Mobile Landing Platform with Core Capability Set (MLP w/CCS): Combined Initial Operational Test and Evaluation and Live Fire Test and Evaluation Report

Abstract

This document reports on the evaluation of test adequacy, operational effectiveness, operational suitability, cybersecurity, and survivability of the Mobile Landing Platform with the Core Capability Set (MLP (CCS)). MLP (CCS) is a heavy-lift ship based primarily on the British Petroleum Alaskan Class crude oil tanker design. The CCS includes a raised vehicle deck (RVD), vehicle transfer ramp (VTR), and three Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicle lanes. MLP (CCS) is designed to moor skin-to-skin, at sea, with Large Medium-Speed Roll-on/ Roll-off (LMSR) ships for transfer of Marine Corps or Army rolling stock.1 This evaluation is based on data from a series of integrated test events, a dedicated end-to-end Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E), and two Marine Corps fleet exercises. MLP (CCS) is operationally effective, provided that operations are conducted in a safe, well-guarded operations area and within relatively calm sea state conditions. MLP (CCS) demonstrated in operational testing that it can successfully support an at-sea transfer of various loads of equipment from an LMSR Navy cargo ship to LCAC vehicles, which then move the equipment to shore. When the MLP was positioned 25 nautical miles from the LCAC shore landing site, it met its timed transfer requirement, enabling Marine Corps equipment for a Reinforced Rifle Company to be moved to shore in less than 12 hours. Although operations in sea states higher than the required mid-Sea State 3 conditions were not directly observed, MLP (CCS) might encounter problems in such conditions; VTR twist motion in higher seas will likely exceed the ramp s structural integrity. The MLP (CCS) is currently unable to operate with the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV); the JHSV ramp failed during the operational test due to the motion of the ships. Equipment transfers between these two ships are likely to fail even in calm seas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA626619

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Ballast Tanks
  • Boats
  • Cybersecurity
  • Engineers
  • Force Protection
  • Landing Craft
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Marine Corps Equipment
  • Military Equipment
  • Navy
  • Petroleum
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Transport Ships
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

  • 5G
  • Cyber