The PLA is already testing technologies that range from widespread sensors to AI-enabled predictive planning, cargo drones, ...

Abstract: The military should—and can—operate more efficiently. One area that has potential for major savings is logistics. As combat capabilities grow, the logistics system must adapt.

“Fuel can be a war stopper. A force can move and attack only as long as vehicles and weapon systems receive fuel, oils, and lubricants. Ultimate success may depend on having enough fuel to support the ...

Professor Peter Nyhuis, managing director of the Institute for Factory Plants and Logistics at Leibnitz University of Hannover, Germany stated in his book "Contributions to a Theory of Logistics" that ...

When the current geographically based combatant command (COCOM) structure was devised after World War II, continental boundaries were defined and ideological and economic systems were divided.

Military deployments to austere environments -- whether humanitarian missions or combat operations -- involve extensive logistical planning, which is often complicated by unforeseen events.

Indeed, this Chinese military analysis puts a premium on the quality of British logistics personnel, both in terms of training and also motivation. Logistics personnel in the British system at that ...

The current budgetary environment requires that the Department of Defense (DoD) make the most efficient use of all its resources – money, personnel and time – reducing costs and improving outcomes ...

Obtaining foreign help has always been a centerpiece of American national security strategy. In 1907, when President Theodore Roosevelt dispatched the U.S. Fleet on an audacious 14-month cruise around ...

To fight a war in the Pacific, the Navy and Marine Corps would rely on the military's logistics fleet for food, fuel, and ammunition. But that aging fleet, already taxed by technical problems, is ...