A Qualitative Assessment of Air Force Logisticians' Knowledge of Advanced Manufacturing Techniques

Abstract

Research has shown that the US Air Force and the US defense industrial base have limited capability to produce on-demand aircraft spare parts or piece-parts in support of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, when no stock exists. This purpose of this research was to assess the familiarity that US Air Force logistics professionals have with advanced manufacturing techniques capable of producing on-demand aircraft spares and piece-parts, and to identify the barriers they advanced manufacturing techniques. The responses were qualitatively analyzed and the resultant themes were presented and discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1106278

Entities

People

  • Robert J. Fekete

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Engineers
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design