The Effects of Increased Missile Guidance Set Input Rate on the MINUTEMAN III Missile Guidance Set Repair Process at the Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center
Abstract
The Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center (AGMC) is a vital link in the Air Force's logistics support network. An important portion of AGMC's work load is the repair of the Minuteman III Missile Guidance Set (MGS). The importance of maintaining strategic missile operational capability dictates that AGMC be able to cope with current MGS work loads and to absorb changing work loads. If the average input rate were to increase due to changing mission requirements, AGMC managers would have to estimate what extra resources should be committed to MGS repair. The study is conducted using a GPSS V model to simulate the system level repair process for the MGS and the subsystem level repair process for the gyro stabilized platform. Through simulation of increased MGS input rate, the model identifies specific repair resource requirements at each of seven increased rates, up to 200 percent of normal. The simulation program with its extensive use of standardization and modularization, Macro statements that simplify coding and input of data, and indirect referencing, is a simplified approach to computer simulation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 16, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA030289
Entities
People
- David O. Reck
- Maxwell R. Flint
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology