Quick‐response assessment of forward air control and communications using a queueing model and digital simulation

Douglas A. Samuelson and Robert L. Sims

Naval Research Logistics (NRL), 1995, vol. 42, issue 4, 549-557

Abstract: We analyze the potential benefits of improved communications equipment used on forward air control (FAC) aircraft in tactical air‐to‐ground warfare environments with heavy jamming. This analysis was a quick‐response task, part of a larger cost‐effectiveness study designed to compare and rank several aircraft modifications in terms of their target kill effectiveness. One modification of particular interest to the sponsor was a communications enhancement to forward air control (FAC) aircraft, which coordinate the strikes of attack aircraft in the conduct of close air support (CAS) and battlefield air interdiction (BAI) operations. We developed a queueing model and used digital simulation to analyze the effects of heavy jamming on target kill effectiveness, and to estimate the cost‐effectiveness of the proposed improvement in communication equipment, which would greatly reduce the need to repeat and verify instructions. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Date: 1995
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