Articulating the Effects of Infrastructure Resourcing on Air Force Missions

By Anu Narayanan, Muharrem Mane, Kristin F. Lynch, Jeremy M. Eckhause, James D. Powers, Peter Buryk, Kenneth Kuhn, Patrick Mills, John G. Drew

Assessment of Beddown Alternatives for the F 35

By Julie Kim, Perry Shameem Firoz, William W. Taylor, Ronald G. McGarvey, Gary James Briggs, Raymond E. Conley, Lance Menthe, Peter Buryk, James H. Bigelow, William A. Williams, S. Craig Moore, John G. Drew

As currently planned, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the most costly aircraft acquisition program in Defense Department history. One approach to ensuring program affordability could be to increas...

Supporting employers in the reserve operational forces era

By Susan M. Gates

"Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a U.S. Department of Defense office (DoD), asked the RAND Corporation to study the implications that using the Reserve Components (RCs) as an oper...

U.S. Navy Employment Options for Unmanned Surface Vehicles

By Jan Osburg, Scott Savitz, Robert W. Button, Irv Blickstein, Paul Deluca, James Dryden, Jason Mastbaum, Philip Padilla, Peter Buryk, Amy Potter

This report assesses in what ways and to what degree unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are suitable for supporting U.S. Navy missions and functions. It briefly characterizes the current and emerging...

Enabling early sustainment decisions

By John G. Drew

"The U.S. Air Force has long struggled to incorporate new weapon system logistics requirements and support system design considerations into its broader sustainment enterprise early in the acquisit...

Federal educational assistance programs available to service members

By Peter Buryk

Are Current Military Education Benefits Efficient and Effective for the Services

By Jennie W. Wenger, Matthew D. Baird, Trey Miller, Peter Buryk, Lindsay Daugherty

Increasing Cost Effective Readiness for the U. S. Air Force by Reducing Supply Chain Variance

By Peter Buryk, Patrick Mills, Sarah A. Nowak, Christopher Guo, John G. Drew

Assessment of beddown alternatives for the F 35

By Ronald G. McGarvey

As currently planned, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the most costly aircraft acquisition program in Defense Department history. One approach to ensuring program affordability could be to increas...