News | March 1, 2011

DTP-081: Assessing Army Power and Energy for the Warfighter

By John W. Lyons, Richard Chait, and James J. Valdes DTP-081

This paper reviews some of the landscape of research and development on power and energy as it pertains to the needs of the Army warfighter. It focuses on the battlefield and considers questions related to vehicles, dismounted soldiers, and forward operating bases. The context of the study is twofold: the National need to reduce the use of petroleum-based fuels and the Army’s need to reduce the logistical burden and hazards moving said fuels on the battlefield.

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