Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Fleet Requirements Volume I Executive Summary

THe study was to accomplish the following objectives: determine the payload categories and types of tactical wheeled vehicles which would best meet the needs of the Army; prepare an acquisition program to include specification of the number, type, and cost of vehicles required to transition from the existing fleet to the preferred fleet; develop an implementation schedule to align current requirements document's Table of Organization and Equipment/Basis of Issue Plans (TOE/BOIP) with study results.

This is a Department of Army directed study designed to answer the question on tactical wheeled vehicle fleet composition and requirements as posed by the House Appropriations Committee of the United States Congress. The methodology used the automated procedures established throughout the Army for defining requirements and developing procurement programs. These procedures are applied to eight alternative vehicle fleets and the results are compared to a base case to establish the preferred alternative. (Author).

Contents: Study Directive; Study Plan; Proponent Summaries of Toe Analysis; Alternative Data Summaries; Off-Line Analysis of Ammunition and POL Requirements for Armor, Artillery and Mechanized Infantry Battalions; Wartime Active Replacement Factors (WARF); Development Costs-Constant FY 82 Dollars (Thousands) Alternatives 1-9; Development Costs - Current Year Dollars (Thousands) Alternatives 1-9; and Driver Costs - Current Year Dollars (Millions) Alternatives 1-9.

Congress recently requested a study of the U.S. ground combat and tactical wheeled vehicle fleets. The authors reveal risks in the technologies required to close capability gaps, the business processes used by the U.S. Department of Defense in managing vehicle production and modification initiatives, and the modeling and simulation process supporting research, development, and acquisition, making recommendations for mitigating these risks.