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Defense Transportation & Logistics 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. Research Focus 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. Expertise 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). R&D Facilities The capabilities of the Defense Transportation and Logistics research area include:
Partnerships and Collaborations 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.
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