NEW CONCEPTS AND INNOVATIONS FOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT (LOGISTICS SUPPORT PLANNING FOR HYPERSONIC VEHICLES)

THIS EFFORT WOULD SCOPE THE LOGISTICS PLANNING EFFORTS REQUIRED FOR THE AIR FORCE TO SUPPORT AN ENTIRELY NEW CLASS OF HYPERSONIC VEHICLES,EFFORTS FROM BASE PLANNING TO OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE SUPPORT. A MATRIX OF PROBABLE WORLD SETTINGS AND MISSION SCENARIOS WOULD SERVE AS A STARTING POINT TO IDENTIFY FIRST-ORDER LFIGHT SYSTEM MISSION REQUIREMENTS, SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND ASSOCIATED GROUND SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS. THE LATTER AREA WOULD THEN BE EXPANDED IN A STANDARD WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE FOMAT TO IDENTIFY MAJOR LOGISTICS REQUIREMENTS. APPROPRIATE USAF AND NASA DOCUMENTATION WOULD BE REVIEWED TO ENSURE THAT ALL MAJOR LOGISTICS ELEMENTS ARE INCLUDED. PHASE II WOULD THEN EXAMINE EACH OF THE NEW LOGISTICS NEEDS CREATED BY THIS CLASS OF VEHICLES AND IDENTIFY THE NECESSARY PLANNING, ACQUISITION AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THESE NEEDS.