Accession Number:

AD1096336

Title:

Evaluating Future Trends in Support of the Air Force Strategic Environment Assessment, Discussion and Results from a Structured Workshop

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Final Report]

Corporate Author:

RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE ARLINGTON VA

Personal Author(s):

• Orletsky, David T.
• Wong, Yuna Huh
• Alkire, Brien
• Berner, Steven
• Frelinger, David R.
• Morgan, Forrest E.
• Mueller, Karl P.
• Posard, Marek N.
• Silberglitt, Richard
• Young, William

Report Date:

2019-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

96

Abstract:

This report presents the results of a fiscal year 2016 RAND Project AIR FORCE add-on project. This project supported the Air Force Strategic Environment Assessment AFSEA. The AFSEA is an examination of plausible futures for Air Force planning over a 30-year time frame. This report presents the results of analysis on nine future trends provided by the Air Force and the output of a structured workshop to consider interactions between the trends and to develop a set of future worlds.

Descriptors:

• intergovernmental organizations
• international law
• prosthetics
• air force
• directed energy weapons
• failed states
• information systems
• international relations
• conventional warfare
• employment
• military organizations
• personnel management
• warfare
• human systems integration
• hybrid warfare
• medical personnel
• asymmetric warfare
• contingency operations (military)
• military personnel
• national security

Subject Categories:

• Military Forces and Organizations

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]