Tag: Logistics
Returning the Empties
ISO containers are in widespread use in the world of logistics, as we all know. Whether being used to transport materials inter theatre or from a main operating base to a forward operation base. Wherever containers are used there is the return leg to consider, in a civilian context it is the cost of returning [...]
Container Handling
With the Army still thinking about a DROPS replacement, wondering what to do with the EPLS UOR after Afghanistan and my ongoing fetish for containers I thought a post on handling systems would be fun. The demographic and cost pressure will mean that all the armed forces are going to have to do with less [...]
Hijacked
In a rare bit of good news the RAF has taken delivery of its 7th and probably final C17 Globemaster transport aircraft. The MoD news piece was clear on the benefits The aircraft, the seventh C-17 acquired by the RAF, is capable of flying non-stop to Afghanistan and can carry up to 138 people, a [...]
Pallets East!
There have been a couple of quite interesting Parliamentary questions recently. The first was tabled by Angus Robertson of the SNP, enquiring about moving supplies to Afghanistan by air and the difference between the RAF and chartered civilian aircraft. Angus Robertson (Moray, Scottish National Party) To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he [...]
The Future of the Royal Navy 11 – Logistics and Support
This is the final post in the series, a look at logistic and support issues. With a reduction in fleet size it is logical that the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is also reduced. Recent announcements have confirmed the following With a smaller surface fleet these requirements are correspondingly lower, and hence we have decided to withdraw [...]
Block Paving
Hold on you might say, has Think Defence gone off the reservation and started blogging about driveways? With all the depressing SDSR analysis I have decided to drop back into the comfort zone of logistics! As part of my research for an upcoming post on rapid airfield construction I came across a system of rapidly [...]
A400 News and Updates
EADS and Airbus Military have reported to have made yet more progress on an agreement with OCCAR. EADS and Airbus welcome the conclusion of negotiations with OCCAR and the seven A400M launch customer nations. The agreement, finalised today in Toulouse in the presence of the French Defence Minister Hervé Morin, the national armament directors and [...]
Containers Anonymous
Does anyone know the number for CA? I know I said the last one was the last post about logistics but… Stumbled across these and thought they were interesting from a military logistics point of view. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5E11FpDO1Y I know the last one isn’t strictly logistics related but I just liked the look of it Of [...]
Airdop Logistics
Although not used every day, air dropping is an interesting subject and worth a separate post. It’s the last on logistics for a while, honest chaps! There are many reasons why air dropping is preferable to helicopter delivery; the range of strategic and tactical air transport aircraft far exceeds helicopters and in general, they can [...]
Asset Tracking
Why logistics management and asset tracking is important http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7981157/British-guns-used-against-Nato-forces-in-Afghanistan.html
More Thoughts on Logistics – Containers
One of life’s great mysteries is why Americans instinctively ‘get’ doing large stuff. It seems to be a particular US trait that they intrinsically understand the value of standardisation in tackling large projects or tasks. One only has to look at US buildings to see this, every aspect of design and construction is defined, in [...]
Thoughts on Logistics – Software and Systems
In 1991 UK forces took part in the liberation of Kuwait, Operation Granby. In 1991, the armed forces truly were in Cold War mode so the achievement of mounting an out of area operation of this size should not be underestimated. However, significant shortfalls were exposed, especially in logistics support. One of the numerous issues [...]
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