Research Catalog

Title

Soldier-portable battery supply : foreign dependence and policy options / Richard Silberglitt, James T. Bartis, and Kyle Brady.

Author

Silberglitt, R. S. (Richard S.)

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2014]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bartis, James T., 1945-
• Brady, Kyle
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) sponsoring body.

Description

23 pages; 28 cm

Summary

Batteries are a ubiquitous presence in equipment carried by soldiers and critical to the performance of electronic devices such as radios, computers, night-vision goggles, and laser range finders. These batteries are supplied by a variety of firms, and mostly assembled from cells that are acquired through a supply chain that is driven by commercial applications to mobile phones, laptop computers, tablets, and other electronic devices, and is predominately based in Asia. RAND found that government researchers and program managers and representatives of military battery suppliers have concerns associated with this foreign-dependent supply chain. The report discusses alternative policy options to address these concerns, without evaluating the benefits versus costs of these policy options.

Subject

• Storage batteries > Contracting out
• Lithium cells > Contracting out
• Business logistics > Contracting out
• United States > Armed Forces > Supplies and stores
• United States > Armed Forces > Energy consumption
• United States > Armed Forces > Equipment

Note

• Caption title.
• "This study was sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and was conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute."
• "RR-500-OSD" --P. [4] of cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-22).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780833084033
• 0833084038

OCLC

• 875921124
• SCSB-10047030

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library