Extending the life of an avionics system, however, is one of the most critical and difficult aspects of extending total aircraft system lifetimes. This title summarizes the information from DoD…

Discusses policies, requirements, and techniques to protect Mars from organisms originating on Earth that could interfere with scientific investigations. This report provides recommendations on cleanliness and biological burden levels of…

Conventional prompt global strike (CPGS) is a military option under consideration by the US Department of Defense. This book, the final report from the National Research Council’s Committee on Conventional…

While there are examples of successful weapon systems acquisition programs within the U.S. Air Force (USAF), many of the programs are still incurring cost growth, schedule delays, and performance problems…

Presents a review of the understanding of the early earth and moon; the identification of science concepts and goals for moon exploration. This report offers an assessment of implementation options…

Consists of an executive summary that presents an assessment of the transformation of naval forces for addressing the global war on terrorism (GWOT). This report provides a description of the…

Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically during the course of the last few decades. The fields of…

The future national security environment will present the naval forces with operational challenges that can best be met through the development of military capabilities that effectively leverage rapidly advancing technologies…