An Optimization Model for Modernizing the Army's Helicopter Fleet

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Brown, Gerald G.
Clemence, Robert D.
Teufert, William R.
Wood, R. Kevin
Date
1991Metadata
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The helicopter has grown in military stature for more than 40 years: its
ascendancy has reformed the US Army. Unfortunately, the current army helicopter fleet
consists predominantly of Vietnam-era aircraft approaching the end of their useful lives. We have captured complex procurement and modernization tasks in optimization based decision support system, christened PHOENIX, which recognizes yearly operating, maintenance, retirement, service-life extention, and new procurement costs while enforcing constraints on fleet age, technology mix, composition, and budgets over a multi-year planning horizon. The army has applied PHOENIX to helicopters with such success that it has already been adapted to tactical wheeled vehicles and is under consideration for further applications.
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Interfaces, 21, pp. 39-52.