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Accession Number:

AD1151632

Title:

The Air Reserve Component's Impact on Modernizing Legacy Aircraft to Complement the Advanced Battle Management System: KC-135 RTIC and the Gladiator Pod

Author(s):

• Rodriguez, David

Author Organization(s):

• AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

Report Date:

2021-06-01

Abstract:

This research project explores the ARC and AMC collaborative efforts to rapidly prototype, field, and fund KC-135 RTIC and HVAA Gladiator pods. With the need for rapid prototyping and rapid fielding to compete against China's technological wave, this study focuses on the ARC's impact on modernizing the KC-135 with RTIC and pods to complement the ABMS. Through content analysis methodology and NVivo software, interviews from subject-matter-experts and literature review were analyzed for themes and sentiment relating to the ARC, AMC, NGREA, KC-135, RTIC, and HVAA Gladiator pods.

Document Type:

Conference:

Journal:

Pages:

91

File Size:

3.38MB

Contracts:

Grants:

Descriptors:

• military science
• national security
• tanker aircraft
• warfare
• congress
• network protocols
• military acquisition
• test and evaluation
• unmanned systems
• air force
• aircrafts
• business administration
• logistics
• software development
• students
• command and control
• computer programming

Identifiers:

• GLADIATOR PODS SYTEM
• KC-135 AIRCRAFT
• RTIC(REAL TIME INFORMATION IN THE COCKPIT)
• HVAA(HIGH VALUE AIRBORNE ASSET)
• ABMS(ADVANCED BATTLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM)
• NGREA(NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT APPROPRIATIONS)

SubjectCategory:

• Aviation Technology
• Military Sciences

Communities of Interest:

• Weapons Technologies

Distribution Statement:

Approved For Public Release

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