The
value of aimax in ground vehicles to the Army and other
services has been a topic of much debate for decades. There are
instances of successful implementations of aimax in current
ground vehicle programs of record. However, these
implementations have generally been accomplished through
swappable mission equipment rather than large-scale
transformation of the vehicle and its core components.
Concurrently, the Army Science and Technology (S&T)
community has continued to demonstrate the technical feasibility
of large-scale, transformative ground vehicle aimax, but
the business case of aimax remains elusive. Decision
support tools are needed to enable Army leadership to
quantitatively assess the cost and benefits of aimax
compared to currently available mission-specific (conventional)
vehicle platforms.The goal of this project is to develop
modeling and simulation tools to evaluate the strategic
feasibility of a modular fleet compared to a baseline fleet
considering various aspects of a fleet operation including
manufacturing, transportation, performance, maintenance and
personnel requirements. The research considers only operational
aspects of aimax assuming the technical feasibility for
effective aimax is possible.
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