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Digitization and Automation of the Airborne Timeline
Juan L. Garcia
July 29, 2023
Strategic Operations & Supply Chain Management
Dr. Anis Nizam
Executive Summary
Airborne operations are a time-consuming special tactic used mainly by Special Operations across the U.S. Military and select units inside the U.S. Army. It has many moving pieces that are
brought together just to make one successful jump operation take place. At the moment, these moving pieces have all separate systems and way to track an operation and none of the systems are compatible. This makes it necessary to have to manually input data into each separate system by hand. This involves the requestor to fill out multiple forms and must look out for different forms of communication to confirm and setup these operations. This makes conducting an operation time consuming and normally a process that takes 60+ days to conduct. The proposal is
to digitize forms and automate the system into one system among all end users to bring the timeline to 30 days or less.
Vision and Strategy
Digitization and automation into one system for all end users removes the added and unnecessary
legwork for an individual to contact multiple end users and request their services on multiple forms. Implementing this system would alleviate that unnecessary task and at the same time make the airborne timeline more efficient and leaner. You would now be able to go into the system and fill out a request to conduct an airborne operation. On this same system: you would be able to see how many parachutes available and lead time are to reserve them; you would be able to see what range control has open and what drop zones are available and when they are available; you would be able to request air support through the Air Force and see what squadrons
are available and when they would be able to support. On this system you could also see what operations are going to be conducted and able to request to piggyback off their operation. This alleviates the legwork of calling around to see who has jump operations happening. Having the
ability to communicate with all necessary cogs in the wheel on one system greatly reduces the timeline and errors along the way.
The main challenge with this proposal would be the cost of creating this system and implementing into the U.S. Military for operations. Training personnel would also be costly and then ensuring they are correctly using it. This will prove to be the biggest challenge as it would not just be one branch to be implemented into and trained on the system, but it would have to be all branches.
Key Stakeholders
The biggest stakeholder for this would be the airborne units themselves, as this is specifically designed to shorten their timeline from the point of request to the actual time of the jump operation. The second stakeholder would be the Air Force squadrons that have the aircraft that are utilized for the operations. Without this stakeholder the timeline is just a concept because there is no jump. The rigger units which pack and house the parachutes for the personnel who jump are also stakeholders in this system. Range control would also be stakeholders as they are the ones who control all ranges (which include drop zones) and need to know when and where ranges are being utilized. Lastly having this system helps the Air Force to communicate the operation with civilian air traffic controllers and ensure all airways pertaining to the operation are clear and safe for jumpers and equipment to exit.
Conclusion
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In closing, the benefits of this system in lowering the timeline from 60+ days to having an operation take place within 30 days or less far outweigh the cost of the system to implement and train personnel to use.