LOGISTICS SUPPORT

Introduction.

1. The science of planning and carrying out movement and maintenance of forces and in its most comprehensive sense the aspects of military operations which deal with the design & development, acquisition, storage, movement, distribution, maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of material; movement, evacuation and hospitalisation of personnel, acquisition or construction, maintenance, operation and disposition of facilities; and acquisition or furnishing of services.

Technology Enabling Areas

2. Developing Support Technology should allow combatants of the future movement across the battlespace with near impunity, by day, night, all weather, all terrain, against virtually any threat. There are many contemporary technologies, some of them futuristic that would be the key to making the vision of RML a reality. These are: -

(a) Sensors.

(b) Diagnostics/Prognostics.

(c) Source Data Automation.

(d) Sentinel Systems.

(e) Intelligent Networks.

(f) Natural Language Processors.

(g) Voice Activated Automation.

(h) Advanced Materials.

(j) Robotics.

(k) Smart/Brilliant Munitions

(l) Artificial Intelligence.

(m) Satellite Communications.

(n) Advanced Manufacturing.

(p) Space Operations.

(q) Biomimetics.

(r) Nanotechnology.

(s) Micro-miniaturisation.

(t) Fuels.


R & D Focus Areas

3. Key Information technologies that rapidly and automatically identify and track assets: -

(a) Technologies such as battlefield visualisation and situational awareness.

(b) Climatically controlled, unattended, tamper-proof, smart containers.

(c) Smart delivery replenishment systems for early entry and re-supply.

(d) Built-in, self-prognostics that predict potential failures automatically.

(e) Self-healing sub-systems providing capability to delay repairs and not affect battle.

(f) Smart materials that self-heal and change according to battlefield demands.

(g) Alternative propulsion systems and fuels.

(h) Sensors and Artificial Intelligence enabling replenishment and repair movement in battle with high degree of impunity.

(j) Logistics survival in the battlefield.


Distribution Technologies

4. Some technologies that could be developed to enhance distribution: -

(a) Information-based distribution on the basis of anticipated demand.

(b) Embedded sensors and real-time situational awareness.

(c) Advanced airlift and fast sealift.

(d) Precision GPS delivery systems.

Other Technology Driven Systems

5. Multi-spectral protective fabrics for personal clothing to enhance agility.

6. Advanced Field Medical Support to continuously monitor the health of individuals, assess and predict personnel readiness in near real-time. Detect and alert medical personnel of casualty events, provide non-invasive, computer-aided diagnostic and patient monitoring capability and decision support for medics performing emergency resuscitation and provide an intensive care life-support system for casualty stabilisation and use during evacuation.

Technology for Weapon Support Systems

7. There is a requirement to look at Human Systems Interfaces and develop related technologies. Technology to improve air force sustenance logistics in areas of supportability, deployment and affordability, which would facilitate the air force to have a flexible, agile and fast response logistics infrastructure to achieve the goals of agile combat support and lean logistics. R & D is needed to develop new techniques to ensure the required support for future air/space based operations, some of which are: -

(a) Automated Generation of Technical Data.

(b) Advanced material and cargo handling equipment.

(c) Miniaturised multi-function facilities for operating from bases with minimal support equipment.

Next Generation Dry Cargo Ships

8. Future Naval specific requirements could examine technologies necessary for next generation supply ships. The objective should be to look at the design of supporting ships at sea, which would reduce manpower needs and utilise technology instead. The following technologies should be addressed: -

(a) Telecommunications and computing technologies for planning, tracking and controlling material movements.

(b) Modelling and Simulation for operational decision support.

(c) Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) for marking and locating items.

(d) Automated stowage planning for both logistics ships and combatants.

(e) Automated onboard material handling.

(f) Packaging both for war fighter ready distribution and minimisation of waste materials and the use of inter-modal containers, which can be transported efficiently by truck/rail/ship and in some cases also by air.

Conclusion

9. Effective logistics support is the fusion of information, logistics and transportation technologies to provide rapid crises response, to track and shift assets even while enroute, and to deliver tailored logistics packages and replenishments directly at the strategic, operational, and tactical level of operations. There is a requirement for a logistics system that is responsive, flexible and precise, and an environment where the military services and defence agencies work with the civilian sector to take advantage of modern business practices, commercial economies, and global networks.

10. Technologies should be pursued to enhance airlift, sealift and pre-positioning capabilities to lighten deployment loads, assist pinpoint logistics delivery systems and extend the reach and longevity of systems currently in the inventory. The combined impact of these improvements would be a smaller and more capable deployed force that would require less continuous support and have a smaller logistics footprint, and hence decrease the vulnerability of logistics lines of communication.

nemesis4u:
3rd P28 stealth ASW corvette to be commissioned tomorrow

entire superstructure is made of composites

why aren't ships made of real solid steel this days? how effective is composite hulls in terms of projectile penetration?

Odunayaw:
Why are humans so interested in this planet? Are there alien babes there

scientific evidence suggest it might have previously held life...

lionel4power:
why aren't ships made of real solid steel this days? how effective is composite hulls in terms of projectile penetration?

warship (generally superstructure) if made of either composites or steel will make no difference if hit by a projectile especially AShMs .

any difference will be very negligible , not worth the trouble

present day warships r not armored , it is simply made of naval grade high-tensile steel as part of the hull etc

composites r better than steel becz

1. resist corrosive environment of the sea better than steel.

2. reduction in weight considerably

3. increased sea keeping ability

4. composites reduce radar signature

5. composites absorbs extremely low freq. radiation thereby contributing to stealth

6. reduced maintenance cost

etc
etc

nemesis4u:

Is that the Russian 5th gen pak fa

barineh:

Is that the Russian 5th gen pak fa

yeah

Thales tests RBE2 based AESA radar for LCA Mk1A

The radar is based on the company’s successful RBE2 radar installed on Rafale fighter jets, 36 of which India is buying from Dassault. It meets the specific requirements of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. to equip the 80 LCA Mk1A aircraft.

“In just four months, thanks to our solid, proven experience with the RBE2, we’ve been able to carry out successful flights to test the performance of the key features of the radar we’re offering for the Tejas Mk1A light fighter,” Philippe Duhamel, executive vice-president, Defence Mission Systems, Thales, said in a statement on Monday.

The tests were conducted during summer this year at the Cazaux air base in France, on a test-bench aircraft, focussed on metrological analyses of the radar performance, Thales said.

“These test flights proved that the radar is fully operational and perfectly corresponds to the specific requirements of the HAL for its combat and air-superiority missions. It is therefore ready and able to adapt to the tight schedule imposed by the Mk1A LCA,” the statement said.

the new 7.62x51mm OFB assault rifle.

Last year, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency awarded contracts to Raytheon, Lockheed-Martin and Boeing to begin designing what is known as a "Multi-Object Kill Vehicle" or MOKV, which could destroy several objects in space with a single launch.

"Ten years ago, we had a single kill vehicle on a single interceptor. Kill vehicles today are the size of a toaster … This MOKV program is the latest iteration," John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, told Seeker.

Raytheon's plan, which is scheduled for a concept review in December, is to load multiple MOKVs onto a single missile for launch. Each MOKV would be outfitted with sensors, a steering and propulsion system and communications equipment that will allow them to zero in on an individual target and hit it, destroying the object by sheer kinetic forces.

The impacts would take place beyond Earth's atmosphere, but on a trajectory that would send the resulting cloud of debris back into the atmosphere, where it burn up, Pike said.

A major technological challenge is figuring out how to differentiate between bombs and decoys, such as balloons that look like they might have a hydrogen bomb aboard.

The military hopes to begin proof-of-concept demonstrations late next year and a non-intercept flight test in 2018. If successful, the Missile Defense Agency would conduct an intercept test in 2019.


Image: Artist's illustration of Raytheon's Standard Missile 3, a current defensive weapon system designed to destroy short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles. Credit: Raytheon

First basic design images of India’s “Desi Meteor” called SFDR ( Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet Propulsion Technology) Beyond Visual range Air-to-Air Missile has emerged while development of the missile gains speed and might be reaching Ground testing phase soon.

History

SFDR BVRAAM is Joint development between India and Russia which uses Baseline ASTRA BVRAAM Design with minor modification which is integrated with a booster-ram jet sustained propulsion system to provide a multi-shot capability against maneuvering targets with a range in excess of 100 kilometers.

Technology Behind SFDR

Conventional Rocket Motor based BVRAAMs have higher burning out rate since it works in the same amount of thrust levels from the moment it is fired, which means it can run out of fuel when it reaches its target in longer range and highly maneuverable targets can outrun the missile in the last phase if missile is fired from a long range.

SFDR will have faster acceleration last phase due to Ducted Ramjet Propulsion Technology and unlike rocket motor, Ducted Ramjet Propulsioncan can throttle its engine during different phases of flight thus saving fuel for final approaches towards its target.

SFDR Propulsion can build up speed in its final attack run and also have fuel to manoeuvre during the endgame of the engagement. which then can enforce “no escape zone” effectively over enemy aircraft over long ranges.

Mobile NBC shelter from DRDO

drdo New Family of Munitions under development/testing :

Soft Target Blast Munition ‘Nipun’,

Anti-Tank Point Attack Munition ‘Vibhav’,

Anti-Tank Bar Munition ‘Vishal’,

Directional Fragmentation Munition ‘Parth’,

Anti-Tank Munition ‘Prachand’ and

Jumping Fragmentation Munition ‘Ulka’

Indore : A team of researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Indore has designed smart material based bio-mimetic aquatic robot that can probe underwater conditions and can be used for surveillance.

“Dr IA Palani with his research group at IIT-Indore has developed the robot,” said Nirmala Menon, media in-charge of IIT-Indore.

IIT-Indore is focused on developing smart material based micro-devices and robotic systems. Dr Palani with his research group at IIT-Indore is into the development of shape memory alloy (smart material) based intelligent devices.

The group has designed a bio-mimetic shape memory alloy actuated underwater robots.

This project aims at bio-mimicking the undulating motion of a fish, using carangiform mode of swimming and uses its tail fin for propulsion.

“The skeleton of the robot fish is designed using CAD and the final prototype is 3D printed. SMA springs were chosen as actuators and it acts as a dynamic rib between the skeletal structures. The skin and the caudal fin of the robot is manufactured at IIT-Indore using photopolymer, which was cured by UV rays to get the desired shape as an elastomer,” Menon said.

The posterior end of the fish is made with a thin skin of soft polymer. The buoyancy of the robot is set so that, robot floats just below the surface of water. Fin is flexible to mimic the motion of a real fish. This robot has a potential application in probing the underwater condition and surveillance.

Project was completely funded under promotion of research for undergraduate student (PRIUS) scheme from IIT-Indore.

Research scholars from Mechatronics and Instrumentation lab at IIT-Indore have demonstrated for the first time, a novel copper-based flexible SMA bi-morph, with high flexibility and recovery ratio.

This bi-morph has potential application towards energy harvesting and MEMS based device.

A project has been initiated in collaboration with Volvo Eicher, MHRD and IIT-Indore for waste heat recovery from automobile engine using SMA bi-morph.

Post graduate students at IIT-Indore are involved in developing several other SMA actuated micro devices which include micro-valves for drug delivery and SMA actuated stewart platform for opto-mechatronics device.

Further the research group is into the development of shape memory alloy integrated glass fiber reinforced composite flapper for missiles. This flapper will be helpful to precisely control the orientation of missiles. This project is in collaboration with Defense Research Development Organisation (DRDO) and IIT-Indore.

Nemesis4u, you have universities with intense defense reseach which are being implemented by DRDO?

I wish something like that is possible here. Private universities don't even know what they're doing. Alot of students sucks in practical, theoretical, they're the best in class. If you can't implement your theoretical knowledge into something practical then I consider it ineffective.


UGV, advanced robotics and sensor should be something universities should have intense research on.

tdayof:
Nemesis4u, you have universities with intense defense reseach which are being implemented by DRDO?

I wish something like that is possible here. Private universities don't even know what they're doing. Alot of students sucks in practical, theoretical, they're the best in class. If you can't implement your theoretical knowledge into something practical then I consider it ineffective.

UGV, advanced robotics and sensor should be something universities should have intense research on.

things r not that rosy

5 years ago most graduates post graduates and doctorate students would end in America and Europe

due to govt apathy there was enormous brain drain , pass outs would find it difficult to get jobs in drdo etc but end up easily as lecturers , asstt professors in MIT cal tech ivy league colleges etc

then there was the problem of funding and bureaucratic nepotism in educational institutes

over the years many of these problems have sorted out to a good extent , still lot needs to be done

but results r showing, brain drain has been reversed to some extent.

corporates, defence PSUs , etc have started to fund and support projects , well Rome was not built in a day

well it might surprise u few Africans r working in projects of national importance , we need to draw foreign talent more and engage them in competition with the local ones for better results

everybody has brains all u need is money , infrastructure and a vision which spans decades

higher level educational institutes at post graduate and doctoral levels takes decades to mature and produce tangible results

most of the IITS etc were established in the 60/70s

the difference between theoretical and practical knowledge is due to lack of infrastructure , if u dont have the infrastructure / equipment's to implement ur theoretical knowledge , students cant be blamed

a electronic engineer without access to a foundry is clueless in real world application

dont worry ur country and any country for the matter which is serious about education will get there

just need to pressure the politicians or kick their ass


ps did u come across Indian faculty in ur Chinese institute ?

tdayof

some years ago students from the Delhi Technological University (DTU) had, in collaboration with Lockheed Martin, designed & test-flew a UAV called the Aarush-X1 as part of a student development project.

i laugh sadly (if thats possible )

there r countless projects which get funding from abroad but dont yield any inputs locally becz by then the talents r identified and poached by the western countries

nemesis4u:


things r not that rosy

5 years ago most graduates post graduates and doctorate students would end in America and Europe

due to govt apathy there was enormous brain drain , pass outs would find it difficult to get jobs in drdo etc but end up easily as lecturers , asstt professors in MIT cal tech ivy league colleges etc

then there was the problem of funding and bureaucratic nepotism in educational institutes

over the years many of these problems have sorted out to a good extent , still lot needs to be done

but results r showing, brain drain has been reversed to some extent.

corporates, defence PSUs , etc have started to fund and support projects , well Rome was not built in a day

well it might surprise u few Africans r working in projects of national importance , we need to draw foreign talent more and engage them in competition with the local ones for better results

everybody has brains all u need is money , infrastructure and a vision which spans decades

higher level educational institutes at post graduate and doctoral levels takes decades to mature and produce tangible results

most of the IITS etc were established in the 60/70s

the difference between theoretical and practical knowledge is due to lack of infrastructure , if u dont have the infrastructure / equipment's to implement ur theoretical knowledge , students cant be blamed

a electronic engineer without access to a foundry is clueless in real world application

dont worry ur country and any country for the matter which is serious about education will get there

just need to pressure the politicians or kick their ass


ps did u come across Indian faculty in ur Chinese institute ?

In Nigeria, money isn't an issue at all. The money is readily available but then the funds will end up in a controversial issues.


I understand your point about facility. In Nigeria it's about priority. We do not considering hi-tech as a priority. We prefer opening up medical research facilities.


What people fail to understand is that a military industrial complex or technology will surely influence civil based technology. If you posses a military based communication technology, it's definitely going to be useful in civilian applications.


We keep building medical facilities therefore leaving the engineering manufacturing sector alone.


Frumentius or someone said there are more Nigerian nuclear physicist in CSIR than in the nigerian best university.


Another fact is that there are more nigerian born medical personnel in Europe than in Nigeria.

nemesis4u:
tdayof

some years ago students from the Delhi Technological University (DTU) had, in collaboration with Lockheed Martin, designed & test-flew a UAV called the Aarush-X1 as part of a student development project.

i laugh sadly (if thats possible )

there r countless projects which get funding from abroad but dont yield any inputs locally becz by then the talents r identified and poached by the western countries

tdayof:


In Nigeria, money isn't an issue at all. The money is readily available but then the funds will end up in a controversial issues.


I understand your point about facility. In Nigeria it's about priority. We do not considering hi-tech as a priority. We prefer opening up medical research facilities.


What people fail to understand is that a military industrial complex or technology will surely influence civil based technology. If you posses a military based communication technology, it's definitely going to be useful in civilian applications.


We keep building medical facilities therefore leaving the engineering manufacturing sector alone.


Frumentius or someone said there are more Nigerian nuclear physicist in CSIR than in the nigerian best university.


Another fact is that there are more nigerian born medical personnel in Europe than in Nigeria.

in my experience and knowledge it is the other way round majority of the times (barring few exceptions)

military industrial complex or technology will get influenced by civilian based technology

what i said just now is in the context of developing countries unlike developed countries who will have the funding human resources and facilities to conduct military research and then feed it back into civilian systems through big conglomerates

developing countries in my opinion cant take the risk or afford it especially with path breaking research

well let me inform u ind.. is a very special country which me and my colleagues categorized as refusing to develop country

and only ind.. qualifies for it

MikeCZA:

do i detect agony in ur smile

aha ur guys also got poached left and right didnt they

nemesis4u:


do i detect agony in ur smile

aha ur guys also got poached left and right didnt they

With tears in my eyes!

they are still getting poached!! When the situition was worse employees(two) were "responsible" for the Bushmaster MRAP.

MikeCZA:
With tears in my eyes!

they are still getting poached!! When the situition was worse employees(two) were "responsible" for the Bushmaster MRAP.

well time to show my smileys


and heartfelt sympathies

drdo Optical Target Locator (OTL300)

ISRO Critical Technologies for Indian Human Spaceflight Project

The objective of Human Spaceflight Programme is to undertake a human spaceflight mission to carry a crew of two to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and return them safely to a predefined destination on earth. The programme is proposed to be implemented in phases. Critical technologies that are needed to undertake human spaceflight are Crew Module (CM) System, Crew Escape System (CES) and Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS). The crew module was successfully flight tested in the GSLV MkIII-X / CARE mission in December 2014.

The performance demonstration test of Crew Escape System (CES) has been planned through Pad Abort Test (PAT) flight. PAT flight demonstrates the capability of CES to execute a ground based abort in case of an exigency at launch pad. In PAT flight, the test article (consisting of CM and CES) with a height of 14 m and lift-off mass of 12.5 t, is propelled at an acceleration of 10 g with the help of quick acting solid motors. Upon reaching a safe altitude and range, the crew module separates and safely lands in sea with the help of parachute based deceleration system. To enable quick acting, special purpose solid motors with high-burn rate propellant (being developed for the first time) and special features like reverse flow multiple nozzles and canted nozzles with scarffing have been designed and realised. Proof pressure test and propellant casting for motors have been completed. Facilities for vertical testing of solid motors and launch pedestal for PAT flight are being realised at SDSC. Wind tunnel tests for CES configurations have been completed. Crew Module (CM) structure required for CES test has been realised and successfully structural tested. The Pad Abort Test is expected to be completed by 2017.

For demonstrating the Environment Control and Life Support System (ECLSS), integrated tests of Temperature & Humidity Control System (THCS) involving Air-Liquid Heat exchangers, Liquid-Liquid heat exchangers, pumps, space radiator, sensors and other accessories were successfully carried out. Preliminary ground based circuit for Cabin Pressure Control System (CPCS) was developed and realisation is in progress. A ground based Personal Hygiene Management System (PHMS) was configured and an engineering model has been realized.

ISRO flight suit

drdo NBC permeable suit mark 5

drdo Ghatak UCAV wind tunnel model being tested at HAL.

latest publicly released configuration of drdo 'Ghatak' Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle.

5th gen AMCA configuration that may have been agreed upon for prototyping

akash sam at a airforce base

CFD simulations on latest Ghatak configuration