Logistics support analysis on the palletized load system (PLS)

Author

McCormick, Jack E. ; Nussman, Phillip G.

fYear

1993

fDate

24-28 May 1993

Firstpage

960

Abstract

The United States Army is modernizing its heavy tactical truck fleet. Because of the changes in world powers during the past decade, any new system developed by this country must be adaptable to a variety of uses, be reliable and maintainable, and conserve manpower as well as other resources. The Palletized Load System, one of the latest additions to the fleet, is designed to perform a variety of jobs from hauling ammunition, food, or other supplies to serving as a weapons carrier. A self-load/unload vehicle, the truck is operated by a crew of one. The Tank-Automotive Command of the US Army used a two-phased, non-developmental acquisition strategy and a business approach to establish repair levels supported by thorough logistics support analysis to field this new heavy tactical truck in less than 48 months

Keywords

logistics data processing; road vehicles; transportation; weapons; Tank-Automotive Command; United States Army; ammunition; hauling; heavy tactical truck flee; logistics support analysis; manpower; palletized load system; self-load/unload vehicle; two-phased acquisition strategy; weapons carrier; Axles; Control systems; Diesel engines; Lifting equipment; Logistics; Maintenance; Power system reliability; Tires; Vehicles; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1993. NAECON 1993., Proceedings of the IEEE 1993 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1295-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1993.290813

Filename

290813