Logistics in 2025

Accessibility replaces anxiety in 2025 logistics. Confident that logistics systems will generate what they need when they need it, commanders of aerospace forces in the year 2025 contemplate strategy and devote their energy to the battle. The overall goal of this logistics writing team was to ensure commanders of 2025 retain visibility and control of the resources required to support national security objectives of the United States.This paper proposes a system of systems that will provide a commander total asset visibility from cradle to grave for all major systems and their components. Critical concepts and subsystems of this system are communications, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality. Additionally, improved and enhanced transportation and maintenance capabilities are key components of the logistic system of the future. Advanced engines and alternative fuels as well as state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques will drive the improvements in these areas. This analysis could not have been completed without significant guidance and support from the Department of Operational Science at the Air Force Institute of Technology, the faculty and staff of both Air Command and Staff College and the Air War College, Air Force Materiel Command, the Air Force Logistics Management Agency and contributors throughout the air and space and industry.

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