24 February 2021 DOD Selects NPS to Advance Research in Environmental Resilience and Surprise The Department of Defense’s (DOD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) has awarded the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) funding to begin a new research project, titled “Advancing Resilience Theory and Tools to Combat Environmental Surprise,” focused on developing new...
22 February 2021 NPS to Launch New Maritime Security Certificate Supporting Naval Strategies With the recent release of the Tri-Service Maritime Strategy Advantage at Sea and the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Navigation Plan – strategies for the Navy to project power and sea control amid competition – the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is building a new in-resident maritime security...
19 February 2021 Intuitive, NPS-Developed Behavior Analysis Tool Now Accessible to the Public From drone communication to supply chain optimization, the web-based behavior modeling tool Monterey Phoenix (MP) Firebird, developed at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), is a specification language and software that is useful in analyzing emerging systems behavior and can be applied in almost...
17 February 2021 NPS Expands Coursework in Great Power Competition, Focused on China The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is once again expanding its graduate education offerings on the subject of Great Power Competition (GPC). While NPS has recently launched a distance learning GPC certificate program, NPS’ Department of National Security Affairs (NSA) will launch two in-resident...
12 February 2021 Systems Engineering Capstone Competition Develops Real Solutions to Real Challenges The Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Systems Engineering Management (SEM) programs held their latest Outstanding Capstone Project Award competition, with four teams of students developing challenging solutions to real-world problems in their efforts to take top honors...
01 February 2021 Former Strategic Command, Pacific Fleet Commander Talks Great Power Competition in Guest Lecture Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) distinguished alumnus retired U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, former Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, spoke virtually to Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) faculty, staff and students on the topic of “Great Power Competition (GPC) in the Cognitive Age” during the latest...
25 November 2020 Researchers Use Flying Lab to Study Effects of Wildfire Smoke on Naval Operations As the recent Monterey county wildfires burned more than 150,000 acres, Naval Postgraduate School researchers took to the local skies in a specially-equipped DeHavilland Twin Otter UV-18A aircraft, basically a flying laboratory full of scientific instruments, to research the effects that smoke has...
24 November 2020 Program Takes Warfare Tactics Instructors to Next Level at Naval Postgraduate School A pilot program at the Naval Postgraduate School is giving fleet warfare tactics instructors – officers whose specialized training, operational experience and deep understanding of fleet tactics makes them tactical subject-matter experts – the academic theory behind those tactics to make them even...