42 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