Command and Control Experimentation Lessons Learned From the US Army Division Advanced Warfighting Experiment (DAWE)

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald W. Kroening ◽  
Lynn Leath
Keyword(s):  
Command And Control ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Us Army ◽  
The Us ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Experience With Using Code Case 2564 to Design and Certify an Impulsively Loaded Vessel

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent Haroldsen ◽  
Jerome Stofleth ◽  
Mien Yip ◽  
Allan Caplan
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Regulatory Approval ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Us Army ◽  
The Us ◽  
User Design ◽  
Qualification Testing ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Explosive Destruction

Code Case 2564 for the design of impulsively loaded vessels was approved in January 2008. In 2010 the US Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Program, with support from Sandia National Laboratories, procured a vessel per this Code Case for use on the Explosive Destruction System (EDS). The vessel was delivered to the Army in August of 2010 and approved for use by the DoD Explosives Safety Board in 2012. Although others have used the methodology and design limits of the Code Case to analyze vessels, to our knowledge, this was the first vessel to receive an ASME explosive rating with a U3 stamp. This paper discusses lessons learned in the process. Of particular interest were issues related to defining the design basis in the User Design Specification and explosive qualification testing required for regulatory approval. Specifying and testing an impulsively loaded vessel is more complicated than a static pressure vessel because the loads depend on the size, shape, and location of the explosive charges in the vessel and on the kind of explosives used and the point of detonation. Historically the US Department of Defense and Department of Energy have required an explosive test. Currently the Code Case does not address testing requirements, but it would be beneficial if it did since having vetted, third party standards for explosive qualification testing would simplify the process for regulatory approval.

Lessons Learned from the Humanitarian Hurricane Medical Relief Response of the US Army 14th Combat Support Hospital for the People of Humacao, Puerto Rico

2018 ◽  
Vol 227 (4) ◽  
pp. S185
Author(s):  
Bethany M. Heidenreich ◽  
Daniel J. Sessions ◽  
Diane F. Hale ◽  
Christopher Jordan ◽  
Eric P. Ahnfeldt
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Us Army ◽  
The People ◽  
The Us ◽  
Medical Relief

scholarly journals Thermomechanical Impact of Polyurethane Potting on Gun Launched Electronics

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Haynes ◽  
J. A. Cordes ◽  
J. Krug
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Tests ◽  
Thermomechanical Properties ◽  
Us Army ◽  
Structural Support ◽  
Guidance And Control ◽  
Control Units ◽  
The Us ◽  
Potting Compound ◽  
And Control ◽  
Electronics Packages

Electronics packages in precision guided munitions are used in guidance and control units, mission computers, and fuze-safe-and-arm devices. They are subjected to highg-loads during gun launch, pyrotechnic shocks during flight, and highg-loads upon impact with hard targets. To enhance survivability, many electronics packages are potted after assembly. The purpose of the potting is to provide additional structural support and shock damping. Researchers at the US Army recently completed a series of dynamic mechanical tests on a urethane-based potting material to assess its behavior in an electronics assembly during gun launch and under varying thermal launch conditions. This paper will discuss the thermomechanical properties of the potting material as well as simulation efforts to determine the suitability of this potting compound for gun launched electronics. Simulation results will compare stresses and displacements for a simplified electronics package with and without full potting. An evaluation of the advantages and consequences of potting electronics in munitions systems will also be discussed.

Span of Command and Control in US Army Organizations

1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 734-738
Author(s):  
Richard E. Christ
Keyword(s):  
Command And Control ◽  
Task Characteristics ◽  
Organizational Hierarchy ◽  
Us Army ◽  
Military Organizations ◽  
General Officers ◽  
Structure Complexity ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

An important aspect of designing any organization is the concept of span of command and control (SOCC). No where is this situation clearer than in military organizations. This paper describes research designed to examine the relationship between factors that have been identified as affecting the effectiveness of SOCC and the difficulty of command and control in Army organizations. The project team interviewed 11 Army General officers regarding issues involving SOCC during operations that occurred in unconventional environments and 44 officers from Captain to Lieutenant General regarding war fighting operations. The interviews were structured around seven factors: Task Characteristics, Organizational Structure, Complexity of the Environment, History or Unit Contiguity, Technological Innovation, Individual Differences, and External Organizations. The data collected consisted of the comments made during the interviews, the results of a content analysis of those comments, and, for war fighting operations only, ratings on the impact of each factor on the difficulty of command and control. Both sets of data were examined as a function of the respondent's position in the organizational hierarchy and the type of unit to which the respondent was assigned. The results show an interacting effect of SOCC factor, echelon, and type of unit on the difficulty of command and control. A report, in preparation, will summaries these results and present conclusions and recommendations for organizing Army units based on the results.

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