Riverine sustainment 2012

Student Integrated ProjectIncludes supplementary materialThis technical report analyzed the Navy's proposed Riverine Force (RF) structure and capabilities for 2012. The Riverine Sustainment 2012 Team (RST) examined the cost and performance of systems of systems which increased RF sustainment in logistically barren environments. RF sustainment was decomposed into its functional areas of supply, repair, and force protection. The functional and physical architectures were developed in parallel and were used to construct an operational architecture for the RF. The RST used mathematical, agent-based and queuing models to analyze various supply, repair and force protection system alternatives. Extraction of modeling data revealed several key insights. Waterborne heavy lift connectors such as the LCU-2000 are vital in the re-supply of the RF when it is operating up river in a non-permissive environment. Airborne heavy lift connectors such as the MV-22 were ineffective and dominated by the waterborne variants in the same environment. Increase in manpower and facilities did appreciable add to the operational availability of the RF. Mean supply response time was the biggest factor effecting operational availability and should be kept below 24 hours to maintain operational availability rates above 80%. Current mortar defenses proposed by the RF are insufficient.N

Design and performance evaluation study of a prototype of a tactical unmanned aerial vehicle

This thesis aims to provide a low-cost solution through integrating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies to produce a prototype of a "Tactical Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle UCAV" system that can be utilized by the front-line ground units in the near future. The Tactical UCAV is designed to enhance the information collection and autonomous precision strike capability of the ground units. The Tactical UCAV can also be deployed as sensor nodes as part of a larger global information grid in a networkcentric warfare operation. The proposed Tactical UCAV system is comprised of a Hunter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (HUAV), which primarily carries high resolution sensors and communication devices and is used as a mother-ship for smaller "Killer UAVs (KUAV)." The KUAV carries a mission specific set of instruments; it can be a sensor or a warhead or both depending on the desired end results. After the target is acquired by the HUAV, the target information will be transferred to the KUAV. The KUAV can then be launched in close proximity of the target with the target position update from the HUAV. This thesis will focus on the development of a prototype KUAV and the integration of the prototype with the existing HUAV "Rascal" developed and operated by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). The KUAV and the HUAV will form the Tactical UCAV system.http://archive.org/details/designndperforma109453043Singapore Army author.Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited