Comparative Functional Analysis of Air Force and Commercially Available Transportation Information Management Systems

<p>The Air Force currently relies on two transportation information management systems for managing cargo and passenger movements throughout the Defense Transportation System. The two systems are Global Air Transportation Execution System (GATES) and Cargo Movement Operations System (CMOS). Although GATES and CMOS have evolved from legacy systems created during the 1980s both systems are used to process cargo and passengers while providing the information needed to maintain in-transit visibility (ITV) and manage each movement. In 1994 the Department of Defense issued a memo that emphasized the use of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products because of the private sector's ability to maintain a competitive edge and provide better technology for integrating information systems. Since the events of September 11th 2001 the DoD has reemphasized the need to transform their warfighting capabilities in making them flexible and adaptive enough to meet future challenges.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>