Sense-and-Respond Logistics

摘要

At the peak of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, the Joint Mobility Operations Center at Scott AFB, Ill., was busier than an air traffic control tower on a holiday weekend. Every four minutes, large digital maps blinked updates showing the paths of 450 cargo aircraft and 120 ships en route to or returning from the Middle East, The traffic system tracked not only the airplanes and ships but also their cargoes-which ranged from Joint Direct Attack Munitions to Meals, Ready to Eat.