Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force Information Technology Budget, FY 1997 Budget Estimates.

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Department Of Defense ◽  
Defense Department

Unmanned? Gender Recalibrations and the Rise of Drone Warfare

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 50-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine Bayard de Volo
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Department Of Defense ◽  
Military Strategy ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Defense Department ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Revolution In Military Affairs ◽  
Drone Warfare ◽  
The U.S

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)—drones—are increasingly prominent in U.S. military strategy (Shaw and Akhter 2012). The U.S. Air Force (USAF) trains more UAV pilots than fighter and bomber pilots combined (Parsons 2012). A 2011 Defense Department analysis predicted “a force made up almost entirely of [UAVs] by the middle of this century” (U.S. Department of Defense 2011). Some argue that drones and other robotics so alter the character and conduct of military operations as to constitute a revolution in military affairs (RMA) (Singer 2009).

Department of Defense Guide for Managing Information Technology (IT) as an Investment and Measuring Performance, Version 1.0

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Alexander ◽  
Eric Volles ◽  
Neal Levene ◽  
Bruce Miller ◽  
Paul Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Department Of Defense

Fluorine-Containing Elastomers

1961 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 1521-1552 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Montermoso
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Department Of Defense ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Task Force ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
World War ◽  
Arctic Regions ◽  
Rubber Compounds ◽  
Fuel Leakage

Abstract Fluoroprene, the first fluorine-containing elastomer, was developed by E. I. du Pont de Nemours … Company and reported by Mochel and others in 1948. However, intensive research to develop specialty rubbers from fluorocarbons was not started until the early 1950's. At the time, there was an urgent military need for fuel and chemical resistant rubbers for service under extremely low temperatures. Consequently, most of the fluorine-containing elastomers were the result of research conducted or sponsored by the Department of Defense. Army experiences in the Aleutians during World War II and in several task force operations in the Arctic regions showed, among others, that fuel hoses became brittle and cracked. Gaskets failed to function. On shipboard, the Navy was experiencing similar difficulties with rubber items. The Air Force, on the other hand, was being plagued with an epidemic of fuel leakage on many of its aircraft. The extraction of the plasticizers from the nitrile rubber compounds and the low temperature of the environment caused shrinkage of the seals and gaskets resulting in leakage of fuels. Obviously, a solution to these problems was to develop new fuel resistant rubbers which would be inherently flexible at extremely low temperatures.

Evolution of Cost/Schedule Control (Direct Labor) in Naval Shipyards

1993 ◽  
Vol 9 (03) ◽  
pp. 245-253
Author(s):  
Scott N. Gessis
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Department Of Defense ◽  
Reliable Data ◽  
Schedule Control ◽  
Control Concept ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Cost

The evolution of a cost/schedule control system (C/SCS) for direct labor in naval shipyards can be traced from the cost/schedule control concept used in the Air Force in the 1960s as an initiative toward more reliable data. Subsequent C/SCS programs were initiated across the Department of Defense (DoD) in the late 1960s and early 1970s. As private shipyards came under what is known as cost/ schedule control system criteria (C/SCSC), and its validation requirements, the issue of C/SCS in naval shipyards rose to the surface. In 1984, the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) issued a directive which called for C/SCS implementation in naval shipyards. Expanded use and standardization has followed. This paper reviews basic C/SCS principles, how naval shipyards have used C/SCS in improving performance, and how it has been standardized while still retaining a degree of flexibility.

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