Quarrelsome committees in US defense acquisition: the KC-X case

When the US Air Force set out to acquire a new aerial tanker (the KC-X), two highly suitable alternatives were offered. What could have been a short and simple source selection turned into a prolonged embarrassment. The original selection of 100 leased KC-767s was made in May 2003. But the KC-46 is expected to be operational in 2017 – more than a decade later. Our primary purpose here is to narrate and explain key events in the KC-X program. We search for useful paradigms, based in part on the US Government being better viewed as a quarrelsome committee than a monopsonist. In addition, we consider what this case might tell us about the US defense acquisition system.     

‘A Brave New World for Chinese Joint Operations’

A key organizational challenge for all modern militaries is instituting an effective command-and-control (C2) structure for joint operations. China has been a relative latecomer to joint operations, with a persistent weakness in joint C2. Reforms launched in early 2016 sought to overcome this challenge by establishing a permanent two-level joint C2 structure. Although not a ‘tipping point’ that will lead ineluctably to stronger operational effectiveness, this reform is nonetheless an important milestone in an evolutionary process towards better PLA joint operations. The result could be added operational challenges for several of China’s neighbors and the United States.     

等效载噪比评估全球导航卫星系统接收机误码率的适应性分析

等效载噪比是全球导航卫星系统接收机捕获、数据解调和跟踪性能的重要指标。近年来,研究人员取得大量以等效载噪比为指标的干扰影响分析研究成果,但鲜有等效载噪比适应性分析。为此,展开等效载噪比适应性研究。在推导单频干扰下接收机等效载噪比和误码率模型基础上,得出特定条件下等效载噪比评估数据解调性能失效的结论。同时,深入分析等效载噪比失效的机理,给出等效载噪比指标的适用条件。仿真实验验证了理论分析的正确性。     

Analysis of down times of jib cranes—A stochastic approach

In this paper a case study dealing with the maintenance problem of jib cranes is presented. A jib crane is viewed as a complex system whose performance is observed as a single realization over period of time. After pointing out limitations of existing stochastic models to analyze the observed realization a new family of bivariate stochastic processes is introduced. The data of jib crane is analyzed using new model and cross‐validated using part of the data set. It is noted that the new family of stochastic processes is useful to analyze bivariate data where one of the variables is finitely valued and the other is nonnegative and continuous. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 49: 231–243, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/nav.10006     

地形匹配辅助导航中的地形独特性分析

本文提出了一种用于地形匹配辅助导航系统中地形独特性分析方法。该方法从地形匹配的物理模型出发，定义了描述局部地形独特性的一个概率向量，在此基础上，给出了地形独特性的熵度量方法。分析和仿真实验表明，地形熵越小，地形就越独特，地形匹配区的可导航性就越好。     

高功率水介质开关加载脉冲电压波头的数值分析

文中对02号实验装置——高功率脉冲水介质开关上加载的脉冲电压的波头作了数值分析,理论上讨论了各参数对水开关工作性能的影响,得出了C_M/C对水击穿特性影响很大的重要结论,从而给高功率亚微秒水开关的设计提供了理论依据。本装置的大量实验数据验证了计算的正确性。     

微机数控定比运动速度插补的最小误差法

本文针对微机数控中检测一轴的运动、控制另一轴运动的定比运动,提出了一个控制速度插补的算法,证明了这种方法的最小误差特点,并进行了误差分析。     

锥比率数据包络分析模型的若干性质

本文针对锥比率数据包络分析模型,对DEA有效决策单元的存在性、几种DEA有效性之间的关系、输入(出)锥和决策锥对DEA有效性的影响以及对应生产可能集的性质等问题进行了研究,得出了有关结论。     

构件和运动副的工作能力的定量描述

继建立起机构工作能力的计算模型之后,讨论如何将构件和运动副的工作能力定量化,并给出了计算示例,从而使机构工作能力的定量分析更为明了.     

嵌入式质子交换光波导偏振器的制作及高消光比检测装置的研究

用钛内扩散和质子交换相结合的方法制得了光波导偏振器,这一偏振器由在不连续的扩钛波导中嵌入一段质子交换波导形成。本文讨论了一些资料中报道的检测方法,并对测量集成光波导偏振器提出了一个新方案。该方案测得的偏振器消光比大于52．5dB．