Deployment and Distribution Innovation

Abstract

This program provides for the development, integration, demonstration and detailed assessment of capabilities which improve deployment, distribution and supply chain decision-making/collaboration (e.g., planning stage to real-time execution/retrograde operations) without need for highly specialized operators. Projects in this area address the following: decision support tools, distribution process simulations/analytics, distribution demand forecasting/execution monitoring, automated decision-maker support (e.g., queuing, alerting, courses of action), automated status monitoring with information fusion to include drilldown capability, and resilient Command & Control (C2) infrastructure capabilities. Current planning, forecasting, and collaboration capabilities do not permit full synchronization of people, processes and assets to execute planned operations. Automated tools must be able to dynamically analyze/predict demand and provide input to advanced distribution planning systems to include the capability for Combatant Commanders to manage theater transportation operations from the port of debarkation to the point of need. Transportation information exchange across the DOD is inhibited by disparate systems, multiple data standards and insufficient interfaces. The ability to rapidly determine the impact of any delays/changes and conduct "what-if" impact assessments on the closure of force packages is required. This project addresses the required mission support to combatant commanders and other customers in the area of C2, Optimization, and Modeling and Simulations. This program also provides for the development, integration, demonstration and detailed assessment of capabilities to ensure USTRANSCOM mission assurance is in a persuasive/dynamic cyber environment. USTRANSCOM requires the procedures/technologies to improve cyber surveillance and control of networks across multiple domains and the ability to continue critical network operations in contested unclassified and classified network environments. The Command also needs the ability to differentiate between valid/unauthorized users and determine/quantify the trustworthiness of hardware/software systems. Additionally USTRANSCOM must have the ability to rapidly analyze & correlate data regarding malicious activities, select/evoke real-time defense actuators, perform automated reasoning capabilities that address data quality issues, and the ability to rapidly return to a known/safe operating state.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 640216_0604776F_4_3600_PB_2024

Tags

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
• Cybersecurity.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

• Cyber