FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Summary -- 1 Overview -- 2 Military Propulsion Needs -- 3 Air-Breathing Propulsion -- 4 Rocket Propulsion Systems for Access to Space -- 5 Rocket Propulsion Systems for In-space Operations and Missiles -- 6 Cross-cutting Technologies -- 7 Strategies, Issues, and Funding Trends -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix B Meetings and Speakers -- Appendix C Site Visits -- Appendix D Background Information on the Delta IV and Atlas V Families of Large Launch Vehicles -- Appendix E Background Information on FALCON Launch Vehicle Concepts.