The Development of RAPID System: From Concept to Initial Use and Beyond Status Report
Abstract
The Federal Government has been working to increase the security of U.S. ports including the supply chains that move goods and material that pass through these ports. This is especially true in the case of war materiel moving between forts and depots in the United States and theaters of operation. In 2003, the Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (DoT MARAD) tasked Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) to initiate an effort to help identify approaches to improve the safety and accountability of war materiel moving between forts and ships at the Port of Philadelphia. Beginning in 2004, the Delaware River Maritime Enterprise Council (DRMEC), a not-for-profit organization established to develop rapid and secure end-to-end supply chains for DoD as well as commercial shippers, tasked IDA to initiate the design, development, and demonstration of a pilot version of an online system to support tracking individual pieces of cargo, to provide a common operational picture to all stakeholders, and to provide RAPID Center with a means of alerting stakeholders to the occurrence or potential occurrence of significant events. The system, known as RAPID System, has been successfully used to support the return of war materiel as well as the deployment of a unit, the 10th Mountain Division through the Port of Philadelphia. Modifications have been started to allow the system to support simultaneous operations involving multiple ships at multiple ports.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA452108
Entities
People
- E. R. Smothers
- J. E. Hartka
- J. J. Karrels
- L. B. Scheiber
- M. H. Anstice
- P. N. Miller
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses