Hirokazu Miyake

In light of the impending drawdown of forces and the pressure to reduce defense budgets, this report describes research to quantify the rescuability window of downed aircrews to assist the U.S. Air Force s reassessment of its personnel recovery force structure. The current research quantifies the relationship between rescuability and time so that the most cost-effective options for increasing the rescuability of downed personnel can be pursued."

This report describes commercial practices for cyber workforce management and organization, as determined from a literature review and interviews with reputable organizations that have similarities to the U.S. Air Force (USAF). These practices are applicable to USAF as it endeavors to improve the management of its cyber forces. The authors describe the basis for each practice, the benefits it conveys, and how it could be implemented by USAF.

RAND researchers use literature reviews and stakeholder interviews to develop a preliminary logic model to help the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health s Nanotechnology Research Center assess its contributions to improving the safety and health of workers who could be affected by the production, use, reuse, or disposal of engineered nanomaterials."