National Defense Research Institute Annual Report: Contract Year 1987

Abstract

In founding the National Defense Research Institute, OSD envisioned a valuable addition to DoD's research assets: an FFRDC (Federally Funded Research and Development Center), dedicated to the independent, objective analysis of complex, long-term security issues, drawing from the unique resources of The RAND Corporation. Each of the following sections addresses one of NDRI's research programs. The sections begin with a discussion of the issues addressed by the program and of the program's research activities during contract year 1987. A list of publications and briefings is included. Each section concludes with one or more research highlights summarizing the findings of key research. Contents: International Economic Policy Program; International Security and Defense Policy Program; Strategy Planning and Assessment Program; Force Employment Program; Applied Science and Technology Program; Information Processing Systems Program; Acquisition and Support Policy Program; and Defense Manpower Research Center.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 14, 1987
Accession Number
ADA229681

Entities

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • Information Processing
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.