D. Horizontal Integration of R&D Initiatives

Table G–1. Technology Initiatives Supporting the Future Vision of Army Logistics
Initiative	Vision Supported						Benefit of Initiative
	Joint Vision 2010	Army Vision 2010	RML	Army After Next	DoD Strategic Research Objectives
Project the Force
Precision Offset Aerial Delivery						Provides reliable precision–guided delivery of combat essential munitions and equipment
Rapid Deployment Food Services						Provides a 50% increase in MTBF with a 50% decrease in fuel usage
Advanced Cargo Airdrop						Provides a 20% reduction in cost
Sustain the Force
Joint Logistics						Provides rapid integration log data to meet Army and joint mission requirements
Mobility Enhancement Ration Components						Provides shelf stable, no–preparation rations compatible with existing ration systems
Electrical Power Generation						Provides light, highly mobile power sources capable of operating on multiple fuels
Munitions Survivability						Ensures the survivability of munitions at ports, airheads, and munitions storage areas
Reforming Diesel Fuel						Reduces field feeding costs
Improved Multipurpose Fluids						Reduce component failures by 25%
Emerging Petroleum Quality						Decrease manpower by 75% for petroleum laboratories
Other Initiatives
Battlespace Command and Control						Provides EEI required for velocity management and battlefield distribution
Perform Enhancing Demonstrations						Enables personnel to perform at high levels of performance for extended time
Helicopter Active Control Technology						Enables advanced fault–tolerant systems to maintain reliability and simplify maintenance
Digital Battlefield Communications						Provides bandwidth on demand to support multimedia information requirements
Battlefield Combat Identification						Provides situational awareness to prevent fratricide—aids resupply and maintenance
Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine						25% reduction in fuel consumption and 60 percent increase in power–to–weight ratio
Future Scout and Cavalry System						Provides advanced lightweight materials and electric drive
Ground Propulsion and Mobility						Provides critical engine, electronic drive, track and suspension, and storage devices
Advanced Electronics Future Combat System						Advanced concepts to resupply power and distribution systems to be developed
Future Combat System Mobility						Provides an electric drive and power conditioning system; an active suspension system
Universal Transaction Communications						Information to flow—wherever it exists, in any form, to wherever it is needed in any form
Third–Generation Advanced Rotor Demonstration						Increases range 36% or payload 98%, reliability 45% and reduce O&S costs 10%
Advanced Rotorcraft Transmission II						Provides 25% weight reduction, increases MTBR, significantly reduces O&S costs
Rotor Wing Structures Technology						Increases reliability 20%, maintainability 10%, reduces O&S 5% (utility rotorcraft)
Advanced Rotorcraft Aerodynamics						Reduces MTBF, increases reliability and maintainability, and reduces O&S costs
Subsystem Technology Affordability and Support						Overcomes technical barriers associated with advanced digitized maintenance and real–time OBIDs
Intravehicle Electronics Suite						Validates real–time performance requirements Vetronics open systems architecture
Military Operations in Urban Terrain						"Open system" architecture facilitates large reduction in future ILS life–cycle costs
Joint Speakeasy						Flexible radio architecture, rapid waveform reprogrammability/reconfigurability
Range Extension						Technology supplement current (and programmed) SATCOM resources, all frequency bands
Machine Vis–Autonomous UGV						Provides capability to ensure resupply continues at the required level and timeliness
SATCOM Technology						Provides higher data rates, improvements in throughput, and reduced life–cycle costs
Rapid Terrain Visualization						Provides battlefield situational awareness required to plan and execute log missions

1998 Army Science and Technology Master Plan