Value Modeling and Trade-Off Analysis of the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit

Authors

  • Elliot Fairbrass
  • Leonard Genders
  • Giovanni Perez-Ortega
  • Clint Swisher
  • Vikram Mittal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37266/ISER.2017v5i2.pp116-122

Abstract

The Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) is a powered, armored exoskeleton designed to enhance an operator’s survivability, lethality, and mobility. The suit is a SOCOM initiative using rapid acquisition practices with a functional prototype expected in 2018. Value modeling allows the TALOS design teams to rapidly perform design trade analysis while ensuring that the proposed system is in-line with the operator’s needs. A stochastic value model was built for the power subsystem through an analysis of the requirements to develop value hierarchies, swing-weight matrices, and value functions. An Excel based tool performed trade-off analysis to determine the best design solution. This tool accounts for uncertainty in raw data values to create distributions in the cost and value of each design alternative, which is critical for assessing risk. The model was expanded to other subsystems as well as the suit as a whole.

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Published

2017-12-18

How to Cite

Fairbrass, E., Genders, L., Perez-Ortega, G., Swisher, C., & Mittal, V. (2017). Value Modeling and Trade-Off Analysis of the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit. Industrial and Systems Engineering Review, 5(2), 116-122. https://doi.org/10.37266/ISER.2017v5i2.pp116-122

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