Reducing the logistics burden for the Army after next : doing more with less / / Committee to Perform a Technology Assessment Focused on Logistics Support Requirements for Future Army Combat Systems, Board on Army Science and Technology, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 208 pages) : illustrations, charts
• Disciplina: 355.4/11/0973
• Soggetto topico: Logistics
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Reducing the Logistics Burden for the Army After Next -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Figures, Tables and Boxes -- Acronyms and Abbreviations ACRONYMS -- Executive Summary -- LOGISTICS AND THE ARMY AFTER NEXT -- ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS -- Logistics Trade-off Analysis -- Fuel and Energy -- Operational and Tactical Mobility -- Combat Engagement -- Reliability Concepts -- SOLDIER SUSTAINMENT -- JOINT FORCE REQUIREMENTS -- CHANGING PATTERNS IN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION -- ROAD MAP OBJECTIVES FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT -- Reducing the Fuel Burden -- Reducing the Ammunition Burden -- Reducing Other Burdens -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- STATEMENT OF TASK -- CONCEPT FOR ARMY AFTER NEXT OPERATIONS -- STUDY CONCEPT -- REPORT ORGANIZATION -- 2 Military Logistics and the Army After Next Requirements -- MILITARY LOGISTICS -- Strategic, Operational, and Tactical Logistics -- Historical Analysis of the Impact of Logistics on Modern Warfare -- CONCEPTS OF WARFARE FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- Logistics Concepts for the Army After Next -- Logistics Burdens for the Battle Force -- BURDEN REDUCTION GOALS -- 3 Logistics Trade-off Analysis -- FACTORS IN TRADE-OFF ANALYSES -- Capabilities for AAN Performance and Reducing Logistics Burdens -- Requirements for AAN Trade-off Analysis -- Comparison with the STAR 21 Study -- MODELING AND SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT TO SUPPORT LOGISTICS TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS -- Using the M& -- S Hierarchy for Exploratory Development and Defining Research Needs -- Mobility Trade-off Analyses -- Modeling Vehicle Performance, Including Fuel Consumption -- Virtual Proving Grounds for Vehicles and Drivers -- Linking System-Level Modeling with Engagement Simulations -- General Implications for Implementing an M& -- S Environment. ; Mission Rehearsal, Mission Logistics Planning, and Training Applications -- Trade-off Analyses for Small-Unit and Force-on-Force Engagements -- Trade-off Analyses to Support AAN Mission Reliability -- FACILITATING A MODELING AND SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT TO SUPPORT SYSTEM TRADE-OFF ANALYSES -- Setting Priorities -- Securing Buy-in and Commitment from Others -- Focusing on Logistics Trade-offs -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES TO REDUCE LOGISTICS BURDENS THROUGH TRADE-OFF ANALYSES -- 4 Fuel and Energy -- INCREASING THE ENERGY SUPPLY -- Hydrogen as a Battlefield Fuel -- Storage Problem -- Storing Hydrogen at Moderate Pressure in an Absorbent Material -- Producing Hydrogen Fuel on Site from Water -- Nuclear Fuel for Transportable Power Plants with High Power Density -- Coupled Nuclear-Electric-Hydrogen System -- REDUCING ENERGY DEMAND -- Lighter Vehicles through Materials Substitution -- Decreasing the Cost of Lightweight Substitutes -- Information Resources for Improving Materials Selection -- Modeling and Simulation Aids for Designing Materials -- Lighter Vehicles through Optimized System Performance -- System Optimization of Protection and Other Vehicle Weight Reduction Factors -- EFFICIENT ENERGY MANAGEMENT -- Fuel Economy as a Functional Specification -- HYBRID VEHICLES -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES TO REDUCE ENERGY-RELATED LOGISTICS BURDENS -- Increasing the Energy Supply -- Reducing Energy Demand -- Efficient Energy Management -- 5 Operational and Tactical Mobility -- OPERATIONAL MOBILITY -- TACTICAL (BATTLEFIELD) MOBILITY -- Wheeled Versus Tracked Vehicles -- Maneuver-Controlled Speed -- Force-Controlled Speed -- Visibility-Controlled Speed -- Ride-Controlled Speed -- Tire-Controlled Speed -- General Comments -- Remote Sensing to Enhance Battlefield Ground Mobility -- Reducing the Size of Vehicle Crews -- UGV Mobility -- Robot Vehicles. ; Current UGV Applications -- Future Applications for UGVs and Required Technologies -- DISTRIBUTED MODELING AND SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT FOR VEHICLE DESIGN -- Status of Current Modeling and Simulation Tools -- Technology Extensions -- Off-Road Mobility Analysis -- Mission Rehearsal Analysis -- Driver Training -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES TO REDUCE MOBILITY LOGISTICS BURDENS -- Operational Mobility -- Tactical Ground Mobility -- 6 Engagement -- SITUATIONAL AWARENESS -- PROJECTILE WEAPON SYSTEMS -- Gun Systems -- Electrothermal Chemical Gun -- Electromagnetic Gun (Rail Gun) -- Liquid Propellant Gun -- Small Missile Systems for Precision Attack -- Missile Systems for Kinetic Energy Attack on Armor -- General Purpose Indirect-Fire Weapons -- Precision Guided Munitions -- Propellants, Explosives, and Warheads -- Missile Propellants -- Warhead Materials -- Multimode Warheads -- Less Sensitive Munitions -- Logistics Implications of Projectile Weapon Systems -- DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS -- Lasers -- Microwave Devices -- LESS-THAN-LETHAL WEAPONS -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES TO REDUCE LOGISTICS BURDENS OF ENGAGEMENT SYSTEMS -- Situational Awareness -- Projectile Weapon Systems -- Directed-Energy and Less-than-Lethal Weapons -- 7 Reliability Concepts -- LOGISTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF HIGHLY RELIABLE SYSTEMS -- Pulse-Reliable Systems -- Fast Refitting through Improved Maintainability -- AAN Mission Reliability Versus Ultrareliability -- AAN Mission Reliability and RAMD -- USING AN M& -- S ENVIRONMENT TO DEVELOP AAN MISSION-RELIABLE SYSTEMS -- Adequate M& -- S Systems -- Defining Reliability in Measurable Characteristics -- Iterative Simulation -- Valid Data on Alternatives -- Preserving Mission Reliability during System Trade-offs -- THE THIRD APPROACH: RESEARCH TO ENABLE NEW RELIABILITY SOLUTIONS. ; Improving System Reliability at the Level of Component Analysis and Design -- Modeling Mechanisms of Failure -- Materials Selection for Improved Reliability -- Prognostics -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES TO ACHIEVE AAN MISSION RELIABILITY -- AAN Mission Reliability -- Three Approaches to Mission Reliability -- 8 Soldier Sustainment -- COMPACT POWER -- Microturbines -- Nuclear "Batteries -- PROTECTION OF PERSONNEL -- Body Armor -- Active Protection Systems -- MEDICINE AND NUTRITION -- OTHER TECHNOLOGIES -- FINDINGS -- 9 Joint Force Research and Development -- STRATEGIC LIFT CAPABILITIES -- LONG-RANGE SUPPORTING FIRE -- INTEROPERABLE COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS -- FINDINGS -- 10 Investment Strategy for Research and Technology Development -- ROLE OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT -- ARMY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM -- Strategic Research Objectives and S& -- T Objectives -- Strategic Research Objectives and AAN Situational Awareness -- Nanoscience -- Mobile Wireless Communications -- Intelligent Systems and Compact Power -- Strategic Research Objectives and Lightweight Materials -- Strategic Research Objectives for Logistics -- INVESTMENTS TO REDUCE LOGISTICS SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR AAN SYSTEMS -- Road Map Objectives -- Distributed M& -- S Technology -- Lightweight Materials for Air and Ground Vehicles -- Technology Development Areas -- Research Areas -- Airframe and Engine Designs -- Unmanned and Minimally Crewed Vehicles -- Mobility Systems -- Terrain Awareness -- New Energy Delivery Systems -- Lethal Systems Performance and Reduced System Weight -- Situational Awareness and Precision Guidance -- Technology Development Areas -- Research Areas -- Reducing the Ammunition Burden through Lethal Systems Performance -- Energetics and Warhead Materials -- Systems Design for Reliability -- Compact Power. ; Lightweight Protection Systems for Individual Soldiers -- Advances in Combat Medicine, Nutrition, and Soldier Fitness -- AAN Logistics Trade-off Analyses across Burden Reduction Goals -- Situational Awareness for Logistics Operations -- 11 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Appendices -- Appendix A Statement of Task -- Appendix B Meetings and Activities -- Committee Meetings -- First Committee Meeting, August 19-20, 1997 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. -- Second Committee Meeting, October 1-2, 1997 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. -- Third Committee Meeting, December 15-16, 1997 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. -- Fourth Committee Meeting, February 19-20, 1998 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. -- Fifth Committee Meeting, April 29-30, 1998 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. -- Panel Meetings -- Mobility Panel Meeting, October 22-23, 1997 Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center Detroit,… -- Sustainment Panel Meeting, October 27-28, 1997 U.S. Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina -- Mobility Panel Meeting, November 13-14, 1997 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg,… -- Mobility Panel Meeting, November 20-21, 1997 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. -- Engagement Panel Meeting, November 24-25, 1997 Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, Maryland -- Sustainment Panel Meeting, December 5, 1997 U.S. Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center, Natick Massachuse -- Site Visits -- Appendix C Technologies for Materials Selection and Design -- Information Resources to Support Materials Selection -- Databases for Material Properties -- Life-Cycle Cost Models -- Graphical Representations of Materials Properties to Support Materials Selection. ; Failure Detection as a Performance Option.
• Sommario/riassunto: This study assesses the potential of new technology to reduce logistics support requirements for future Army combat systems. It describes and recommends areas of research and technology development in which the Army should invest now to field systems that will reduce logistics burdens and provide desired capabilities for an ''Army After Next (AAN) battle force" in 2025.
• Titolo autorizzato: Reducing the logistics burden for the Army after next
• ISBN: 9786610186211; 9780309173322; 0309173329; 9781280186219; 1280186216; 9780309539029; 0309539021; 9780585067940; 0585067945
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957162203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Compass series (Washington, D.C.)