Toward New Naval Platforms: A Strategic View of the Future of Naval Engineering (2019) / Chapter Skim
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15 1 Study Background, Request, and Approach BACKGROUND The Office of Naval Research (ONR) conducts the extramural science and technology (S&T)
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16 TOWARD NEW NAVAL PLATFORMS with dedicating the resources needed to develop innovative shipbuilding concepts applicable to critical interests of the Navy, particularly in the areas of ship power, hydromechanics, propulsors, structural reliability, control and automation, and design. It was expected that ONR would conduct major field experiments that integrate technologies into innovative ship concepts and invest in students and research infrastructure.
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STUDY BACKGROUND, REQUEST, AND APPROACH 17 chapters published, number of principal investigators, and number of graduate and undergraduate students supported by NNR-NE-sponsored work. The subject matter of the main conclusions and recommendations of the 2011 TRB report is listed in Box 1-1.
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18 TOWARD NEW NAVAL PLATFORMS enterprise exists and is capable of meeting the future technology needs of the Navy for developing highly capable and affordable sea systems. However, certain aspects of the study charge, or Statement of Task, were changed in comparison to the charge given to the first study committee.
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STUDY BACKGROUND, REQUEST, AND APPROACH 19 interest in developing advanced power systems (e.g., energy on demand, integrate power and energy) to accommodate next generation weaponry, exploiting the capabilities of the rapidly changing digital world (e.g., modelbased engineering, artificial intelligence, rapid software updates)
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20 TOWARD NEW NAVAL PLATFORMS Furthermore, the ONR sponsors expressed a desire for succinct, actionable advice to inform the changes that will be needed in the NNR-NE to realize its full potential.4 In doing so, they emphasized the importance of ensuring the NNR-NE aligns with priorities established in the Naval R&D Framework, which demands technology-focused, integrated research portfolios that account for the future force attributes necessary for the Navy and Marine Corps. The Naval R&D Framework defines six integrated research portfolios, one of which is "Mission Capable, Persistent and Survivable Naval Platforms." This portfolio consists of NE and seven other "enduring research responsibilities," and it emphasizes the advancement of naval platforms, not only ships, commensurate with the Navy's interest in a distributed maritime operational concept.
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STUDY BACKGROUND, REQUEST, AND APPROACH 21 expected to be responsive to the rapidly evolving physical, operational, and technology environments of future naval platforms. Accordingly, the study sponsors expressed an interest in having a report with a strategic focus and that contains high-level advice that will remain viable as the environment in which the NNRs function evolves, as opposed to a review of the finer details of the existing program and its processes and management.
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22 TOWARD NEW NAVAL PLATFORMS strategic alignment to Navy direction, research project value, and long-term health of the NE enterprise. The committee sought answers to these and other questions in meetings with ONR officials and program leaders who briefed the committee on the NRR-NE program and by inviting speakers from industry, academia, the Navy, and elsewhere in DOD who provided their views on naval engineering S&T, workforce, and infrastructure needs and opportunities for the NNR to help meet them.
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STUDY BACKGROUND, REQUEST, AND APPROACH 23 as they pertain to the NNR-NE's technical (S&T) research, workforce, and infrastructure.
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24 TOWARD NEW NAVAL PLATFORMS The report does not give a lot of attention to characterizing the current "health" of the NE enterprise and its three pillars, as requested in the Statement of Task. Because characterizing the health of a large enterprise can be a complex and subjective matter, any such characterizations would have required access to a robust and diverse set of metrics and data, which the committee could not find.
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