Reducing the Logistics Burden for the Army After Next Doing More with Less (1999) / Chapter Skim
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or commercial sources, the Anny should determine the research and technology development objectives that are most worthy of relatively scarce Army research dollars. In September 1996, the National Research Council (NRC)
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STATEMENT OF TASK The Committee to Perform a Technology Assessment Focused on Logistics Support Requirements for Future Army Combat Systems, referred to as the Briny After Next Logistics Committee, was formed in August 1997 to conduct a multidisciplinary study of Tong-term Army S&T investments that are likely to have the biggest impact on reducing logistics demand for the AAN. See Appendix A for the complete Statement of Task.
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In fact, at the time of this study, the AAN concept is becoming a cyclical process involving war games, analyses, and evaluations by the Army. This process was described to the committee as a concept exploration to define characteristics of a future Army capable of deploying a highly lethal battle force anywhere in the world on short notice.
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All vehicles and equipment will necessarily be designed to require minimal logistics support because battle force units will have to be self-sustaining (i.e., require no support from logistics organizations external to the battle force) for up to 14 days.
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The committee was aided during the fact-finding phase of the study by representatives of Army and DoD organizations including the AMC, ARL, ARO, and various ARC research, development and engineering centers; the Army Logistics Integration Agency; the Army Combined Arms Support Command; the Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station; the Arrny Science Board; the Air Force Office of Scientific Research; the Naval Research Laboratories; and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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describes requiremeets outside the Army's exclusive purview that bear on AAN requirements and on the determination of appropriate Army research and technology development. Chapter 10 (Investment Strategy for Research and Technology Development)
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