Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Fleet Requirements Volume Iii Appendixes

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.

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).

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.

Introduction -- Building the status profiles of the heavy and medium TWV fleets -- Status profiles of the heavy and medium TWV fleets -- Recommendations and closing remarks -- APPENDIX: Profiles of the individual heavy TWV models -- Profiles of the individual medium TWV models -- Examination of the light TWV fleet-- Improving the Army's knowledge base.

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.

The Overarching Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Study was conducted to determine the best mix of light, medium, and heavy tactical wheeled vehicles to meet Marine Corps tactical lift requirement in 2007. The study objectives included identifying the overall tactical wheeled vehicle lift requirement; developing alternative vehicle fleet mixes that met that requirement; comparing the costs, risks, and benefits of alternatives; and investigating issues associated with transitioning the tactical wheeled vehicle fleet to meet the tactical lift requirement in 2015. The study objectives were met, and the study provides recommendations both for the composition of the tactical wheeled vehicle fleet in 2007 and for steps needed to transition that fleet to 2015.