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Estimating Resource Requirements To Support Multi-Echelon F-15e Deployments, David R. Maxwell
Estimating Resource Requirements To Support Multi-Echelon F-15e Deployments, David R. Maxwell
Theses and Dissertations
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has become focused on developing the capability to rapidly respond to emerging crises. Strategic and operation planning play key roles in order to effectively implement this concept. During the planning process, separate courses of action (COAs) are developed. These COAs are evaluated based upon their operational effect, resource availability, nuclear and transportation feasibility. Currently, transportation feasibility assessments are based on the resources contained within a full Unit Type Code (UTC). Some COAs are eliminated based on these factors. However, most deployments occur at reduced levels. Situational factors, such as the …
Development And Analysis Of A Dual-Role Fighter Deployment Footprint Logistics Planning Equation, Stanley E. Griffis, Joseph D. Martin
Development And Analysis Of A Dual-Role Fighter Deployment Footprint Logistics Planning Equation, Stanley E. Griffis, Joseph D. Martin
Theses and Dissertations
This research investigated the deployment footprint of a developing dual-role fighter, the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). This thesis documents the creation of a point estimate linear equation and a spreadsheet model for deployment footprint analysis and provides three example applications of the spreadsheet model for the JSF. The development of the model focused towards direct application in the JSF acquisition process, however, this research also serves as a proof of concept for modeling any future weapon system's deployment footprint. The developed spreadsheet model allows the model manipulator to select a baseline weapon system then alter the various components which make …
Airlift System Sensitivity To Perturbed Time-Phased Force Deployment Data, Glenn G. Rousseau
Airlift System Sensitivity To Perturbed Time-Phased Force Deployment Data, Glenn G. Rousseau
Theses and Dissertations
This research evaluated the effects of perturbations in time phased force deployment data (TPFDD) on airlift system performance. Four characteristics of two TPFDD files were perturbed according to a 2(4-1) fractional factorial experimental design and then fed into the Airlift Flow Module (AFM) simulation. Specifically, small, constrained perturbations were made to the specified locations, the timeline, the amounts of cargo and passengers, and the proportion of outsize and oversize cargo categories. The effects these perturbations had on AFM output were interpreted using factor analysis. The computed factor scores, when plotted against one another, provided sensitivity plots, graphically depicting the sensitivity …