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JOINT ACCESS A HIGH SPEED ASSAULT CONNECTOR FOR
JOINT EXPEDITIONARY LOGISTICS More info
at http//www.nps.navy.mil/tsse/
Total Ship Systems Engineering
WINDOWS CD-ROM See the README file for viewers
and system requirements
The current notion of seabasing requires that
three Battalion Landing Teams (BLT) of a 2025
Joint Expeditionary Brigade (JEB) need to be able
to transit from the Sea Base to the objective
within a 10 hour period. Of the three BLTs, two
of them must be transported by surface craft a
distance of no more than 200nm in sea state 4 or
less. The two surface bound BLTs need to be
loaded onto the transporting craft and delivered
to shore, whether it is a port facility or
austere beachhead. There is no current or future
system of connectors to meet all the
time-distance, sea state, and interface
flexibility requirements for this aspect of
seabasing. To meet these requirements a High
Speed Assault Connector (HSAC) is needed which
either augments current or replaces existing
connector platforms to deliver and support the
required forces ashore. The Joint ACCESS is a
HSAC that brings the necessary speed, payload
capacity, interface capability, and mission
flexibility needed to fill the Sea Base to shore
transportation gap. With a maximum speed of
43kts and payload capacity of 800LT, 12 Joint
ACCESS trimaran can transit 200nm and fully
offload in 7 hours. Its beachable design uses a
floating bow ramp to reach out to austere
beaches, while its combat system suite provides
self defense in addition to robust offensive
capabilities..
JOINT ACCESS A High Speed Assault Connector for
Joint Expeditionary Logistics
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL February 2005
NPS-ME-05-001