United States Marine Corps aerial refueling requirements analysis

Author

Gates, William R. ; McCarthy, Mitchell J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. Manage., Naval Postgraduate Sch., Monterey, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

6/22/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1075

Abstract

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) currently operates a fleet of KC130 aerial refueling tanker aircraft. This paper uses queuing and simulation models to examine the USMC KC130 tanker requirement, contrasts the results and explores the budgetary implications of alternative fleet requirements. This analysis finds that queuing models don´t account for some of the complexities of aerial refueling operations. Therefore, queuing models may miscalculate the KC130 requirement. Simulation models give a more accurate depiction of actual KC130 requirement. Further, by incorrectly specifying the requirement the USMC could be faced with significant operational and budgetary implications

Keywords

aerospace computing; digital simulation; military computing; KC130 aerial refueling tanker aircraft; USMC KC130 tanker requirement; United States Marine Corps; aerial refueling operations; aerial refueling requirements analysis; budgetary implications; fleet requirements; queuing models; simulation models; Aging; Aircraft; Analytical models; Fuels; Helicopters; Hoses; Probes; Queueing analysis; Scheduling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 2000. Proceedings. Winter

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6579-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2000.899914

Filename

899914