Joint ACCESS: high-speed assault connector (HSAC) for joint expeditionary logistics

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Anil, Kivanc
Avcu, Mehmet
Brisar, Jon
Chaabane, Adnen
Dimas, Sotirios
King, Timothy
Peace, Steven
Perez-Villalonga, Francisco
Peterson, Derek
Reuse, Rolando
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Ship Design
Total Ship Systems Engineering
High Speed Assault Connector
HSAC
Seabasing
Sea Base
Batallion Landing Team
BLT
Joint Expeditionary Brigade
JEB
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Papoulias, Fotis
Harney, Robert
Date of Issue
2004-12
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December 2004
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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The current notion of seabasing requires that three Battalion Landing Teams (BLT) of a 2025 Joint Expeditionary Brigade (JEB) need to be able to transit from the Sea Base to the objective within a 10 hour period. Of the three BLTs, two of them must be transported by surface craft a distance of no more than 200nm in sea state 4 or less. The two surface bound BLTs need to be loaded onto the transporting craft and delivered to shore, whether it is a port facility or austere beachhead. There is no current or future system of connectors to meet all the time-distance, sea state, and interface flexibility requirements for this aspect of seabasing. To meet these requirements a High Speed Assault Connector (HSAC) is needed which either augments current or replaces existing connector platforms to deliver and support the required forces ashore. The Joint ACCESS is a HSAC that brings the necessary speed, payload capacity, interface capability, and mission flexibility needed to fill the Sea Base to shore transportation gap. With a maximum speed of 43kts and payload capacity of 800LT, 12 Joint ACCESS trimarans can transit 200nm and fully offload in 7 hours. Its beachable design uses a floating bow ramp to reach out to austere beaches, while its combat system suite provides self defense in addition to robust offensive capabilities.
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Technical Report
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Includes suppmentary material
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/46764
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