Download or read book Defense Science Board Task Force on Energy Systems for Forward Remote Operating Bases written by U. S. Department of Defense and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-14 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy is a critical enabling component of military operations and demand for it will continue to increase over time. In particular, energy usage on the battlefield, at the tip of the spear, will likely increase significantly over the next few decades. Energy delivery and management is a problem and will continue to be a challenge. We recommend a number of ways that this can be significantly improved. Measures to increase the energy performance (a term which includes consideration of energy efficiency) in military platforms and base power systems can make a significant contribution to reducing demand for fuel for forward operating bases (FOBs), remote operating bases (ROBs), and expeditionary forces; however, the high and growing energy needs of current and future military operations are likely to outpace improvements to energy efficiency and management, such that the defense sector is likely to be characterized by higher and higher energy demands. Energy intensive capabilities are under development for which there is no parallel development for power sources. We are at a pivot point. Longer term energy solutions should support sustainment of technical superiority. It is not just about basing, but warfighting capability enabled by the assured supply of energy. We have identified technologies with potential to meet this challenge of providing reliable, abundant, and continuous energy. Alternative energy technologies such as wind, tidal, solar and similar intermittent energy sources are unlikely to consistently meet current or future energy demands for FOBs, ROBs, and expeditionary forces, apart from very limited and highly specialized applications. The intermittent character of many alternative energy sources requires energy storage technology or redundant power supplies, and emerging technologies for improved energy storage do not appear able to keep pace with the growth of the DoD's energy needs.
Download or read book Task Force on Energy Systems for Forward Remote Operating Bases written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Energy Systems for Forward/Remote Operating Bases and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Task Force was tasked with examining the feasibility of deployable, cost-effective, regulated, and secure small modular reactors with a modest output of electrical power (less than 10 megawatts) to improve combat capability and improve deployed conditions for the Department of Defense. Furthermore, under the Terms of Reference, it was stipulated the Task Force should: assess different mechanisms to provide energy to forward and remote operating bases; identify the relevant factors of the energy sources; address these factors in a qualitative manner; and, provide quantitative analysis, whenever possible. Moreover, the Task Force was requested to address the following: technical feasibility; policy oversight and regulation; robust safety and secure design features; logistics and resources; proliferation concerns; life-cycle costs; deployment policies and transportability; personnel costs; and, lessons learned from recent combat operations"--Preliminary page.
Download or read book Study on the Use of Mobile Nuclear Power Plants for Ground Operations written by Juan A. Vitali and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study was commissioned by the Army Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), G-4 to analyze the potential benefits and challenges of mobile nuclear power plants (MNPPs) with very small modular reactor (vSMR) technology and to address the broader operational and strategic implications of energy delivery and management. The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics released the Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force final report on Energy Systems for Forward/Remote Operating Bases in 2016. The DSB observed that energy is, and will remain, a critical enabling component of military operations, with demand continuing to increase over time. This study supports the DSB's recommendations and considers the political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal/regulatory (PESTEL) factors associated with a future, near-term decision involving the deployment and employment of MNPPs"--Page iii
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on DoD Energy Strategy written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on DoD Energy Strategy and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense science board task force report on mobility written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Capabilities written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Nuclear Capabilities and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the defense science board task force on nuclear weapon effects test evaluation and simulation written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on DoD Energy Strategy written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on DoD Energy Strategy and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Powering the U S Army of the Future written by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the request of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology, Powering the U.S. Army of the Future examines the U.S. Army's future power requirements for sustaining a multi-domain operational conflict and considers to what extent emerging power generation and transmission technologies can achieve the Army's operational power requirements in 2035. The study was based on one operational usage case identified by the Army as part of its ongoing efforts in multi-domain operations. The recommendations contained in this report are meant to help inform the Army's investment priorities in technologies to help ensure that the power requirements of the Army's future capability needs are achieved.
Download or read book Interim Report of the Defense Science Board DSB Task Force on the Survivability of Systems and Assets to Electromagnetic Pulse EMP and Other Nuclear Weapon Effects NWE written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Defense Science Board Task Force is examining the ability of DoD's forces and critical supporting capabilities (e.g., communications, power) to survive, operate, and succeed on/in battlefields/battlespaces where nuclear weapons are threatening or are being employed. The most likely case(s) are use of nuclear weapons by others. Although fratricide is the least likely case, ignoring it is risky. Moreover, U.S. nuclear forces require an increased premium on reliability and survivability as further reductions occur. Understanding nuclear weapons effects (NWE) and mitigation options is a central military-technical matter. See Table 1 at the end of the report for a notional matrix of the scope of the problem and the Task Force's assessments to date.
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Deterrence written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Nuclear Deterrence and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Deterrence Skills written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Nuclear Deterrence Skills and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Time Critical Conventional Strike from Strategic Standoff written by United States. Defense Science Board and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time critical conventional strike from long standoff ranges into restricted or denied territory has been an operational, policy, and acquisition challenge for a long time. In situations in which time is not a factor and/or in which sufficient U.S. forces are deployed nearby, the U.S. has demonstrated its ability to strike at identified threats effectively. However, in situations in which time is a factor and no nearby forces are present, only two options are currently available-- nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile systems(ICBMs)/submarine/sea-launched ballistic missile systems (SLBMs) or no military action. This report recommends a course of action to ensure that there is an appropriate, effective time critical conventional strike option in place.
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Weapon Effects Test Evaluation and Simulation written by Office of the Under Secretary of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Nuclear Weapon Effects (NWE) Test, Evaluation and Simulation was undertaken with the overall goal of providing a comprehensive evaluation of current and future Department of Defense (DoD) processes for assuring successful operation in nuclear environments. As directed by the Terms of Reference, we have assessed opponent capabilities and DoD processes for establishing and enforcing hardness goals. These assessments have considered the emergence of terrorism as a major threat to the U.S. homeland and deployed forces abroad, the asymmetric attractiveness of the use of nuclear weapons to offset U.S. conventional superiority, and the growing evidence of proliferation of nuclear-capable states. We have also evaluated the evolution of DoD and Department of Energy (DOE) modeling, simulation, and above-ground testing capabilities since the cessation of underground testing to understand our ability to qualify hardened systems. The results of this Task Force were developed independent of, but are highly consistent with, the findings and recommendations of the Congressionally mandated Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Commission.
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Preventing and Defending Against Clandestine Nuclear Attack written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Phase 1 Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Joint Experimentation written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Joint Experimentation and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
