Stand-To!- Fuel Efficiency Ground Vehicle Demonstrator Program- Jan. 30, 2009

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SENIOR LEADERS ARE SAYING
"The Army is committed to substantially reducing the greenhouse gas  
emissions through our acquisition of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles.  
This historic acquisition will constitute the largest acquisition of  
electric vehicles not just in the military, but in the entire country."

- Army Secretary Pete Geren

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"Managing energy supply and demand is critical to sustaining force  
and system readiness. It is imperative that the Army maximize  
operational capability and effectiveness by mitigating risks to  
energy supply... We will consider energy supply assurance, energy  
demand reduction, and energy efficiency in our decision-making process."

- Dean G. Popps, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for  
Acquisitions, Logistics and Technology

TODAY'S FOCUS
Fuel Efficiency Ground Vehicle Demonstrator (FED) Program
What is it?

The FED Program seeks to identify high payoff technologies to attain  
the most fuel-efficient vehicle designs possible. The U.S. Army  
Research Development and Engineering Command’s Tank Automotive  
Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) is leading the  
effort to bring together leading government and industry experts  
seeking to provide military vehicle technology that will reduce  
battlefield fuel consumption while maintaining operational  
performance. Government engineers are working side-by-side with the  
automotive industry's leading innovators to identify and integrate  
emerging fuel-efficient technologies that could be applied to next  
generation military trucks and other Department of Defense wheeled  
vehicle programs.

What has the Army done?

In October 2008, twenty-five industry, academia and government  
experts met for the first FED working group meeting to brainstorm and  
evaluate over 100 technologies that have potential to increase fuel  
economy. The M1114 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle at  
15,400 pounds gross vehicle weight will be used as the baseline for  
comparing fuel efficiency and performance. In December 2008, viable  
technology combinations were developed into six discrete system level  
preliminary conceptual architectures for further modeling and  
simulation studies. Work began this month on power-train systems  
modeling and simulation to predict fuel efficiency and mobility  
performance.

What continued efforts does the Army have planned for the future?

The modeling and simulation studies will assess the conceptual  
architectures against the following attributes: grade ability; speed  
on grade; acceleration; speed; vehicle control; range; braking;  
payload and electric power source requirements. In April 2009, the  
analyses results will be reviewed at the final working group session  
which will determine which concept(s) will be recommended to the FED  
Executive Steering Committee before proceeding into a design phase.

Why is this important to the Army?

Fuel efficiency has a ripple effect from tactical operations back  
through the logistics chain. Greater fuel efficiency at the platform  
level reduces delivery demand and vulnerability of logistics  
operations and personnel to hostile fire. Increasing fuel costs  
driven by unstable foreign supplies and global market competition for  
resources drives Army vehicle development strategies to increased  
fuel efficiency.

Resources:

U.S Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center  
(TARDEC) Fuel Efficiency Ground Vehicle Demonstrator (FED) Web site

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