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Enhancing Assessments of Space Mission Assurance [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 118 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-Dec-2021
  • Kirjastus: RAND
  • ISBN-10: 1977404898
  • ISBN-13: 9781977404893
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 118 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-Dec-2021
  • Kirjastus: RAND
  • ISBN-10: 1977404898
  • ISBN-13: 9781977404893

The authors describe decisionmaker needs for assessments of space mission assurance (SMA), challenges for conducting SMA assessments, the shortfalls that may result from the challenges, and options for addressing the shortfalls.

Preface iii
Figures
vi
Tables
vii
Summary viii
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xii
1 Introduction
1(5)
Research Questions
1(1)
Limitations of the Research
2(1)
Methodology
2(2)
Report Outline
4(2)
2 Decisionmaker Needs for SMA Assessments
6(7)
Acquisition Decision Types That Need SMA Assessments
6(5)
Role of SMA Assessments for the Operational Community
11(1)
Summary
11(2)
3 Existing Analytic Methods
13(16)
Analytic Methods Currently Used for SMA Assessments
13(11)
Analytic Methods for Assessing Air Base Resilience
24(4)
Summary
28(1)
4 Shortfalls
29(6)
Shortfall 1 Lack of Established Baseline and Uncertainty Bounds for Inputs and Assumptions Needed for SMA Assessments
29(2)
Shortfall 2 Lack of Available Methods for Assessing Social-Behavioral Aspects of SMA Assessments
31(2)
Shortfall 3 Lack of SMA Assessments Linking Space to Terrestrial Warfighting Operations
33(1)
Shortfall 4 Lack of SMA Assessments Spanning Multiple Mission Areas
34(1)
Summary
34(1)
5 Ways to Address the Shortfalls
35(15)
Joint Space Warfighting Forum
35(1)
Enhance Interagency Information-Sharing
36(1)
Incentivize Innovation and Acceleration in Progress
36(1)
Sensitivity Analyses
37(1)
Decisionmaking Under Uncertainty and RDM Methods
37(3)
Assessing Implications of Space Deterrence for SMA Assessments
40(4)
Wargaming
44(1)
Campaign Outcome-Guided Mission-Level Analysis
45(5)
6 Summary and Conclusions
50(3)
Appendix A Example Application of an RDM Methodology to an SMA Assessment 53(16)
Appendix B Sensitivity Analysis with Application to SMA Assessments 69(15)
Appendix C Example Application of Campaign Outcome--Guided Mission-Level Analysis to an SMA Assessment 84(5)
Appendix D A Perspective on Explicit and Tacit Boundaries for Information-Sharing and Examples 89(8)
References 97