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Abstract

The FY14 dollars in the amount of $2.369 million supports project advanced component study and development, and prototype of equipment and sub-systems supporting the Army Watercraft mission to provide critical capabilities in support of full-spectrum land combat operations, by extending the Commander's available maneuver space into and throughout the littorals, inland waterways and near coastal regions. Army watercraft equipment supports the conduct of riverine, Logistics Over The Shore (LOTS), Joint Logistics Over The Shore (JLOTS), inter and intratheater transport, movement and maneuver, mission command and sustainment, as identified in DODD 5100-01 (Functions of the Department of Defense and its Major Components). Army Watercraft exploit the inland waterway and littoral regions as waterborne maneuver and supply routes, conduct operations through littoral entry points, developed, undeveloped, and austere access points, and in non-permissive, and/or denied access scenarios. The Army uses a spectrum of lighterage and floating craft, from heavy sustainment ocean going landing craft capable of intratheater and ship to shore transport and undeveloped beach or harbor access, to ocean-going and harbor utility tug boats and barge derricks for transport and denied port/salvage operations, and modular causeway systems to support LOTS/JLOTS. Capability will be appropriately incorporated into development of the Family of Maneuver Support Vessels (FMSV) Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) studies. Funding will also be used to enhance the maturation of equipment, systems and sub-systems into Army Watercraft for the purposes of improved performance, energy efficiency, environmental, and regulatory compliance. Funding is also used to enhance the seaworthiness, safety, survivability, supportability, and reliability of existing systems. Funded efforts will advance critical gaps in these areas for the current fleet, while at the same time studying, developing, and testing emergent technologies in a manner to support future acquisitions and future fleet planning, as those areas are to be imminently informed by the Army Watercraft Systems Board of Directors (AWS BOD). Fleet wide funding requirements will complete core requirements for development, prototype operational testing, and military unit assessment of externally mounted accommodation units in support of crew and supercargo berthing, integration of Escalation of Force (EoF) force protection enhancements, to include both lethal and non-lethal, development of Battle Command on the Move (BCOTM) and Common Operating Picture (COP)/interoperability aspects of existing C4ISR, enhancement of developing environmental and energy efficiency technologies to ensure continued compliance with increasingly stringent regulatory requirements, and study/development of digital technology integration in the areas of near and real time logistics management, area situational awareness, trend analysis, Condition Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+), equipment monitoring and diagnostics/prognostics and related functional areas, as well as study, and development of Terminal Operations (ship to shore).

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: 526_0603804A_4_2040_PB_2014

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Fields of Study

• Environmental science

Readers

• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
• Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Space