DEPLOY: An Airlift Deployment Scheduler for Real-Time Crisis Action Planning.

Abstract

Preparation for a war in Europe would include the deployment of C-130 tactical airlift aircraft from their home bases in the United States to beddown locations in Europe. Methods currently used to plan such deployments would require as long as two days to provide a complete deconflicted deployment schedule. The purpose of this study was to automate the deployment planning process. A review of literature concentrated on recent theses which studied airlift problems and existing deployment planning software. An interactive program was written, based on the concept of using departure time from refueling choke points as the mechanism for regulating aircraft flow. A deployment flow plan for all active duty C-130s stationed in the U.S. can be completed, using this program, in approximately one hour.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA190680

Entities

People

  • R. M. Foster

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Transportation
  • Aircrafts
  • Airlift Operations
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Flight Training
  • Materials Handling
  • National Guard
  • Transport Aircraft
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Systems Analysis and Design