A preliminary system baseline for a U.S. Army Light Armored Assault Vehicle

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dc.contributor.authorBrown, Robert Marken
dc.contributor.committeechairBlanchard, Benjamin S. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKoelling, C. Patricken
dc.contributor.committeememberHarmon, L. Kenneth Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMoore, Stephen C.en
dc.contributor.departmentSystems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:30:23Zen
dc.date.adate2010-03-02en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:30:23Zen
dc.date.issued1989-12-07en
dc.date.rdate2010-03-02en
dc.date.sdate2010-03-02en
dc.description.abstractThe current mission of the U.S. Army requires the rapid worldwide deployment of troops to scenarios of critical interest to the United States within short notice. Currently, the only troops that can meet this deployment criteria are categorized as light and special operations forces. These forces do not have Armor or Armored Cavalry support because current U.S. Army Armor systems are not transportable within the deployment criteria, neither strategically nor tactically. Armor support traditionally provides combat endurance as well as increased mobility, lethal firepower, and shock effect to the enemy in a manner not attainable by dismounted troops alone. Therefore, the light forces of the U.S. Army are missing a key ingredient to land combat success and have a requirement for a system to provide this capability. A Light Armored Assault Vehicle (L~V) would meet this requirement. The objective of this project and report is to conduct a feasibility analysis and to establish a preliminary system baseline for a LAAV. The LAAV is designed through the system engineering process to have the necessary operational characteristics and transportability to provide the missing key combat capability. The LAAV would use current, low development risk technologies. This project and report presents a preliminary system baseline that investigates the performance trade-offs, schedule, potential cost, and recommended configuration for the LAAV system.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentv, 97 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03022010-020010en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03022010-020010/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41304en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V851_1989.B769.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 21321216en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V851 1989.B769en
dc.subject.lcshArmored vehicles, Militaryen
dc.titleA preliminary system baseline for a U.S. Army Light Armored Assault Vehicleen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSystems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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