Intransit Visibility: Capturing All the Source Data.

Abstract

Visibility of assets within the Defense Transportation System has always been a challenge for the Department of Defense (DoD). The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) is DoD's lead agency for establishing Intransit Visibility. In its effort to establish Intransit Visibility, USTRANSCOM developed the Global Transportation Network, which acts as a central repository for transportation information. This will enable USTRANSCOM to collect information about cargo and passengers at their points of origin, and to track their movement through each node of the transportation network. In order to simplify the communication process within the network, USTRANSCOM has initiated several improvements: a reduction in the number of computer systems that process transportation information; data standardization to promote compatibility between these systems; simplification of the Defense Transportation Regulation; and standardization of Electronic Data Interchange transaction sets. These modifications will ease the difficulty of obtaining visibility information and facilitate the development of the Global Transportation Network.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA309719

Entities

People

  • James M. Miller

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Corporate Information Management
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Storage
  • United States Transportation Command
  • Warfare

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  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics