RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELDS OF UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING LARGE-SCALE COMPUTING SYSTEMS, AND INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH IN SYSTEMS THINKING, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, SYSTEMS ARCHITECTING, ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SYSTEM MANAGEMENT, NAMELY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELDS OF UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING LARGE-SCALE COMPUTING SYSTEMS, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, SCIENTIFIC ARCHITECTURES, ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AND THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECTS OF COORDINATED RESPONSE SYSTEMS TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS NEEDS, TECHNOLOGY ASPECTS OF COUNTER- TERRORISM AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION ACTIVITIES, AND TECHNOLOGY ASPECTS OF SECURITY AT BORDERS, IN TRANSPORTATION LANES SUCH AS LAND, SEA, OR AIR, PORTS OF ENTRY, EVENT SITES AND POPULATION CENTERS, AND INCLUDING THE TECHNOLOGY VULNERABILITIES FOR CYBER SYSTEMS, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, TECHNOLOGY DEPENDENT ESSENTIAL CAPACITIES SUCH AS WATER, FOOD, POWER, HOUSING, BANKING, MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES; ADVICE AND CONSULTING BASED ON RESEARCH IN THE COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY ASPECTS OF NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER ASPECTS OF COMPLEX MODELING AND TESTING OF POSSIBLE NATURAL DISASTERS, TERRORIST ATTACKS, THE EFFECTS OF POTENTIAL ADVERSARY WEAPON SYSTEMS, AND MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR PREVENTION, DEFENSE, COORDINATED RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY INCLUDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE; CONSULTING SERVICES, NAMELY, PROVIDING GOVERNMENT DECISION-MAKERS WITH RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS IN THE FIELDS OF AEROSPACE SYSTEMS, CIVIL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE COOPERATION

RESEARCH AND ANALYTIC SERVICES IN THE FIELD OF NATIONAL SECURITY, NAMELY, PROVIDING INDEPENDENT, CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND DECISION SUPPORT CAPABILITY FOR ANALYZING HOMELAND SECURITY RISKS AND TO HELP SET PRIORITIES AND GUIDE INVESTMENTS; RESEARCH AND ANALYTIC SERVICES IN THE FIELD OF NATIONAL SECURITY, NAMELY, IMPROVING DECISION MAKING BY EMPLOYING AN INTEGRATED SYSTEMS APPROACH TO EVALUATE HOMELAND SECURITY SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES AT ALL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND ANALYTIC SERVICES IN THE FIELD OF NATIONAL SECURITY, NAMELY, PROVIDING PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO CRITICAL PROBLEMS; RESEARCH AND ANALYTIC SERVICES IN THE FIELD OF NATIONAL SECURITY, NAMELY, DEVELOPING LONG-TERM, STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES ON KEY HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES; RESEARCH AND ANALYTIC SERVICES IN THE FIELD OF NATIONAL SECURITY, NAMELY, PROVIDING INDEPENDENT STUDIES AND ANALYSES TO AID KEY DECISION MAKERS IN THE EXTENDED NATIONAL SECURITY AND HOMELAND SECURITIES COMMUNITIES; RESEARCH SERVICES IN THE FIELDS OF GEOPOLITICS AS THEY RELATE TO NATIONAL SECURITY, DECISION-MAKING AS IT RELATES TO NATIONAL SECURITY, MODELING AND SIMULATION OF GEOPOLITICAL FACTORS AS THEY RELATE TO NATIONAL SECURITY, POLICY ANALYSIS AS IT RELATES TO NATIONAL SECURITY, MATHEMATICAL ADMISSION MODELING FOR MODELING GEOPOLITICAL FACTORS AS THEY RELATE TO NATIONAL SECURITY; CONSULTING SERVICES, NAMELY, PROVIDING GOVERNMENT DECISION-MAKERS WITH RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS IN THE FIELDS OF MILITARY OPERATIONS AS THEY RELATE TO NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY