Research
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CRX-WP-0012
White paper Transport infrastructure
A Framework for Trustworthy Deployment: Governance, Human-Automation Teaming, and a Phased Implementation Roadmap for AI in Track Base Management
Paper 5, the capstone of a five-part series on artificial intelligence in railroad track base management.
2 Aug 202617 minOpen -
CRX-WP-0011
White paper Transport infrastructure
When the Model Is Wrong: Risks, Hazards, and Failure Modes of AI in Safety-Critical Track Inspection
Paper 4 in a five-part series on artificial intelligence in railroad track base management.
2 Aug 202617 minOpen -
CRX-WP-0010
White paper Transport infrastructure
The Economics of Knowing: Predictive Maintenance, Degradation Forecasting, and the Asset Value Case for Substructure AI
Paper 3 in a five-part series on artificial intelligence in railroad track base management.
2 Aug 202614 minOpen -
CRX-WP-0009
White paper Transport infrastructure
From Signal to Standard: Substructure Condition Metrics, Validation Protocols, and the Path to Regulatory Standing
Paper 2 in a five-part series on artificial intelligence in railroad track base management.
2 Aug 202616 minOpen -
CRX-WP-0008
White paper Transport infrastructure
Seeing Beneath the Rail: Sensing Technologies and Data Foundations for AI-Based Substructure Assessment
Paper 1 in a five-part series on artificial intelligence in railroad track base management. The foundational paper established the current state of AI-enabled substructure assessment and a three-layer framework of perception, condition assessment, and prediction.
2 Aug 202614 minOpen -
CRX-WP-0007
White paper Transport infrastructure
Artificial Intelligence in Railroad Track Base Management: Applying Machine Perception and Predictive Analytics to Ballast, Subballast, and Subgrade Condition Assessment
The condition of the railroad track base, the ballast, subballast, and subgrade layers beneath the rail and ties, governs the rate at which track geometry degrades, the drainage performance of the right of way, and ultimately the safety and cost profile of the network.
2 Aug 202615 minOpen -
CRX-WP-0006
White paper Government & policy
State Traffic Records Integration for National Safety Performance Management
US traffic fatalities fell to 39,254 in 2024, but the state data systems NHTSA depends on remain unintegrated — integration compliance stood at 13 percent in the last national baseline. This paper proposes a National Traffic Safety Data Fabric to link the six core records systems.
1 May 202634 min · 18 ppOpen -
CRX-WP-0003
White paper Defence & security
Managing Feedstocks for Additive Manufacturing in a Tactical Environment
Examines the feedstock problem created by expanding forward-deployed additive manufacturing: what materials are required, where they originate, how they degrade in tactical environments, and how they are stored and resupplied under contested logistics conditions.
1 Apr 202626 min · 16 ppOpen -
CRX-WP-0001
White paper Defence & security
Armor in the Drone Age: Integrating C-UAS Training Into Combined Arms Doctrine, Formation Design, and Crew Standards for the Armored Force
Assesses C-UAS training requirements across the Armored Force from crew to corps, and the gap between current training integration and the standard armored formations need to survive and fight in drone-saturated large-scale combat operations.
1 Apr 202624 min · 15 ppOpen -
CRX-WP-0002
White paper Defence & security
DOTMLPF-P Analysis: U.S. Military Combined Arms Countering Capabilities to Defeat UAS in the Modern Battlespace
A full DOTMLPF-P analysis of joint combined arms C-UAS capability, drawing on operational observations from Ukraine, current DoD programs of record, the December 2024 Counter-Unmanned Systems Strategy and the August 2025 establishment of JIATF 401.
1 Apr 202618 min · 14 ppOpen -
CRX-WP-0004
White paper Intelligence architecture
Sensor Fusion and the Common Operating Picture: The Intelligence Architecture Required for Effective C-UAS Integration Across Echelons
Assesses the intelligence architecture required for effective C-UAS integration across echelons: the sensor modalities, data transport, fusion, track management, and common C2 frameworks that transform discrete detection events into actionable, cross-domain kill chains.
1 Apr 202628 min · 18 ppOpen -
CRX-WP-0005
White paper Defence & security
VUCA and VUCA Prime in the Modern Battlespace: From Cold War Concept to Large-Scale Combat Application
Examines the origins, doctrinal history and current operational relevance of VUCA and VUCA Prime, applies both frameworks to the modern battlespace evidenced by Ukraine, the Middle East and multi-domain competition with China, and proposes an operationalized VUCA Prime response framework for LSCO commanders and staff.
1 Apr 202625 min · 16 ppOpen