LOGISTICS IN CONTESTED ENVIRONMENTS

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Bengigi, Elad
Chan, Jun Liang
Chan, Vincent C.
Dougherty, Sean R.
Er, Ivan Y.
Garcia, Roberto J.
Lemenager, Kylen D.
Lim, Gabriel G.
Lowery, Matthew T.
Marks, Johnathan D.
Nye, Bradley S.
Rego, Joseph
Sandridge, Benjamin E.
Shofner, Michael G.
Sim, Aldin G.
Sorenson, Christian A.
Tay, Derek T.
Yang, Sean
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2020-06Advisor
Papoulias, Fotis A.
Atkinson, Michael P.
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This report examines the transport and delivery of logistics in contested environments within the context of great-power competition (GPC). Across the Department of Defense (DOD), it is believed that GPC will strain our current supply lines beyond their capacity to maintain required warfighting capability. Current DOD efforts are underway to determine an appropriate range of platforms, platform quantities, and delivery tactics to meet the projected logistics demand in future conflicts. This report explores the effectiveness of various platforms and delivery methods through analysis in developed survivability, circulation, and network optimization models. Among other factors, platforms are discriminated by their radar cross-section (RCS), noise level, speed, cargo capacity, and self-defense capability. To maximize supply delivered and minimize the cost of losses, the results of this analysis indicate preference for utilization of well-defended convoys on supply routes where bulk supply is appropriate and smaller, and widely dispersed assets on shorter, more contested routes with less demand. Sensitivity analysis on these results indicates system survivability can be improved by applying RCS and noise-reduction measures to logistics assets.
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