The purpose of this study was: to verify the operational requirement for Carrier Task Force aerial resupply, to establish the chronological sequence that has evolved in replacing antiquated C-1A and meager C-2A aircraft assets being used in the Fleet today, and to analyze the protracted acquisition process. The author reviews the Navy VCX program that, in 1971, was ranked as the 3rd highest priority development in the aviation community. Since that time, austerity in the Defense Dept. and inefficiencies in the acquisition process have stifled Navy attempts to procure a COD aircraft that will meet both range and payload requirements of the Carrier Task Force in the 1980's. The author analyzed logistics studies, interviewed DoD officials, applied his own first-hand experience, and reviewed Congressional testimony. He offers an understanding of the perturbations that may occur in an austere development, and shows that tradeoffs are often counter-productive to meeting operational requirements.


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