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOD
The Department of Defense (DOD) and its components have been pushing to consolidate their information technology infrastructure in order to reduce cost and waste of unused resources and increase the efficiency, effectiveness, and security of the infrastructure. Technology Services Organization …
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An exploratory study of Alpha contracting: antecedents, processes, issues, success factors and consequences
… and effectiveness. Although several benefits of Alpha contracting are espoused in the literature, the concept is not ubiquitous, nor is it well understood. The purpose of this Joint Applied Project is to evaluate current Department of Defense (DoD) procedures for the use of Alpha contracting. …
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OMB Circular No. A-76 : efficiency review : and performance measurement of the Department of Defense health care delivery system
Each year the Department of Defense (DOD) is exposed to great pressure from the public sector and Federal Government to save money and to be efficient. The Productivity Program Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics) brings together approaches for cost …
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A Life Cycle Assessment of Three Department of Defense Airfield Paving Projects
… the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, the Department of Defense (DOD) began implementing strategies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net-zero by 2050. In support of these goals, this thesis uses life cycle assessment (LCA) to analyze one concrete and two asphalt airfield paving …
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Dynamic amplification factor for moment resisting frames in progressive collapse
… topic since a gas explosion caused the collapse of the Ronan Point apartment building in 1968. Progressive collapse occurs when an instantaneous loss of a supporting element causes failure in adjacent members leading to a large scale collapse of the structure. The General Services Administration …
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Automated Rehosting and Instrumentation of Embedded Firmware
… systems continue to proliferate as the Internet of Things (IoT) grows. Rehosting enables security analysis of these devices by separating embedded firmware from its host hardware, allowing the firmware to be run and inspected in virtual environments. I present a system to perform automated …
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