Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Author: DEVELOPING ROBUST SUPPORT STRUCTURES FOR HIGH-TECHNOLOGY SUBSYSTEMS: THE AH-64 APACHE HELICOPTER.
Author: Rand CorporationAnnual Department of Defense Bibliography of Logistics Studies and Related Documents
Author: United States. Defense Logistics Studies Information ExchangePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military research
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Developing Robust Support Structures for High-Technology Subsystems: The AH-64 Apache Helicopter
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
The U.S. Army is relying more and more on high-technology weapons systems, which present a challenge for the logistics structure that must support them. Unlike the simpler weapons systems of the past, today's technologically sophisticated systems have components that are extremely expensive; in addition, maintaining today's systems is far more difficult, because diagnosing and repairing complex subsystem faults require sophisticated and expensive test and diagnostic equipment. And on top of all this, the uncertainties of war make forecasting demands for these expensive items highly problematic. These factors combine in ways that negate the value of preplanned inventory as a way to solve the demands for spares in changing environments. We believe that a more realistic solution to this challenge involves developing and evaluating alternative logistics structures whose more fundable resources-like transportation and repair-are used to respond to changing wartime demands. Using data on the high-technology subsystems of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, we hypothesize alternative logistics structures and assess their responsiveness-in terms of cost-effective improvements to weapon system availability-under contingency scenarios.
Evaluations of Alternative Maintenance Structures
Author: John B. AbellPublisher: RAND Corporation
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
To evaluate the Air Force's two-levels-of-maintenance concept for avionics, RAND advised those managing the demonstration and conducted independent evaluations of the alternative maintenance structures.
Government Reports Announcements & Index
Author: Improving DoD Logistics
Author: Kenneth Joseph GirardiniPublisher: RAND Corporation
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
DoD logistics managers can successfully reform the logistics system, achieve high performance in logistics processes, and ensure the effective and efficient provision of support to U.S. military operations now and in the future.
Aeronautical Engineering
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A selection of annotated references to unclassified reports and journal articles that were introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system and announced in Scientific and technical aerospace reports (STAR) and International aerospace abstracts (IAA).
Rand
Author: Rand CorporationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Design of Field-based Crosstraining Programs and Implications for Readiness
Author: William G. WildPublisher:
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Category : Occupational training, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
As part of a broad effort to reduce defense expenditures, the Army is exploring a number of new approaches to training individual soldiers. Prominent among these approaches is "field-based crosstraining (FBCT)," which involves combining two or more occupational specialties and shifting initial skill training from Army schools to on-the-job training in field units. This report describes a method for analyzing the features, advantages, and disadvantages of field-based crosstraining programs in the Army. Focusing on the specific case of helicopter maintenance, the report analyzes data from field units and recommends alternative field-based crosstraining strategies for the Army. An assessment of the Army's Apprentice Mechanic Initiative (AMI) for helicopter maintenance is included in the analysis.