Accession Number:

ADA027680

Title:

The Navy VCX Program.

Descriptive Note:

Student project rept.,

Corporate Author:

DEFENSE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT SCHOOL FORT BELVOIR VA

Personal Author(s):

• Kletter,David M.

Report Date:

1975-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

50.0

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to verify the operational requirement for Carrier Task Force aerial resupply, to establish the chronological sequence that has evolved in replacing antiquated C-1A and meager C-2A aircraft assets being used in the Fleet today, and to analyze the protracted acquisition process. The author reviews the Navy VCX program that, in 1971, was ranked as the 3rd highest priority development in the aviation community. Since that time, austerity in the Defense Dept. and inefficiencies in the acquisition process have stifled Navy attempts to procure a COD aircraft that will meet both range and payload requirements of the Carrier Task Force in the 1980s. The author analyzed logistics studies, interviewed DoD officials, applied his own first-hand experience, and reviewed Congressional testimony. He offers an understanding of the perturbations that may occur in an austere development, and shows that tradeoffs are often counter-productive to meeting operational requirements.

Descriptors:

• *TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
• *REPLENISHMENT AT SEA
• *NAVAL PROCUREMENT
• *CARRIER ONBOARD DELIVERY
• LOGISTICS SUPPORT
• PAYLOAD
• ACQUISITION
• LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
• OPERATIONAL READINESS
• TASK FORCES
• NAVAL AIRCRAFT
• DELAY
• AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
• NAVAL LOGISTICS
• AIRLIFT OPERATIONS
• CARRIER BASED AIRCRAFT
• SPARE PARTS

Subject Categories:

• Transport Aircraft
• Administration and Management

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE