Survivability Primer

Survivability is discussed in terms of its four main ingredients detectability, hitability, vulnerability, and repairability. The discussion centers about methods for adding survivability value to Army materiel and personnel, mainly from the developers rather than the users point of view. The primer is intended for guidance to developers and is restricted to a nonnuclear combat environment. Examples are introduced to demonstrate how personnel and materiel have been given or might be given more survivability value through various measures, without compromising the effectiveness or the performance of the system to which the personnel and materiel belong.