This issue of IDA Research Notes is dedicated to the winner and finalists of IDA’s Larry D. Welch Award for best external publication. Named in honor of IDA former president and U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, the award recognizes individuals who exemplify General Welch’s high standards of analytic excellence through their external publication in peer-reviewed journals or other professional publications, including books and monographs. The articles in this edition are executive summaries of the original published pieces. We have identified and credited the original publication for each article and, where possible, we have included a link to the full piece.
- Ballistic Resistance Testing Techniques
- Vision, Reality, and Future of Software Defined Radios
- Malawi, 1994-2010: Analyzing HIV/AIDS Trends Using Geographic Information Systems
- Effects of Culture on Training Foreign Security Forces
- Military and Strategic Perspectives of the Iran-Iraq War
- Assessing Atmospheric Releases of Hazardous Materials
- Visual Analytics for Large Document Sets
- National Science Foundation's Role in Additive Manufacturing