Air Delivery and Marine Corps Logistics

Abstract

The Marine Corps needs to invest more time and effort in developing the capabilities of air-based logistics in order to reduce the exposure of ground-based logistics to threats and meet the sustainment needs of remotely deployed units. Based on weight alone, Air Delivery cannot completely replace ground-based logistics. However, with improvements in precision guidance, weight capacity of delivery systems, and improved recovery techniques, air delivery can have a major impact on logistics operations while lessening the exposure of ground-based logistics personnel and vehicles to enemy threats,

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 17, 2010
Accession Number
ADA600246

Entities

People

  • Richard C. Roberts

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Deployment
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosively Formed Penetrators
  • Ground Based
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Guidance
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Iraqi-War
  • Logistics
  • Marine Corps
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

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  • Missile Defense Systems.