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Evaluation of Manufacturing Vision and Strategies for the Production of Military Combat Vehicles The Crusader Artillery System (2003) / Chapter Skim
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1. Introduction
Pages 7-10

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... The Crusader sends and receives real-time battlefield information through the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System, and it can communicate directly with other combat vehicles. The secure data transmission network digitally links the howitzer, the resupply vehicle, and the rest of the battlefield to give every vehicle real-time situational awareness.3 Unlike tanks (e.g., the Army's current M1 Abrams)
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From page 8...
... at Picat~nny Arsenal, New Jersey, have set goals to use state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques for production of the Crusader artillery. To further these goals, the PM Crusader commissioned a study by the National Research Council to provide expert advice on the strategy, technology, and business plans for system development.
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From page 9...
... strategy in a second report, but given the latest developments in the Crusader program, decided to address at least some aspects of that strategy in the report (Sidebar 1.2~. 3Virtual integration "involves an integrated, collaborative decision support network that unifies business partners to direct and control operational interchanges from acquisition of raw materials to delivery of finished product to the end user throughout a product's life cycle." More information can be found at the Rapid Response Methods' Virtual Integration website, at , accessed October 10, 2002.
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From page 10...
... Thus, it is envisioned that a virtual munitions enterprise can be rapidly formed and activated using advanced information and communication technologies. The concepts of TIME are consistent with the concepts elucidated in two earlier NRC studies: Visionary Manufacturing Challenges for 2020 (NRC, 1998)
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  • manufacturing vision
  • totally integrated
  • army program
  • emerging manufacturing

  • crusader program
  • integrated munitions
  • resupply vehicle
  • automated ammunition
  • ammunition handling

  • picatinny arsenal
  • cannon tube
  • crusader team
  • committee met
  • transferring technologies

  • time program
  • lightweight equipment
  • battlefield information
  • communication technologies
  • read mainly

  • crusader sends
  • technical reports
  • requisite capabilities
  • advanced information
  • handling subsystem

  • support network
  • suitable facilities
  • network digitally
  • firing trials
  • tactical data


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