Sustaining the Army of 2040 & Contested Logistics

[OceanBonfire]

Hamilton highlighted some of the sustainment enterprise’s “must do’s,” to provide future readiness in the [Indo-Pacific] including:

• Leveraging data analytics and investing in predictive logistics capabilities;
• Use of autonomous technology to extend operational reach, prolong endurance and ensure freedom of action;
• Reducing the Army’s logistics tail;
• Electrifying platforms and using alternative fuel sources; and
• Developing an Army watercraft strategy.

https://www.ausa.org/news/practice-essential-sustainment-indo-pacific

US Army has a ‘gigantic problem’ with logistics in the Indo-Pacific

Major Army commands are coming together to develop a force that can handle logistics and sustainment in a contested environment.

www.defensenews.com

Afloat Army Prepositioned Stocks increase power projection

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The length of three football fields and seven decks high, the USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR 316) is no doubt a big ship -- but it’s also a flo...

www.army.mil

https://www.ausa.org/news/speed-required-acquisition-efforts

Army Materiel Command boss says logistics are key to future warfare

"Gone are the days when we had everything down to your favorite ice cream," warns Gen. Charles Hamilton.

www.defensenews.com

Army focuses on contested logistics – a threat to enemy

Huntsville, AL -- Senior leaders from across the Army and industry are looking at the future force and the role logistics and sustainment will play in c...

www.army.mil

https://www.ausa.org/news/army-industry-acting-now-boost-supply-chain

https://www.ausa.org/news/agility-speed-critical-sustainment-soldiers

Army readies for record-setting logistics exercise in Pacific

The US Army is preparing to conduct one of the largest logistics exercises in recent history at Talisman Sabre in Australia.

www.defensenews.com

 

[Kirkhill]

How do you assemble a force of 3-400,000 on the Russian border in a timely fashion?

First exercise of UK Div Eng Gp since 2001

Iron Titan: British Army's largest land exercise for 20 years incorporates lessons from Ukraine

How lessons from Russia's invasion of Ukraine have brought home the importance of supply, logistics and endurance.

www.forces.net

 

[Kirkhill]

US Army Logistics Changes

With digital tools and drones, Army lab goes high-tech to help navigate tricky littoral logistics - Breaking Defense

"While many of us may typically think of maritime operations as maybe more of the domain of the Navy or the Marine Corps, it's really the Army that is charged with moving our troops or equipment or supplies across the land-water interface in order to enable early theater entry as well as support...

breakingdefense.com

Army's contested logistics team close to 'fully' operational: General Rainey - Breaking Defense

“Contested logistics are hard enough without running a resupply operation and not getting the right thing: There's a lot of room there for progress,” Gen. James Rainey told Breaking Defense.

breakingdefense.com

DIU asks industry about affordable, mass-produced unmanned aerial systems - Breaking Defense

The request comes weeks after Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced the Replicator initiative to counter China’s military mass.

breakingdefense.com

 

[Kirkhill]

More on UK logistics

BMA now 200 km from FEBA.
Supply runs from BMA to FEBA.
Supply columns split up on different supply routes.
Guns and Medics pushed forwards.