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Manpower and Personnel Needs for a Transformed Naval Force
National Research Council, 2008.

CG(x) and the Future of Naval Warfare
Loren Thompson. Lexington Institute, 10 December 2007 (.pdf file).

The Navy's New Flat-Earth Strategy
Robert D. Kaplan. The Atlantic, 24 October 2007.

The False Decline of the U.S. Navy
Robert Farley. The American Prospect, 23 October 2007.

Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service, 20 September 2007 (.pdf file).

Navy Still Years Away From Deploying Attack Drones Aboard Aircraft Carriers
Grace Jean. National Defense, September 2007.

Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service, updated 18 July 2007 (.pdf file).

The Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration Program: A New Dawn for Naval Aviation
Robert O. Work and Thomas P. Ehrhard. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 11 July 2007 (.pdf file).

Sea Basing and Alternatives for Deploying and Sustaining Ground Combat Forces
Congressional Budget Office, July 2007 (.pdf file).

Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service, updated 12 June 2007 (.pdf file).

Conventional Prompt Global Strike Capability: Letter Report
National Academies Press, 11 May 2007.

Littoral Combat Ship and the Birth of A New Navy
Loren B. Thompson. Presentation at the LCS Mission Systems Supplier Conference, Lexington Institute, 26 April 2007.

Navy Force Structure: Alternative Force Structure Studies of 2005 - Background for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service, 09 April 2007 (.pdf file).

Thinking About Navy Plans for the Future Surface Battle Line
Robert Work. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 07 March 2007 (.pdf file).

Navy Transformation: A Stable, Long-term View
Donald C. Winter. The Heritage Foundation, 07 February 2007 (.pdf file).

Seabasing: All Ahead Slow
Robert O. Work. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 06 February 2007 (.pdf file).

Securing the Seas: The Logic of Maritime Domain Awareness
Lexington Institute, February 2007 (.pdf file).

Naval Networking and E-2C
Merrick Carey and Daniel Goure. Lexington Institute, 11 January 2007.

A New Transformation Plan for the Navy's Surface Battle Line
Robert O. Work. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 2007 (.pdf file).

Distributed Remote Sensing for Naval Undersea Warfare: Abbreviated Version
Committee on Distributed Remote Sensing for Naval Undersea Warfare. National Academies Press, 2007.

Littoral Combat Ships: Relating Performance to Mission Package Inventories, Homeports and Installation Sites
Brien Alkire et al. RAND, 2007 (.pdf file).

Warfighting and Logistic Support of Joint Forces from the Joint Sea Base
Robert W. Button et al. RAND, 2007 (.pdf file).

The Role of Naval Forces in the Global War on Terror
National Research Council, 2007.

Naval Transformation, Ground Forces and the Expeditionary Impulse: The Sea-Basing Debate
Geoffrey Till. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, December 2006 (.pdf file).

Modularity, the Littoral Combat Ship and the Future of the United States Navy
Lexington Institute, November 2006 (.pdf file).

Propulsion Systems for Navy Ships and Submarines
Janet A. St. Laurent. Memo to the Subcommittee on Projection Forces, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives, 06 July 2006 (.pdf file).

Distributed Operations
Naval Research Advisory Committee Report, July 2006 (.pdf file).

Navy Ship Propulson Technologies: Options for Reducing Oil Use - Background for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service, 02 June 2006 (.pdf file).

A New Role for the Trident Fleet
Capt. Terry Benedict. Proceedings, June 2006.

The 'Floating Beach'
Matt Hilburn. Navy League of the United States, June 2006.

Options for the Navy's Future Fleet
Congressional Budget Office, May 2006.

Breakthrough
Glenn W. Goodman, Jr. Navy League of the United States, May 2006.

Defense Acquisitions: Challenges Associated With the Navy's Long-Range Shipbuilding Plan
Paul L. Francis. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Projection Forces, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives, 30 March 2006 (.pdf file).

The 313-Ship Fleet and the Navy's 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan
Robert O. Work. Testimony before the Subcommittee hearing on the Affordability of the Navy's 313-ship Navy and the Executability of the 30-year Shipbuilding Plan, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives, 30 March 2006 (.pdf file).

Navy DD(X), CG(X), and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service, 07 March 2006 (.pdf file).

Stiletto Cuts a Swath to New Navy Technologies
Robert K. Ackerman. Signal Magazine, March 2006.

With Stiletto, DOD Steps Up
Defense Systems, March/April 2006 (.pdf file).

Stiletto Principal Characteristics

Stiletto/Wolf PAC
Capt. Neil Parrott. Office of the Secretary of Defense (.pdf file).

Navy Role in Global War on Terrorism
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service, 06 February 2006 (.pdf file).

Naval Transformation: Background and Issues for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service, 17 January 2006 (.pdf file).

The Future of Naval Aviation
Owen R. Cote, Jr. MIT Security Studies Program, January 2006 (.pdf file).

C4ISR for Future Naval Strike Groups
Committee on C4ISR for Future Naval Strike Groups, National Research Council, 2006.

Identification of Promising Naval Aviation Science and Technology Opportunities
National Research Council, 2006.

Leveraging America's Aircraft Carrier Capabilities
John Gordon IV et al. RAND, 2006 (.pdf file).

Identification of Promising Naval Aviation Science and Technology Opportunities
Committee on Identification of Promising Naval Aviation Science and Technology Opportunities, National Research Council, 2006.

A Transformation Limited by Legacy Command and Control
Charles D. Sykora. Naval War College Press, 2006.

Diesel-Electric Corvettes
Carlton Meyer. Excerpt from book The Spectrum of Future Warfare, 2006.

Why Has the Cost of Navy Ships Risen? A Macroscopic Examination of the Trends in U.S. Naval Ship Costs Over the Past Several Decades
Mark V. Arena. RAND, 2006 (.pdf file.)

Future Navies - Present Issues
Jane G. Dalton. Naval War College Review, Winter 2006. Posted on the TrackPads website.

Issues Related to Navy Battleships
GAO Report to the House Committee on Armed Services, 13 December 2005 (.pdf file).

DoD Systems Modernization: Planned Investment in the Naval Tactical Command Support System Needs To Be Reassessed
GAO Report to the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate, December 2005 (.pdf file).

Army Transformation at Sea: The New Theater Support Vessel
Lt. Col. Stephen R. Trauth et al. Military Review, November/December 2005 (.pdf file).

U.S. Poised for Innovative Ship Design Experiment
Michael Sirak. Jane's Defence Weekly, 16 November 2005 (.pdf file).

Naval Aviation and Long-Range Strike: Coming Choices
Robert O. Work. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 10 November 2005 (.pdf file).

Navy Advances Lay the Groundwork for Revolutionary Changes
Robert K. Ackerman. Signal Magazine, 04 November 2005.

The 1,000 Ship Navy: Global Maritime Network
John G. Morgan Jr., and Charles W. Martoglio. Proceedings, November 2005. U.S. Naval Institute. (Free Registration required).

The Navy's DD(X) Destroyer Program
J. Michael Gilmore. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Projection Forces Committee on Armed Service, U.S. House of Reprsentatives, 19 July 2005 (.pdf file).

Progress and Challenges Facing the DD(X) Surface Combatant Program
Paul L. Francis. Government Accountability Office, 19 July 2005.

Naval Power in the Twenty-First Century
Peter Dombrowksi, ed. Naval War College Newport Papers #24, July 2005 (.pdf file).

Progress of the DD(X) Destroyer Program
Goverment Accountability Office, 14 June 2005 (.pdf file).

Faster Is Not Always Better
Carlton Meyer. G2mil.com, 13 April 2005.

ASW: Awfully Slow Warfare
Richard R. Burgess. Navy League, April 2005.

Winning the Race: A Naval Fleet Platform Architecture for Enduring Maritime Supremacy
Robert O. Work. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 01 March 2005 (.pdf file).

Plans Need to Allow Enough Time to Demonstrate Capability of First Littoral Combat Ships
Government Accountability Office, March 2005 (.pdf file).

Sea Basing: Poised for Takeoff
Thomas Hone. Transformation Trends, 15 February 2005 (.pdf file).

Transformation Czar Says U.S. Navy Is Too Inflexible
Gidget Fuentes. DefenseNews.com, 4 February 2005. Posted on the Office of Force Transformation website (.doc file).

Cebrowski Touts Sebasing, But Criticizes Related Misconceptions
Aarti Shah. Inside the Navy, 4 February 2005. Posted on the Office of Force Transformation website (.doc file).

Cebrowski Recommends Large Fleet of Small, Less Expensive Ships
Aari Shah. Inside the Navy, 04 February 2005. Posted on the Office of Force Transformation website (.doc file).

American Carrier Air Power At the Dawn of a New Century
Benjamin S. Lambeth. RAND, 2005 (.pdf file).

The Navy's Needs in Space for Providing Future Capabilities
National Academies Press, 2005.

Sea Basing: Ensuring Joint Force Access from the Sea (2005)
National Academies Press, 2005.

Autonomous Vehicles in Support of Naval Operations
National Academies Press, 2005.

Transforming the Navy
Editor Emil Lyutzkanov. Information & Security Series, November 2004 (.pdf file).

The Future of the Navy's Amphibious and Maritime Prepositioning Forces
Congressional Budget Office, November 2004 (.pdf file).

Transforming the Battle Fleet
Robert O. Work. Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments, 18 April 2004 (.pdf file).

Small Combat Ships and the Future of the Navy
Robert O. Work. Issues in Science and Technology, Fall 2004.

Naval Forces' Defense Capabilities Against Chemical and Biological Warfare Threats
Naval Studies Board, 2004. Posted on the National Academies Press website.

Expeditionary Strike Groups Are Misaligned
Terry C. Pierce. Naval Institute, May 2004. (Requires free registration).

2003 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research's Marine Corps Science and Technology Program
Naval Studies Board. National Academies Press, 2004.

Naval Transformation and the Littoral Combat Ship
Robert O. Work. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, February 2004.

The Role of Experimentation in Building Future Naval Forces
National Academies Press, 2004.

Future Needs in Deep Submergence Science: Occupied and Unoccupied Vehicles in Basic Ocean Research
National Academies Press, 2004.

Submarines:  Weapons of Choice in Future Warfare
Myra S. McKitrick. Lexington Institute, December 2003 (.pdf file - slow loading).

Marines Aim for Comprehensive Network
Matthew French. Federal Computer Week, 12 November 2003.

Networking the Navy
Loren Thompson. Lexington Institute, November 2003 (.pdf file - slow load).

Best-Laid Plans:  Mission-Planning Systems Help Coordinate Multi-Faceted Amphibious Operations
Ted McKenna. Journal of Electronic Defense, October 2003.

An Exploratory Analysis of Littoral Combat Ships' Ability to Protect Expeditionary Strike Groups
Motale E. Efimba. Naval Post Graduate School, September 2003. Hosted by STINET database (.pdf file).

Fleet Battle Experiment Turns War-Fighting Theory into Reality
Kurt Wesseling. Tandem Thrust 03 Joint Information Bureau, 09 May 2003. Posted on the GlobalSecurity.org website.

Is the U.S. Navy Being Marginalized?
Stansfield Turner. Naval War College Review, Summer 2003. Posted on the Find Articles website(.pdf file).

Transforming the Navy:  Punching a Feather Bed?
Peter J. Dombrowski and Andrew L. Ross. Naval War College Review, Summer 2003. Posted on the Find Articles website (.pdf file).

Spartan Unmanned Surface Vehicle Envisioned for Array of High-Risk Missions
David Vergun. Navy League, May 2003.

Transforming the Navy's Surface Combatant Force
Congressional Budget Office, March 2003.

Marine Corps Transform
Myra S. McKitrick. Lexington Institute, 2003 (.pdf file).

Forks in the Road for the U.S. Navy
Frank W. Lacroix and Irving N. Blickstein. RAND, 2003 (.pdf file).

Honing the Keys to the City:  Refining the United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Force for Urban Ground Combat Operations
Russell Glenn, et. al. RAND, 2003.

'Network-Centric' Submarines Expand
Sandra I. Erwin. National Defense Magazine, November 2002.

Transforming the Submarine Force: Integrating Undersea Platforms into the Joint Global Strike Task Force
Capt. Floyd D. Kennedy, Jr. Air & Space Power Journal, 2002.

Information Technology:  Issues Affecting Cost Impact of Navy Marine Corps Intranet Need to Be Resolved
General Accounting Office, October 2002.

Future of the Aircraft Carrier
Defense Science Board Task Force, October 2002. Posted on the AcqWeb website (.pdf file).

Future of the Aircraft Carrier
Defense Science Board Task Force, October 2002. Posted on the Global Security website.

Naval Power for a New American Century
Roger W. Barnett. Naval War College Review, Winter 2002. Posted on the Find Articles website.

Naval Transformation: Prospects and Implications
Peter J. Dombrowski and Andrew L. Ross. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, 29 August- 2 September 2002. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

The Return of Friction and the Transformation of U.S. Naval Forces in the 21st Century
Aaron Scholer. American Political Science Association, August 2002. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

Charting the Pathway to OMFTS: A Historical Assessment of Amphibious Operations From 1941 to the Present
Carter A. Malkasian. The CNA Corporation, July 2002 (.pdf file).

Navy Network-Centric Warfare Concept: Key Programs and Issues for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service, 3 June 2002. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website.

Naval Transformation: Background and Issues for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service, 23 May 2002. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website.

Force Transformation in the Pacific
Adm. Dennis C. Blair, CINC, Pacific oCmmand. Presentation at US Naval Institute/Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association conference, San Diego CA, 15 January 2002.

Transforming the US Navy
Carlton Meyer. G2mil.com. March 2002.

Measures of Effectiveness for the Information-Age Navy: The Effects of Network-Centric Operations on Combat Outcomes
Walter Perry, et. al. RAND, 2002.

A 21st Century Navy
Transforming the U.S. Military, Department of Defense, 2002.

Naval Fires Network:  The Transformation of Naval Warfare
David Nagle, Naval Sea Systems Command Public Affairs, 2002. Posted on the GlobalSecurity.org website.

Military Transformation: Navy Efforts Should Be More Integrated and Focused
General Accounting Office, August 2001.

Naval Transformation: Background and Issues for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service. Washington DC: CRS, June 2001.

Navy Network-Centric Warfare Concept: Key Programs and Issues for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. CRS Report for Congress. Washington DC: CRS, June 2001.

Submarine Force of the Future
Chief of Naval Operations. Submarine Warfare Division. June 2001.

Warp Drive Underwater
Steven Ashley. Scientific American (May 2001)

Wargaming Network-Centric Warfare
Capt. Robert C. Rubel. NWC Review (Spring 2001). Posted on the Find Articles website.

Transformation and the Navy's Tough Choices Ahead: What Are the Options for Policy Makers?
Ronald O'Rourke. NWC Review (Winter 2001). Posted on the Find Articles website.

Directed Energy and Fleet Defense: Implications for Naval Warfare
Capt. William J. McCarthy. Occasional Paper #10. Center for Strategy and Technology, Air War College, May 2000.

Network-Centric Naval Forces-Overview: A Traditional Strategy for Enhancing Operational Capabilities.
Naval Studies Board, et al. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000.

Assessment of the Office of Naval Research's Marine Corps Science and Technology Program
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications. Washington DC: National Academy Press, 2000.

An Assessment of Undersea Weapons Science and Technology
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications. Washington DC: National Academy Press, 2000.

Mobile Targets From Under the Sea. An MIT Security Studies Program Conference
Owen Cote. Report from a conference sponsored by the MIT Security Studies Program, Cambridge, MA, December 1999.

Rebalancing the Fleet
Vice Admiral A. K. Cebrowski and Captain Wayne P. Hughes, Jr. (USN). Posted on the Defense Daily Network Website, November 1999.

QDR 2001: The Navy and the Revolution in Military Affairs
James J. Wirtz. National Security Studies Quarterly (Autumn 1999)

Point Men for a Revolution; Can the Marines Survive a Shift From Hierarchies to Networks?
Joel Garreau. Washington Post, 6 March 1999

Naval Expeditionary Logistics: Enabling Operational Maneuver from the Sea
Committee on Naval Expeditionary Logistics, Naval Studies Board, et. al. Washington DC: National Academy Press, 1999.

1999 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research's Air and Surface Weapons Technology Program
Committee on the Review of the ONR's Air and Surface Weaponry, et al. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999.

Precision Strike from the Sea: New Missions for a New Navy
Owen R. Cote, Jr. MIT Security Studies conference report posted on Global Beat Website, 24 September 1998.

Network-Centric Warfare: Its Origin and Future
Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski, U.S. Navy, and John J. Garstka. Proceedings (January 1998).

Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force. National Academy Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, 1997.
Volume 1: Overview
Volume 2: Technology
Volume 3: Information in Warfare
Volume 5: Weapons
Volume 6: Platforms

The Arsenal Ship Measures Up To Joint Vision 2010
Lt. Alan J. Abramson. Position paper hosted on the Federation of American Scientists Web site. 7 November 1997.

Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035 Becoming a 21st-Century Force: Volume 7: Undersea Warfare.
Naval Studies Board, et al. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997.

The Arsenal Ship And The U.S. Navy: A Revolution In Military Affairs Perspective
Lt. Dawn H. Driesbach. Graduate thesis hosted on the Federation of American Scientists Web site.

Concept Hierarchy
Naval Warfare Development Command Concepts Development Department, Newport, Rhode Island.


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