Comprehensive aerial logistics management for the sea base
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Authors
Lin, Kyle Y.
Atkinson, Michael P.
Chen, Samuel L.
Subjects
carrier onboard delivery (COD)
C-2A Greyhound
CMV-22B Osprey
carrier strike group (CSG)
forward logistics site (FLS)
sea base
discrete event simulation
logistics
cost benefit analysis
C-2A Greyhound
CMV-22B Osprey
carrier strike group (CSG)
forward logistics site (FLS)
sea base
discrete event simulation
logistics
cost benefit analysis
Advisors
Date of Issue
2017-03
Date
March 2017
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
Carrier onboard delivery (COD) is the use of aircraft to transport people and cargo from a forward logistics site (FLS) to a carrier
strike group (CSG). The goal of this project is to study how a real-time cargo tracking capability can reduce the delay of high-priority
cargo while increasing that of low-priority cargo. To do so, we analyze data from COD operations between 2010 and 2015 to develop
a simulation model, and use those data to infer model parameters. Our simulation results indicate that, with two C-2A aircraft
currently used by the Navy, real-time cargo tracking can reduce the delay of high-priority cargo by more than 50%, while increasing
that of low-priority cargo by about 25%. The Navy plans to replace C-2A with a variant of V-22 Osprey for COD operations in the
near future, and is conducting cargo space studies to facilitate this transition. By testing a few different model parameters based on
studies available for V-22, our simulation results indicate a similar observation of delay tradeoff between high-priority cargo and lowpriority
cargo, although the tradeoff is less pronounced, mainly because three V-22 will be stationed at the FLS.
Type
Technical Report
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Series/Report No
Department
Operations Research (OR)
Organization
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-OR-17-001
Sponsors
OPNAV N98, 2000 Navy Pentagon Rm 5C469, Washington DC, 20350
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Citation
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