Warfare Analysis

D. Brown Director, Strategic Assessments Office National Security Analysis Department Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory

D. Brown is a member of the Principal Staff and Director of the Strategic Assessments Office (SAO) at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) located in Laurel, Maryland. The SAO conducts broad-ranging analyses and assessments of National Security strategy, policy and technology trends that may affect APL. Recent efforts have included conducting an alternative futures exercise to examine potential geopolitical strategic futures and their impact on the military and related R&D, conducting an effort for OSD and the Secretary of the Navy’s Office to examine the principles of war, providing technical analysis and advice to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and serving on a National Reconnaissance Office and Navy sponsored study panel to assess the future use of space.

Prior efforts have included Submarine Force wartime readiness assessments, creation of the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle Program, serving on a Naval Research and Advisory Committee Panel to examine issues associated with transitioning technology, and serving on a Naval Studies Board to examine the role of experimentation in building future Naval Forces.

Mr. Brown has also served on the Navy staff in the Pentagon as the Science Advisor to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, in the Pacific as the Science Advisor to the Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet, and in the Pentagon as the Director for Submarine Technology. Mr. Brown also Headed the Hydrodynamics Branch at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, R.I. The Branch was responsible for investigating drag and noise reduction techniques for submersibles using both numerical simulations as well as test models in its own tow tanks and on ranges. Mr. Brown has received three Navy Superior Civilian Service Awards.

Mr. Brown’s formal education includes graduate work in National Security Studies at Georgetown and MIT. He was a Fellow in MIT’s Seminar XXI Foreign Politics and International Relations in the National Interest Program. Mr. Brown also holds an MS degree from Johns Hopkins University in Engineering Management, a MS degree in Ocean Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, and a BS degree in Engineering Science from Hofstra University.