Fundamentals of Ground Combat System Ballistic Vulnerability/Lethality (Progress in Astronautics & Aeronautics)

Focuses on ground combat system vulnerability, discussing many of the principles, methodologies, and tools that are also applicable to the air and sea system communities. This book begins by introducing the basic language, history, and uses of Vulnerability and Lethality (V/L) analysis, and describes elements of the V/L analysis process.

PAUL H. DEITZ is Technical Director of the U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity and Acting Director of the Human Research and Engineering Directorate at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) (formerly the Ballistic Research Laboratory). An Army employee for over 40 years, he has served as Acting Director of ARLs Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate and as Branch Chief and Division Chief in the Ballistic Vulnerability/Lethality Division.

HARRY L. REED, JR., now retired, most recently worked as a consultant for various defense organizations. Before that, he spent nearly 40 years at the U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, where he served as Chief of the System Engineering and Concepts Analysis Division.

J. TERRENCE KLOPCIC is the Director of Laboratories for Physics and Mathematics at Kenyon College. Prior to this position, he served for over 30 years at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, where he was the organizations senior scientist in systems analysis.

JAMES N. WALBERT is the Chief Scientist for the SURVICE Engineering Company. Formerly, he served for over 30 years with the Department of Defense, first at the Ballistic Research Laboratory, where he served as the Chief of the Air Systems Branch of the Vulnerability/Lethality Division, as Program Manager for Joint Live Fire Armor/Anti-Armor, and as an Army agent for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.