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Featured Publications

Actionable Directions for the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Air Force to Enhance Mid-Scale Manufacturing: Issue Paper

Issue Paper

2025

Emerging Science and Technology to Address Naval Undersea Medicine Needs: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief

Proceedings

2024

Enhancing Operational Effectiveness of U.S. Naval Forces in Highly Degraded Environments: Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence in Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Abbreviated Version of Full Report

Consensus Study Report

2022

Leveraging Commercial and Other Innovation for Future U.S. Navy Data Warfare Needs: Abbreviated Version of Full Report

Consensus Study Report

2020

Toward New Naval Platforms: A Strategic View of the Future of Naval Engineering

2019

Featured work

Biotechnology Capabilities for National Security Needs--Leveraging Advances in Transdisciplinary Biotechnology

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Maintaining Operational Effectiveness for U.S. Naval Forces in Highly Degraded Environments: Ensuring Trusted, Resilient Data in the Face of Data Warfare (Phase 2)

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Maintaining Operational Effectiveness for U.S. Naval Forces in Highly Degraded Environments: Ensuring Trusted, Resilient Data in the Face of Data Warfare

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Update of National Naval Responsibility for Naval Engineering

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Defending Forward-Deployed U.S. Navy Platforms from Potential Enemy Missile and Rocket Attacks

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Mainstreaming Unmanned Undersea Vehicles into Future U.S. Naval Operations

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Capability Surprise on U.S. Naval Forces

Consensus/Advisory Activity

National Security Implications of Climate Change for U.S. Naval Forces

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Expert Meeting on Acquisition Strategies for Icebreakers

Meeting of Experts

Polar Icebreaker Cost Assessment

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Units

Center for Advancing Science and Technology (CAST)

Oversight Unit

The Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Standing Committee

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