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Combat support command, control, and communications (CSC3) : robust methods to mitigate communications disruptions
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Year: 1991 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation,

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In contrast to the U.S. Air Force's traditional logistics doctrine of airbase self-sufficiency, a policy of mutual supply and maintenance support among similarly equipped combat bases introduces a need for a combat support command, control, and communications (CSC3) system as well as efficient inter-base transportation. This study investigates CSC3 requirements first by postulating an ideal system, then by examining the effect of communications delays and interruptions on combat capability. Workarounds to mitigate these degradations, such as daily exception reporting of only a few critical needs, are evaluated. Exception reporting, which only requires communications facilities of message caliber, proved almost as effective as full asset status reporting, which depends on data-grade, computer-to-computer communications. Consequently, CSC3 requirements for in-theater mutual support appear less demanding than was generally thought. The analysis also reconfirmed the importance of fast, assured inter-base transportation.

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Improving the USAF technology transfer process : prepared for the United States Air Force
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Year: 1991 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation,

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The transfer of technology is an integral part of many U.S. Air Force (USAF) security assistance programs that train and equip foreign military forces. The USAF comments on security assistance programs proposed by the other services and advises policymakers on commercial sales of weapons systems and dual-use technologies. It also engages in cooperative research-and-development projects with other nations. Some observers in the USAF believe that it has little influence on the technology transfer process and that its concerns are routinely ignored. This Note presents ideas for increasing both the external persuasiveness and internal efficiency of the USAF in technology transfer cases. They include suggestions for ways to (1) reduce delays in the coordination process, (2) remove inhibitions on dissent, (3) anticipate broader concerns, (4) identify controversial cases, (5) secure adequate information, and (6) reorganize the Internal Programs Directorate.

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