2007
	Strategy for an Army Center for Network Science, Technology, and Experimentation The U.S. military has committed to a strategy of network-centric warfare. As a result, the Army has become increasingly interested in the critical role of network science. To a significant extent, this interest was stimulated by an earlier NRC report, Network Science. To build on that report, the Army asked the NRC to conduct a study to define advanced operating models and architectures for future Army laboratories and centers focused on network science, technologies, and experimentation (NTSE). The challenges resulting from base realignment and closure (BRAC) relocations of Army research, development, and engineering resources—as they affected the NTSE program—were also to be a focus of the study. This report provides a discussion of what NTSE is needed by the Army; an examination of the NTSE currently carried out by the Army; an assessment of needed infrastructure resources for Army NTSE; and an analysis of goals, models, and alternatives for an NTSE center.
	2005
	Network Science The military is currently attempting to develop itself into a force capable of network-centric operations. While this effort has highlighted the military’s dependence on interacting networks, it has also shown that there is a huge gap between what we need to know about networks and our fundamental knowledge about network behavior. This gap makes the military vision of NCO problematic. To help address this problem, the Army asked the NRC to find out whether identifying and funding a new field of “network science” could help close this gap. This report presents an examination of networks and the military, an analysis of the promise, content, and challenges of network science, and an assessment of approaches to creating value from network science.
	2004
	Army Science and Technology for Homeland Security: Report 2–C4ISR Shortly after the events of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Army asked the National Research Council (NRC) to study how science and technology could assist the Army meet its Homeland defense obligations. The first report, Science and Technology for Army Homeland Security—Report 1, presented a survey of a broad range of technologies and recommended applying Future Force technologies to homeland security wherever possible. In particular, the report noted that the Army should play a major role in providing emergency command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities and that the technology and architecture needed for homeland security C4ISR was compatible with that of the Army’s Future Force. This second report focuses on C4ISR and how it can facilitate the Army’s efforts to assist the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and emergency responders meet a catastrophic event.
	Meeting the Energy Needs of Future Warriors The central characteristic of the evolution of the combat soldier in recent years is an increasingly sophisticated array of sensing, communications, and related electronics for use in battlefield situations. The most critical factor for maintaining this evolution will be the development of power supply systems capable of operating those electronics effectively for missions up to 72 hours long. To address the challenge presented by fielding a myriad of separate communications and electronics components, the Army recognized in the early 1980s that it must approach equipping soldiers with a single integrated system, the Land Warrior (LW) system. At its current stage of development, the LW ensemble of electronics and batteries would add more than 30 pounds to a soldier’s load, which would severely limit effectiveness. Given this prospect, it is important that new approaches be sought on how to integrate and power these electronics. To assist in addressing this problem, the Army requested the National Research Council to review the state of the art and to recommend technologies that will support the rapid development of effective power systems for the future warrior.
	2003
	Science and Technology for Army Homeland Security: Report 1 The confluence of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack and the U.S. Army’s historic role to support civil authorities has resulted in substantial new challenges for the Army. To help meet these challenges, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology requested the National Research Council (NRC) carry out a series of studies on how science and technology could assist the Army prepare for its role in homeland security (HLS). The NRC’s Board on Army Science and Technology formed the Committee on Army Science and Technology for Homeland Security to accomplish that assignment. The Committee was asked to review relevant literature and activities, determine areas of emphasis for Army S&T in support of counter terrorism and anti-terrorism, and recommend high-payoff technologies to help the Army fulfill its mission.
	2002
	Technology Development for Army Unmanned Ground Vehicles Unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) are expected to play a key role in the Army’s Objective Force structure. The use of UGV systems will reduce casualties and significantly increase combat effectiveness. To examine aspects of the Army’s UGV program, assess technology readiness, and identify key issues in implementing UGV systems, among other questions, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology asked the National Research Council (NRC) to conduct a study of UGV technologies. The Committee on Army Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology, which was set up by the NRC to carry out this study, was also asked to evaluate UGV developments of importance to the Objective Force.
	2001
	Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines
	Opportunities in Biotechnology for Future Army Applications
	2000
	Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Detecting, Characterizing, and Documenting Exposures
	Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Force Protection and Decontamination
	1999
	Reducing the Logistics Burden for the Army After Next: Doing More with Less
	Technology-Based Pilot Programs: Improving Future U.S. Military Reserve Forces
	1998
	Review of Mass Spectrometry and Bioremediation Programs of the Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering Center
	1997
	Assessment of the U.S. Army Natick Research, Development, and Engineering Center
	Energy Efficient Technologies for the Dismounted Soldier
	Technical Assessment of the Man-In-Simulant Test (MIST) Program
	1996
	World-Class Research and Development: Characteristics for an Army Research, Development, and Engineering Center
	1995
	Commercial Multimedia Technologies for Twenty-First Century Army Battlefields
	1994
	The Army Research Laboratory: Alternative Organizational and Management Options
	1992-1994
	STAR 21: Strategic Technologies for the Army of the Twenty-First Century (Summary of subgroup reports which were published separately) The STAR 21 effort produced a multi-volume assessment, over two years, of the strategic technologies needed for a dominant Twenty-First Century Army. The above like leads to the main publication. The subgroup reports, published separately, are: STAR 21: Electronic Systems (1994) STAR 21: Personnel Systems (1994) STAR 21: Support Systems (1994) STAR 21: Technology Management and Development Planning (1994) STAR 21: Airborne Systems (1993) STAR 21: Health and Medical Systems (1993) STAR 21: Lethal Systems (1993) STAR 21: Special Technologies and Systems (1993) STAR 21: Technology Forecast Assessments (1993) STAR 21: Mobility Systems (1992) STAR 21: Strategic Technologies for the Army of the Twenty-First Century—book and booklet (1992)
	1989
	Assessment of the Implications of Present and Future Space Systems for the Army (U)
	Combat Vehicle Vulnerability to Anti-Armor Weapons: A Review of the Army's Assessment Methodology
	1987
	Panel on Tactical Explosive System (Letter Report)
	1986
	Achieving Leadership in Materials Technology for the Army of the Future
	Committee on Vulnerability Analysis Phase I (Letter Report)
	Committee on Vulnerability Analysis Phase II (Letter Report)
	Energetic Materials for Military Purposes: An Assessment
	1985
	Foreign Production of Electronic Components and Army Systems Vulnerabilities
	1983
	The Professional Environment in Army Laboratories and its Effect on Scientific and Engineering Performance
	1982
	Assessment of an Evaluation by the U.S. Army of Commercial Calibration Equipment