A survivability assessment of the transformable craft in an operational environment
Download
Author
Bodden, Huntley J.
Date
2010-06Advisor
Horne, Gary E.
Second Reader
Lucas, Thomas W.
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Seabasing is developing as a dominant concept for military operations in the 21st century and will be at the core of joint operations abroad. To enable an effective seabase, the Office of Naval research is leading an effort to design and develop a seabase connector known as the Transformable Craft (T-Craft). The T-Craft is intended to provide "game changing capabilities" for seabasing operations--substantially outperforming any seabase connector in the Navy's current inventory. Through the use of simulation, state-of-the-art design of experiments, and advanced data analysis, this research modeled and analyzed over 430,000 seabasing missions by varying the number of T-Craft, their capabilities (e.g., speed), the types of weapon systems carried, tactics, escort mixes, and threat level in order to determine which combinations obtain the highest survivability and throughput rate for the T-Craft. As a result of the research and analysis, the following were found: (1) the presence of escorts (at least two LCS in the scenarios we examined) is critical when a threat exists; (2) the operating speed of the T-craft must be determined by the operating capabilities of the escorts; and (3) the shoreline threat remains a critical area in ensuring T-Craft survivability.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.Collections
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Assessment of the operational requirements for the transformable craft in Seabasing Missions
Scheibe, Sebastian (Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010-06);In 2005, the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) #05-020 called for research and development efforts to design the Transformable Craft (T-Craft), a transport craft that will create a "game-changing" capability for the U.S. ... -
A simulation based analysis of U.S. Army Watercraft capabilities in a 2022 foreign humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operation
Beery, Paul T. (Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-09);This thesis utilizes the operational context established by Expeditionary Warrior 2010 (EW10), a United States Marine Corps operational level seminar planning game, to analyze a 2022 United States Army Watercraft Foreign ... -
Naval Postgraduate School Advanced Seabase Enabler Project: A Systems Engineering Case Study (presentation)
Paulo, Gene; Flitter, Lance (2006-10-26);This project describes a NPS capstone project as part of obtaining an MS in Systems Engineering. The project examined transporting cargo from a sea base to the desired destination and make recommendations regarding the ...