Reducing the weight of military vehicles has been of interest to the U.S. Department of Defense for decades. For land vehicles, the objectives historically have been primarily to reduce fuel consumption and costs and improve transportability. For naval vessels, lightweighting of superstructures also improves balance, maneuverability, and speed. For aircraft, weight is a critical determinant of performance, payload capacity, maneuverability, and range. Reducing vehicle weight without compromising other important attributes such as survivability or payload capacity has traditionally been accomplished through the substitution of lightweight materials for heavier ones within conventional design configurations. However, this narrow perspective limits the possibilities for and the impact of lightweighting. Today, in the face of new and evolving threats, improving the survivability of a military vehicle and its occupants has become more important than reducing fuel use. However, as has been seen in recent years in the deployment of land vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan, the need to counter new threats has sometimes compromised other performance capabilities.
Application of Light Weighting Technology to Military Aircraft, Vessels, and Vehicles
2012
160 pages
Report
No indication
English
Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Transportation , Energy Use, Supply, & Demand , Aircraft , Military vehicles , Naval vessels , Weight reduction , Costs , Fuel consumption , Air transportation , Marine transportation , Highway transportation , Design configurations , Deployment , Maneuverability , Speed , Survivability , Transportability , Weapons systems , Light weighting technology
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