Maria McCollester

Replicating Threats in Operational Test and Training Infrastructure

The Investment Required to Keep Pace with Adversary Threat Generation

There are concerns that the rate at which China and Russia can field new technologies exceeds the rate at which the U.S. Air Force can replicate those...

Accounting for Climate Resilience in Infrastructure Investment Decisionmaking

A Data-Driven Approach for Department of the Air Force Project Prioritization

A new approach allows comparison of infrastructure projects based on their ability to improve installation resilience to climate-related hazards, supp...

Assessing the Readiness for Human Commercial Spaceflight Safety Regulations

Charting a Trajectory from Revolutionary to Routine Travel

RAND researchers assessed the progress that the commercial spaceflight industry has made in adopting voluntary safety standards and whether the indust...

The Role of Intellectual Property in U.S. Homeland Security

Researchers assessed intellectual property (IP) support at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its components and found underused oppor...

Rethinking Jointness?

The Strategic Value of Jointness in Major Power Competition and Conflict

This report examines whether the assumption that jointness is inherently valuable to the U.S. military is correct, and if so, in what ways. Understand...

Options for Improving Strategic Utilization of the Air Reserve Component for Sustained Active-Duty Missions

Since the mid-twentieth century, the U.S. military's reserve components have shifted from primarily a strategic force to today's operational force com...

Criminal History Record Information Sharing with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Education and Training Materials for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Partners

This report presents materials to facilitate more effective and efficient criminal history record information sharing with the Defense Counterintellig...

Promoting Joint Warfighting Proficiency

The Role of Doctrine in Preparing Airmen for Joint Operations

Concepts for future joint operations call for higher levels of integration among the services than in the past. Therefore, the Air Force is considerin...

Improving Transition Assistance for Reserve Component Members

The authors identify unmet needs for transitioning reserve component members, assess the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), and recommend ways to im...

ASSESSING THE READINESS FOR HUMAN COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT SAFETY REGULATIONS

CHARTING A TRAJECTORY FROM REVOLUTIONARY TO ROUTINE TRAVEL. SUMMARY

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Independent Evaluation of the Transportation Working Capital Fund

Assessment and Recommendations to Improve Effectiveness and Efficiency

The authors assess the financial viability and current structure of the Transportation Working Capital Fund, which funds U.S. Transportation Command o...