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Mar 25, 2026

Modernizing the Department of Defense Requirements Process

DoD’s Section 811 Tiger Team—composed of representatives from the Joint Staff, the military Services, the unified Combatant Commands (CCMDs), the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Intelligence Community, research organizations, academia, and industry—found a clear consensus that the Joint Capabilities Integration Development System (JCIDS) must be modernized to keep pace with advancing technology and evolving threats.
Research Summary

Mar 23, 2026

An Integrated Approach to Waterways Safety Risk Assessment for the U.S. Coast Guard

RAND researchers assessed the portfolio of waterways safety risk assessment tools used by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), focusing on how they can be used in a systematic and coordinated way that improves the efficiency, coordination, and integration of existing tools.
Research

Mar 23, 2026

A Review of Coast Guard Waterways Safety Risk Assessment Tools

The authors assess the portfolio of waterways safety risk assessment tools used by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), focusing on fragmentation and overlaps across the tools and options for improving waterways safety risk assessment in the USCG.
Research

Mar 20, 2026

Civilian Workforce Challenges for the Department of the Air Force Air Operations: Development and Assessment of Alternative Civilian Personnel Systems

This report documents the development and assessment of potential alternative personnel system options designed to address recruiting and retention challenges for the U.S. Department of the Air Force civilian air operations workforce.
Mar 9, 2026

Analytic Capabilities to Support Logistics Analyses

This publication highlights eight analytic tools developed by RAND Project AIR FORCE that the U.S. Air Force can use to explore logistics challenges in requirements determination, storage and prepositioning, transportation, and logistics support.
Research Summary

Mar 5, 2026

Workforce Modeling at the Defense Contract Management Agency Provides Useful Estimates and Can Be Improved

RAND researchers assessed the Defense Contract Management Agency’s workforce modeling effort, concluding that it is comprehensive and provides estimates that can reliably inform decisions, but it could be improved with continued development.
Research

Mar 5, 2026

The Defense Contract Management Agency's Resource Workload Model Ecosystem: A Basis for Enhanced Warfighter Support

The authors validate the accuracy and usefulness of the Defense Contract Management Agency's (DCMA's) Integrated Resource Workload Model, which estimates the annual DCMA workload and the number of personnel necessary to carry out that workload.
Commentary

Feb 12, 2026

Why Korea's Nuclear-Powered Submarine Matters to U.S. Strategy

A nuclear-powered submarine would not just be a Korean capability upgrade. In an era of intensifying undersea competition and growing demands on U.S. forces, this is a strategic opportunity for the alliance, as well as for security in the Indo-Pacific.
Research

Feb 10, 2026

Manpower Analysis to Improve the Functional Alignment and Organizational Structure of Space Training and Readiness Command Headquarters

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Training and Readiness Command does not have the manpower to meet its requirements. To address this, RAND researchers determined its manpower needs, created a model for staffing decisions, and assessed its structure.
Research Summary

Jan 29, 2026

Improving Interoperability with Allies and Partners: Aircraft Maintenance and Base Operating Support

The U.S. Air Force must generate and sustain airpower from dispersed, partner-owned locations. This brief discusses interoperability not as an end state but as a spectrum of cooperation that is tailored to requirements, standards, and capabilities.
Research

Jan 20, 2026

Evaluating Digital Modernization: Enhancing Analytical and Decision Support in Department of Defense Acquisition Management

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is pursuing digital acquisition to leverage digital technologies and methodologies for enhanced acquisition outcomes. This report fulfills a congressional mandate to assess the state of DoD digital acquisition.
Research

Dec 30, 2025

Supply Chain Uncertainty and Responses: The Case of Ship Bromination Systems

The authors discuss where the supply chain for bromination systems might be vulnerable and identify solutions to potential disruptions. They also examine potentially analogous cases among commodities generated within the defense industrial base.

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Modernizing the Department of Defense Requirements Process

An Integrated Approach to Waterways Safety Risk Assessment for the U.S. Coast Guard

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Civilian Workforce Challenges for the Department of the Air Force Air Operations: Development and Assessment of Alternative Civilian Personnel Systems

Analytic Capabilities to Support Logistics Analyses

Workforce Modeling at the Defense Contract Management Agency Provides Useful Estimates and Can Be Improved

The Defense Contract Management Agency's Resource Workload Model Ecosystem: A Basis for Enhanced Warfighter Support

Why Korea's Nuclear-Powered Submarine Matters to U.S. Strategy

Manpower Analysis to Improve the Functional Alignment and Organizational Structure of Space Training and Readiness Command Headquarters

Improving Interoperability with Allies and Partners: Aircraft Maintenance and Base Operating Support

Evaluating Digital Modernization: Enhancing Analytical and Decision Support in Department of Defense Acquisition Management

Supply Chain Uncertainty and Responses: The Case of Ship Bromination Systems

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Modernizing the Department of Defense Requirements Process

An Integrated Approach to Waterways Safety Risk Assessment for the U.S. Coast Guard

A Review of Coast Guard Waterways Safety Risk Assessment Tools

Civilian Workforce Challenges for the Department of the Air Force Air Operations: Development and Assessment of Alternative Civilian Personnel Systems

Analytic Capabilities to Support Logistics Analyses

Workforce Modeling at the Defense Contract Management Agency Provides Useful Estimates and Can Be Improved

The Defense Contract Management Agency's Resource Workload Model Ecosystem: A Basis for Enhanced Warfighter Support

Why Korea's Nuclear-Powered Submarine Matters to U.S. Strategy

Manpower Analysis to Improve the Functional Alignment and Organizational Structure of Space Training and Readiness Command Headquarters

Improving Interoperability with Allies and Partners: Aircraft Maintenance and Base Operating Support

Evaluating Digital Modernization: Enhancing Analytical and Decision Support in Department of Defense Acquisition Management

Supply Chain Uncertainty and Responses: The Case of Ship Bromination Systems

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