Naval Studies Board
The Naval Studies Board (NSB) was established in 1974 at the request of the then-Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) as an entity “to which the U.S. Navy could turn for independent and outside counsel of any area of its responsibilities involving the interplay of science and technical matters with other national issues.”
In progress
Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date.
Consensus
·2022
At the request of the Chief of Naval Operations, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conducted a classified study that examined U.S. Naval Forces' capabilities to maintain operational effectiveness in the face of an adversary's efforts to deny and degrade mission-critical d...
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Recent Publications
Emerging Science and Technology to Address Naval Undersea Medicine Needs: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
Workshop_in_brief
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
2022
Leveraging Commercial and Other Innovation for Future U.S. Navy Data Warfare Needs: Abbreviated Version of Full Report
Consensus
2020
Defending Forward-Deployed U.S. Navy Platforms from Potential Enemy Missile and Rocket Attacks: Abbreviated Version of a Classified Report
Consensus
2017
Mainstreaming Unmanned Undersea Vehicles into Future U.S. Naval Operations: Abbreviated Version of a Restricted Report
Summary
2016
A Review of U.S. Navy Cyber Defense Capabilities: Abbreviated Version of a Classified Report
Summary
2015