Accession Number:

ADA278815

Title:

Family of Packaged Water/Packaged Water System

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Dec 1991-Oct 1993

Corporate Author:

ARMY NATICK RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER MA

Personal Author(s):

• Wood, Diane M.

Report Date:

1994-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

21.0

Abstract:

The purpose of this project was to determine the feasibility of and a method to package potable water on the battlefield for use by the individual soldier or small groups of soldiers, in support of the airland battle concept. Water packaged in expendable containers will increase the capability to adequately distribute potable water from the supply point to the soldier in the field, thus reducing the dependency on host-nation bottled water. In accordance with a typical Nondevelopmental Item NDI approach, a vertical formfillseal machine was purchased for evaluation. The focus of the program was redirected, by the Combat Developer, from small individual packages of water to larger containers. As a result of this change in requirements, US Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center suspended developmental efforts. Nondevelopmental Items NDI, Forward areas, Potable water, Combat service support, Battlefields, Airland battle, Water distribution, Water supplies, Aerial resupply.

Descriptors:

• *BATTLEFIELDS
• *WATER DISTRIBUTION
• *WATER SUPPLIES
• APPROACH
• ARMY
• ARMY PERSONNEL
• BATTLES
• COMBAT INFORMATION CENTERS
• CONTAINERS
• DISTRIBUTION
• ENGINEERING
• EXPENDABLE
• FORWARD AREAS
• MACHINES
• MILITARY DOCTRINE
• NATIONS
• REQUIREMENTS
• SUPPLIES
• WARFARE
• WATER

Subject Categories:

• Civil Engineering
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE