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The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) indexes and abstracts defense-related government-sponsored scientific and technical reports. Most reports published since the late '90's are available as pdf files. The version linked below provides access to all unclassified, unlimited citations since 1975.

The DTIC R&E Gateway provides access to all citations since 1975 as described above, plus citations to documents limited to government and DoD only. In addition, a growing number of reports are provided full text. Access is limited to U.S. students, faculty and staff, and requires an individual password and/or registered CAC login.

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) (publicly releasable)
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Each product listed on the page must be searched separately.

This archive has limited search filtering capabilities. For a better search experience, you can use the National Technical Reports Library or if you are eligible, register and use the DTIC R&E Gateway and use the Advanced Search to filter for "A - Approved for Public Release" documents.
DTIC Research & Engineering Gateway (DTIC R&E) (public and restricted content)
CAC login/registration required.
Both publicly releasable and access controlled documents in all areas of defense research (science, technology, engineering, social science, business & budget), DOD directives & instructions. DTIC is the central scientific, research, and engineering information support activity for the DOD.
Click the Access-Controlled Sites tab. Access available to U.S. DOD/military employees and U.S. government employees and their contractors.

Other Sites for Finding Defense-Related Reports

Government and other agencies produce defense-related reports that are relevant to research in Operations Research and related curricula. The following list of agencies producing defense-related reports is not comprehensive.

Defense Acquisition Innovation Repository (DAIR) at NPS
Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
Research for the Navy and Marine Corps on categories such as data & architecture management, domestic safety & security, fleet & installation readiness, force readiness, future fleet concepts, global security, innovation & communications, plans & strategy, strategic competition, tactics & operations.
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Also check with our Restricted Resources librarian since many CNA reports are limited to Government or DOD only, and may be difficult to locate elsewhere.
CNA only sends selected reports to DTIC.

Defense Science Board (DSB)
Homeland defense, nuclear/WMD deterrence, non-traditional conflicts, information superiority, intelligent/autonomous systems, technological surprise, peacekeeping/humanitarian missions, smarter/safer/secure logistics
Unclassified DSB reports and executive summaries are available to the public and can be accessed by clicking on the name of the report. Alternatively, they can be accessed through Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) by clicking on the DTIC AD number.

DSB reports classified as Limited Distribution (FOUO, CUI, Distribution B, C, or D) can be accessed through DTIC by clicking on the DTIC AD number provided (government-issued CAC card holders only).

DSB reports classified as Secret can be accessed, by those with appropriate clearances, through DTIC via SIPRnet (https://www.dtic.smil.mil). The appropriate AD number is supplied when available.
DOD Office of Inspector General Publications
Audits and investigations of DOD programs and operations
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Reports & testimonies, legal decisions & opinions, comptroller general presentations, etc. published by this agency which serves as a "watchdog" organization for Congress.

Logistics Management Institute Reports
LMI is a private, non-profit corporation providing government with management advice. Areas of interest include: Acquisition; Facilities, Environment, and Asset Management; Financial Management; Information and Technology; Intelligence Programs; Logistics; and Organizations and Human Capital.
RAND
Analyses of national public policy issues including defense. You can also find them in the library search.

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Science.gov
Gateway to U.S. government science information. Research & development (R&D) results and scientific & technical information.

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