Totally Integrated Munitions Enterprise ''Affordable Munitions Production for the 21st Century'' [electronic resource]
The U.S. Army faces several munitions manufacturing issues: downsizing of the organic production base, timely fielding of affordable smart munitions, and munitions replenishment during national emergencies. Totally Integrated Munitions Enterprise (TIME) is addressing these complex issues via the dev...
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
United States. Department of Energy. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy,
2000.
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| Summary: | The U.S. Army faces several munitions manufacturing issues: downsizing of the organic production base, timely fielding of affordable smart munitions, and munitions replenishment during national emergencies. Totally Integrated Munitions Enterprise (TIME) is addressing these complex issues via the development and demonstration of an integrated enterprise. The enterprise will include the tools, network, and open modular architecture controllers to enable accelerated acquisition, shortened concept to volume production, lower life cycle costs, capture of critical manufacturing processes, and communication of process parameters between remote sites to rapidly spin-off production for replenishment by commercial sources. TIME addresses the enterprise as a system, integrating design, engineering, manufacturing, administration, and logistics. |
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| Item Description: | Published through SciTech Connect. 08/18/2000. "ucrl-id-139738-rev-1" Burleson, R.R.; Poggio, M.E.; Rosenberg, S.J.; McWilliams, T. |
| Physical Description: | 674 Kilobytes pages : digital, PDF file. |