Agile Transportation for the 21st Century Objectives for the Defense Transportation System

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DoD) recognizes the benefits of in-transit visibility of commodities throughout the Defense Transportation System (DTS). The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) created the Global Transportation Network (GTN) as the primary command and control (C2) tool to capture and utilize in-transit cargo data. Currently, USTRANSCOM J5 is developing an advanced concept in technology demonstration (ACTD) called Agile Transportation for the 21st Century (AT2000) to improve C2 of cargo in-transit anywhere in the DTS. While developing AT2000, USTRANSCOM continues to focus on supply-chain management as part of a revolution in military logistics (RML). The United States Army's Velocity Management and USTRANSCOM's Strategic Distribution Management Initiative (SDMI) are key supply-chain initiatives in RML. Will the objectives of AT2000 improve or hinder these supply-chain initiatives? This question provides the impetus for this research paper.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA430870

Entities

People

  • Brad J. Eungard

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Transportation
  • Application Software
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Digital Communications
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Management Information Systems
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control