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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"United States Department of Defense"”.
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Critical Technologies: The United States Department of Defense Efforts to Shape Technology Development After the Cold War - A Discourse and Network Analysis
Each year the Department of Defense spends over $10 billion on its science and technology development efforts. While deemed an investment by proponents (and beneficiaries) technology development programs are particularly vulnerable in times of budget cuts. As the government moves forward with …
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INVESTIGATING DRONES USING OPEN-SOURCE FORENSIC SOFTWARE
The United States Department of Defense has ordered a halt to the use and purchase of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, that use commercial-off-the-shelf components because of the potential of exfiltration of sensitive data to foreign nations. Drone sales and usage are growing …
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Resource dependencies in parallel development of military systems : a comparison of waterfall and agile development methodologies
The United States Department of Defense has been plagued with failing programs that are over budget, behind schedule, and exhibit poor performance during testing. Once a program has cost, schedule, or capability issues, follow-on development efforts adopt the underlying issues only to reinforce …
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Improving the innovation culture within the United States Coast Guard
… to maintain a technological edge within the United States Coast Guard. Technology continues to advance faster than it can be integrated into the organization. Unfortunately, Federal acquisition requirements and budgetary constraints also contribute to the lack of progress in technology …
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The National Security Education Program and Its Service Requirement: An Exploratory Study of What Areas of Government and for What Duration National Security Education Program Recipients Have Worked
… under the National Security Education Act of 1991, has had a post-funding service requirement in the Federal Government for undergraduate scholarship and graduate fellowship recipients since its inception. The service requirement, along with the concern that the National Security Education …
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The Africa command: how the Department of Defense has continued America’s ad-hoc foreign policies in Africa through neo-orientalism
… was established in October 2008 on the premise of a partnership between the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and African militaries in which shared goals were to be pursued and each side was to learn from the other. However, no African counterparts were consulted during the processes …
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Lean effectiveness model for products and services : servicing existing systems in aerospace and technology
… Self Assessment Tool (LESAT) is a product of the Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This tool is used by many enterprises to assess strengths, areas of improvement, and the enterprise's readiness to change. LESAT has been designed for …
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Evolving a global armaments logistics strategy
… transportation for frequent and high volumes of explosive cargo for the U. S. Department of Defense. U.S. regulations are strict and economically competitive options are limited. The challenge is even more problematic when the company has not developed an internal capability to efficiently …
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Architectural disruption in aerospace
… relationships are currently the primary sources of competitive advantage in the Aerospace industry. Modular Open System Architecture (MOSA) requirements represent a significant disruption to this mode of competition. The United States Department of Defense intends to accelerate the rate of …
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Accelerating government R&D with private financing
… and economy. I submit that better utilization of United States Department of Defense (DoD) laboratories through alternative acquisition and development strategies can address current inefficiencies. I also suggest that public-private partnerships (PPPs) provide an opportunity to improve the …
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Analysis of resource control in nondeterministic mobile ad hoc network systems : an unmanned aerial vehicle example
… system performance and analyze the effects of change on the system. The connectivity, or information sharing, was based on distance and since every node moved around a defined space, the connectivity of the graph changed constantly. Several different controllers and scenarios are …
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Foundations of a defense digital platform : business systems governance in the Department of Defense
In 2010, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) spent more than $35 billion on information systems development and sustainment, with nearly $7 billion to defense business systems investments alone. It is not surprising given the scale of expenditure and complexity of the enterprise that its …
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Evaluation of hot surface ignition device performance with high-pressure kerosene fuel sprays
Among the range of commercially feasible propulsion systems, compression ignition (CI) engines present many advantages for light-duty vehicle operation. In particular, CI engines remain an optimal choice for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) designed to operate at moderate flight speeds. However, one …
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Broad utility : architecting flexible and robust systems for a complex operational environment
… Operational Environment (OE) for the Unites States (US) military is becoming increasingly complex. This complexity requires Systems Engineers and Architects to develop new approaches for evaluating the variability inherent in the OEs of today and tomorrow. In response to this growing …
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Embracing the future of land transportation : valuing flexibility in design and technology options for autonomous vehicle developments in Singapore
This thesis examines the prospects of implementing fully autonomous vehicles in Singapore, and proposes flexible design and development strategies to maximize value creation. This approach recognizes the uncertainties associated with emerging technology domains, and illustrates how an adaptive …
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The development of an instrument to assess elementary school principals' involvement in the reading program
The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable instrument to assess elementary school principals' in the reading program. The findings confirm that the Cramer Inventory of Principal Involvement in Reading is such an instrument.A review of the literature yielded a list of 93 behaviors …
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Exploratory Study on the Design of Combined Aero-Thermo-Structural Experiments in High Speed Flows
… describes potential configurations and responses of panels for experimental tests investigating fluid-thermal-structural interactions. The United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are both interested in hypersonic vehicles due to their …
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Capability requirements portfolio management in large organizations using semantic data lake as a decision support system : proof-of-concept experiments
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) is a large and complex organization, which employs a capability based requirements planning process. Decisions on capability requirements are made by senior military officers supported by experienced military and civilian staff with subject matter …
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