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.”
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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
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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