Defense Transportation and Logistics work at NTRC provides analytical,
planning, and operational support needed for developing tools and
techniques for analysis, decision support, and systems to plan and
manage military transportation and distribution systems.
Defense Transportation and Logistics centers around the research
and development of advanced air mobility and military scheduling
systems. Researchers provide methods of planning, as well as analyses,
to improve national defense through more effective transportation
management.
Defense Transportation and Logistics research has approximately
a 20-year history at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). During
Desert Storm, researchers developed the Airlift Deployment Analysis
System (ADANS) for scheduling airlift for the U.S. Air Force’s
Air Mobility Command. The system has been enhanced to schedule air
refueling missions and was renamed Consolidated Air Mobility Planning
System (CAMPS).
The capabilities of the Defense Transportation and Logistics research
area include:
- Simulation of transportation systems at a detailed level
- Cost analysis (e.g., lifecycle cost analysis for security systems)
- Statistical analysis of costs, bene€ts, and economic impacts
of transportation systems
- Movement and security of freight along rivers
- Analysis for using transportation systems ef€ciently, safely,
and reliably
Defense Transportation and Logistics is part of the ORNL’s
Center for Transportation Analysis (CTA). CTA develops innovative
solutions to overcome transportation’s energy and environmental
concerns, safety and security challenges, and planning and policy
issues. The Center works with government agencies including the
Department of Transportation, Department of Defense, Department
of Homeland Security, and Department of Energy to improve our nation’s
transportation systems. CTA’s researchers provide system development
and integration, statistics and modeling, and policy analysis. In
addition, researchers at the Center focus on systems engineering,
military transportation, and transit visibility. Most importantly,
CTA researchers look at the root causes of the problems with which
they are faced. The result is a better understanding at hand, and
greater solutions can be achieved.
|