Littoral combat ship (LCS) civilian aviation alternative support study: report of findings and recommendations
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Authors
Hatch, William D.
Gowen, Charles
Loadwick, James
Subjects
Human Capital Strategy Technical Report
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Date of Issue
2006
Date
2006
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Graduate School of Business and Public Policy
Graduate School of Business and Public Policy
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Abstract
In response to a request by NAVAIR Aviation/Ship Integration AIR 1.2, this study performed a Civilian Contractor Workforce and Skill/Qualification Assessment for an LCS Composite Aviation Detachment. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Human Capital's transformation vision mandates that the total number of personnel required to operate a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) not exceed 75. However, the projected personnel requirements for the three principal components of the LCS deployment profile, i.e., the ship's crew, the aviation detachment and the Focused Mission Package detachment, combine for a significantly higher number. An in-depth analysis of collected data and information indicates that employing contractor personnel to conduct or support combat missions on board LCS or any other Navy combatant is impracticable and contrary to the international laws of armed conflict. However, contact with Navy aviation civilian contractors and US Coast Guard helicopter personnel indicates that significantly fewer active duty personnel might be required to operate and support embarked aircraft within the LCS aviation operations & maintenance profiles using NAVAIR's preliminary assumptions and Sea Base concept as delineated in the LCS concept of operations.
Type
Technical Report
Description
Acquisition research (Graduate School of Business & Public Policy)
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NPS Report Number
NPS-AM-06-014
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xvi, 100 p.: ill.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.