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
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Committee on Maintaining Operational
Effectiveness for U.S. Naval Forces in Highly
Degraded Environments: Ensuring Trusted,
Resilient Data in the Face of Data Warfare (Phase 2)
Naval Studies Board
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Consensus Study Report
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COMMITTEE ON MAINTAINING OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS FOR U.S. NAVAL FORCES IN HIGHLY DEGRADED ENVIRONMENTS: ENSURING TRUSTED, RESILIENT DATA IN THE FACE OF DATA WARFARE (PHASE 2)
DONNA M. GREGG, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Co-Chair
KATHERINE A. RINK, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, Co-Chair
ARTHUR H. (TRIP) BARBER III, Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.
MAY CASTERLINE, NVIDIA Corporation
WILLIAM E. GORTNEY, ADM, USN (Ret.), Independent Consultant
WILMAN J. GUEVARA, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
WESLEY L. HARRIS, NAE,1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
TERRY P. LEWIS, Booz Allen Hamilton
SCOTT G. LITTLEFIELD, Scientific Systems Company, Inc.
THOMAS G. MACDONALD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory
WEN C. MASTERS, The MITRE Corporation
JEFFREY PICCIOTTO, The MITRE Corporation
MIKEL RODRIGUEZ, The MITRE Corporation
NILS R. SANDELL, JR., Independent Consultant
DENNIS P. SHEA, CNA
Staff
ELLEN CHOU, Study Director (beginning July 2021)
CHERIE CHAUVIN, Study Director (December 2020–July 2021)
CHARLES F. DRAPER, Study Director (June 2020–December 2020)
MARTA V. HERNANDEZ, Associate Program Officer
MARGUERITE SCHNEIDER, Administrative Coordinator
RAYMOND S. WIDMAYER, Senior Program Officer (until December 2021)
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NAVAL STUDIES BOARD
GARY ROUGHEAD, ADM, USN (Ret.), Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Chair
ARTHUR H. (TRIP) BARBER III, Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.
JAMES G. BELLINGHAM, NAE,1 Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy
WILLIAM E. GORTNEY, ADM, USN (Ret.), Independent Consultant
DONNA M. GREGG, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
CECIL D. HANEY, ADM, USN (Ret.), Independent Consultant
STEVEN B. LIPNER, NAE, SAFECode
WEN C. MASTERS, The MITRE Corporation
KATHERINE A.W. MCGRADY, CNA
JOSÉ M.F. MOURA, NAE, Carnegie Mellon University
KATHERINE A. RINK, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory
SEAN J. STACKLEY, L3Harris Technologies
MICHAEL STEVENS, MCPON, USN (Ret.), Navy League of the United States
SCOTT SWIFT, ADM, USN (Ret.), The Swift Group, LLC
Staff
ELLEN CHOU, Director (beginning December 2020)
CHARLES F. DRAPER, Director (until December 2020)
CHERIE CHAUVIN, Associate Director/Senior Program Officer (until July 2021)
MARTA V. HERNANDEZ, Associate Program Officer
MARGUERITE SCHNEIDER, Administrative Coordinator
RAYMOND S. WIDMAYER, Senior Program Officer (until December 2021)
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Acknowledgment of Reviewers
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We thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
Sharon Beermann-Curtin, STRATCON, LLC,
Priscilla E. Guthrie, Institute for Defense Analyses,
Jeffrey E. Kline, Naval Postgraduate School,
Heidi C. Perry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, and
Stephen Wallach, NAE,1 Independent Consultant.
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations of this report nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Gen. Lester Lyles, USAF (Ret.), NAE. He was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the authoring committee and the National Academies.
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