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Systems and Analyses Center Research
SAC provides support to our many sponsor organizations. Initially, SAC analyzed weapons systems, tactical doctrine, and force structure issues. Over succeeding decades, SAC’s research capabilities broadened to meet the evolving needs of its sponsors. Today, SAC blends expertise in technologies and systems with deep knowledge of costs, policies, human capital, intelligence, advanced analytic methods, and sponsor organizations and processes.
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Science and Technology Policy Institute Research
STPI’s interdisciplinary staff provides responsive, high-quality analyses of national and international science and technology (S&T) issues important to OSTP and other executive branch sponsors, including the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Center for Communications and Computing
The research portfolio has evolved over the years as communications technologies have advanced. Today, areas of particular emphasis are the creation and analysis of sophisticated encryption methods, high-performance computing technologies, the development of advanced algorithms and their applications, algorithmic and mathematical foundations of cryptology, computer network technologies supporting communications security, information processing technologies supporting cyber security, and analytical applications for large data sets. This list of problem areas gives no real hint as to the very wide diversity of mathematical approaches employed; virtually every branch of pure and applied mathematics has proved to be useful in these efforts.
Our success in providing cutting-edge research in mathematics and computer science to the National Security Agency (NSA) rests on four key pillars: exceptionally talented and versatile researchers, state-ofthe-art computational capabilities, a close working relationship with NSA, and ongoing engagement with the broader research community so that the work can take advantage of advances in the academic and commercial worlds.
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Meeting Space Challenges of Today and Tomorrow
The United States needs informed expertise to ensure continued U.S. leadership in space and to safeguard the sustainability of the space environment. IDA provides rigorous, independent, and objective analyses on space issues to sponsors across the federal government. We are trusted advisors to organizations, such as the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, National Space Council, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. We are committed to helping them sustain U.S. leadership in this rapidly evolving domain.
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Human Capital
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Sustainment
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