Prioritizing Research and Development Projects of the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert J. Clark ◽  
Janos B. Koplyay
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Development Projects

People and Projects

1951 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-38
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
Social Scientist ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Strategic Intelligence ◽  
Psychological Warfare

The Department of the Air Force has recently established a new social science research agency at Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. This agency, the Human Resources Research Institute, was authorized in July, 1949, and is under the direction of a civilian social scientist, Dr. Raymond V. Bowers, former Executive Director of the Committee on Human Resources, Research and Development Board, Department of Defense. One of three Air Force research agencies in the field of human resources, the Institute has been assigned a broad mission, focussed on the educational, social psychological, and sociological problems of the Air Force. This mission includes research problems of (a) officer education and personnel, (b) military management and manpower utilization, and (c) strategic intelligence and psychological warfare. The research interests of the Institute in these three areas encompass such varied problems of personnel operations as leadership, morale, officer career guidance, manpower utilization, group motivation, organizational analysis and air-base community structure; and such problems of strategic intelligence and psychological warfare operations as relate to the social and psychological vulnerabilities of foreign nations. Being a part of the research and development program of the Air Force, the Institute has Air Force-wide research responsibilities, and is responsible for developing an integrated long-range program to accomplish its mission.

Ship of the Future

1991 ◽  
Vol 28 (04) ◽  
pp. 197-212
Author(s):  
K. Paetow
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Focal Points ◽  
Marine Research ◽  
The Third ◽  
Operational Costs ◽  
The Future

In 1980 work began on one of the most intensive and comprehensive marine research and development projects—the German Ship of the Future. The main task was the reduction of the operational costs of a vessel. After five years of work the project was successfully finished with the maiden voyage of the first SdZ prototype ship. The paper describes first the R&D project itself. The organizational structure, the financial background and some examples of development topics are explained. The second part deals with the conversion of the outcomes of the R&D project into the reality of a containership. The third part gives, by example of some focal points of the newly developed ship service technique, a broad description of the HDW-SdZ prototype ships and their economy. A short outlook to further developments concludes the paper.

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