Reducing the Logistics Burden for the Army After Next Doing More with Less (1999) / Chapter Skim
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to undertake the following tasks: Understand the importance of logistical considerations to successful battlefield operations and the likely impact of different enabling technologies on logistics support. Review concepts under consideration for soldier and battlefield systems for the AAN time frame.
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Burden reduction goals identified include: reducing fuel demand; increasing fuel energy density; improving energy systems and energy management; reducing the weight of vehicles and ammunition; reducing the number of rounds per target; increasing system reliability; lightening soldier systems and increasing soldier effectiveness; and optimizing system designs. ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS The broad functional categories of operational and tactical mobility and combat engagement were used throughout the study for the committee's analysis and discussion of burden-reducing technologies.
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The surest way to meet the combination of high cross-country mobility and reduced weight desired for tactical mobility would be a family of wheeled vehicles with advanced technology for active suspension, look-ahead terrain awareness, and subsystem automation to reduce crew size. A distributed, hierarchical M&S environment that can
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Given the dynamic pace and short life cycle of SA technologies, the committee is concerned about the increasing vulnerability of Anny combat systems to "technology overmatch." Technologies that ensure that every round fired is effective against its target will have the greatest impact on the ammunition logistics burden, as well as providing formidable lethal effectiveness for an AAN battle force. Improved precision guidance and increased lethality are thus key performance objectives for projectile weapon systems.
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Road map objectives in the middle column provide feasible routes to meeting the logistics burden reduction goals, listed in the second column. The two right-hand columns list the specific areas of technology development and research (basic or applied)
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if the necessary basic and applied research does produce promising candidates, a distributed M&S environment that can model logistics demands for air and ground mobility systems will be essential for designing and developing battle-competent systems within the AAN time frame. Minimally crewed vehicles could decrease vehicle weight, although the tradeoffs among fuel demand and other performance objectives will require the kind of
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-- r r -- - ~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ -- -fir The mobility systems evaluation objective in Table ES-l refers to the need for total systems evaluations of the many technology options for AAN ground vehicles. Technologies such as hybrid drive, intelligent engines, active suspension, terrain sensors, and energy storage and recovery shoulder be incorporated into system designs and evaluated for their impact on fuel consumption and other logistics burdens in scenarios typical of AAN missions.
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In keeping with its Statement of Task, the committee focused on technologies to reduce logistics demands of combat systems and did not study technologies to improve logistics systems; however, the table includes an entry for technologies and research to support logistics SA to emphasize the ubiquitous role of SA technologies in the AAN time frame. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS In addition to detailed findings and recommendations on research and technology development in which the Army should invest, the committee formulated general conclusions about reducing logistics support requirements for Army After Next systems.
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Revolutionary changes in battlefield mobility for an AAN battle force are unlikely to be attained before 2025. The committee found no combination of technologies that would be capable of simultaneously meeting hypothesized requirements for speed, weight, fuel consumption, survivability, and lethality for AAN fighting vehicles.
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Advances that extend human physical capacity and reduce the need for medical support could lead to quantum improvements in soldier combat performance. Reducing the soldier's logistics support requirements would have a multiplier effect by increasing combat effectiveness and reducing logistics demand for medical support, water, food, and life support.
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With improved modeling and simulation tools, the Army can identify, analyze, and evaluate alternatives and determine optimum system characteristics for reducing logistics demands at minimum expense. State-of-the-art modeling and simulation tools could also be used to test operational tactics and procedures, train soldiers, and verify doctrinal precepts.
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