Arroyo Research

Common Shop Stock Lists for the Army's Ground Brigade Combat Teams

The authors suggested improvements to the process to update the shop stock list maintained by the Army's brigade combat teams to enhance battlefield performance and mobility and reduce the workload required to reconfigure storage locations.

Kenneth Girardini, Candice Miller

Differences in Cost of Living and Military Pay Growth for Army Personnel

The authors explore the extent to which military compensation growth has kept up with cost-of-living changes over time, across geographic areas, and across subgroups of soldiers, using data from 2018 to 2022.

Beth J. Asch, Jessie Wang

Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades: Options to Improve Acquisition and Accountability

The authors assessed the implications of integrating additional uncrewed aircraft systems (UASs) for reconnaissance, fires, and other purposes below the division level. They derived implications for institutional and unit training and other institutional functions needed for success.

Frank Camm, Kenneth Girardini, Terrence K. Kelly

Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades: Electronic Warfare and Spectrum Management Considerations

The authors assessed challenges and opportunities related to integrating small uncrewed aircraft systems with electronic warfare capabilities in divisional brigades and identified ways to make XVIII Airborne Corps units more effective in meeting spectrum management challenges.

Jan Osburg, Timothy Parker, Hunter Stoll, Scott Boston, Terrence K. Kelly

Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades: Small UAS and Counter-UAS Training

The authors identified options for the Army to field and employ small uncrewed aircraft systems at the division, BCT and battalion levels to enhance fire support capabilities.

Dwight Phillips, Bradford T. Duplessis, Hunter Stoll, Terrence K. Kelly, Timothy Parker

Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades: Survey of SUAS

The authors identified options for the Army to field, and employ small, uncrewed aircraft systems (SUAS) including commercial off-the-shelf systems, the Defense Innovation Unit's Blue Uncrewed Aircraft Systems list, and the commercial market overall.

Angela Putney, Emily Ellinger

Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems in Divisional Brigades: Requirements and Findings

In this overview volume of a five-part series, the authors present their findings on how the U.S. Army can improve its training, acquisition, and use of small uncrewed aircraft systems to better prepare for combat operations.

Terrence K. Kelly, Angela Putney, Timothy Parker, Frank Camm, Emily Ellinger, Kenneth Girardini, Jan Osburg, Hunter Stoll, Jonathan P. Wong

The Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) and the Health of the Active Component: Understanding the Link Between the ACFT and Personnel Health and Injuries

This report examines the relationship between the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) and injury risk among active component soldiers and recommends policy options that the Army can consider to assess soldiers at risk and reduce preventable injuries.

Daniel Hicks, Carra S. Sims, Mary Avriette, Max Steiner, Sarah Baker

Improving the Efficiency of the Military Compensation System: Insights from the Literature

This report summarizes the body of literature on military compensation, with the goal of identifying ways to improve efficiency and gaps in knowledge for which future analysis would be promising.

Beth J. Asch

Reassessing the Basic Allowance for Housing for Army Personnel in a Rapidly Changing Housing Market

The authors provide information on how the fit between the Basic Allowance for Housing and area housing prices has evolved for Army personnel and the implications of that fit for the adequacy of housing for Army personnel.

Beth J. Asch, Jason M. Ward, Samuel Absher

Saving the Government Money: Recent Examples from RAND's National Security–Related Federally Funded Research and Development Centers

This publication lists and summarizes recent defense-related and homeland security–related projects undertaken by RAND's four federally funded research and development centers that have helped save the government money or identified ways to do so.

A Modernized Enterprise Army Modeling and Simulation Concept

In this report, RAND researchers explore enterprise concepts to modernize the U.S. Army's modeling and simulation infrastructure.

Henry Hargrove, Tim Conley, Emily Allendorf, N. Peter Whitehead, Jordan Willcox