An Analysis of Vertical Lift Platforms in Support of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to examine how the capabilities of the various vertical lift platforms, coupled with their unit cost, can be modeled and optimized to inform future decisions when tasking theater assets to assist in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) operations. A multi-criteria analysis was used to compare alternatives across key performance measures, such as search and rescue (SAR) capability, load capacity, range determination, and crew performance limitations. Additionally, we gave operational commanders a realistic assessment of daily capacity and cost, as well as the limitations thereof, through Monte Carlo risk simulation. Results from our models provided both an optimal vertical lift aircraft mix and scalable results in terms of daily pounds of goods delivered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1126826

Entities

People

  • Davis P. Katakura
  • Scott Chirgwin

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Disasters
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Linear Programming
  • Logistics
  • Mathematical Models
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Navy
  • Random Variables
  • Risk Analysis
  • Search And Rescue
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Simulations
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Supply Chain Management
  • United States
  • Uss Hopper

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.