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CENTER FOR THE
COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES (CCDoTT)
CCDoTT is a California State University, Long Beach sponsored, government approved and supported R&D center dealing with maritime-related transportation issues on behalf of both commercial and military interests. It was established in 1995 to address dual-use issues of emerging High-Speed Ships and their related Agile Port Systems. With a partnership of academia, government, military, and industry, CCDoTT has focused on the mutually dependent military and commercial issues that support the uninterrupted flow of the materials and products necessary for our national defense and continued economic growth.
The objectives of the CCDoTT program include:
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Evaluation of problems,
requirements and opportunities associated with commercial and military
transportation issues.
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Development and implementation of
marine related, dual-use technologies in support of commercial and military
interests to enhance the competitive position of U.S. flag commercial carriers
and related transportation interests.
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Oversight of select military and
commercial program interdependency issues and required actions associated with
technology transfer and project validation through the demonstration and
operational implementation of dual-use marine related technologies.
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Linking University research
capabilities to commercial and military research capacity to advance national
transportation technology requirements.
CCDoTT’s program initiatives are within the 6.3 category (applied research) associated with government R&D program designators. We take ideas through the proof of concept stage to demonstration and assure, or disprove, the viability of a concept or product that can then be handed off to an end-user for full implementation. We serve as a research incubator.
CCDoTT employs a multi-year and multi-project approach that allows programmatic synergies beyond the outcomes of single projects. This creates the potential for spin offs, combinations, and new ideas that can result from complex multi-part development of transportation technologies. Another increasingly significant value added is the development of an extensive transportation/cargo movement modeling and simulation tool set evolved from 10 years of work with the Agile Port System. Tools developed in one project are being adapted and expanded to new project requirements.
CCDoTT combines this approach with the ability to tap into the maritime transportation research and validation potential of the largest port complex in the United States, the combined Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and the intense transportation stresses of the Southern California Region. This unique set of focus and conditions allows CCDoTT to create a program of unparalleled potential and capability.
Sample of some of the 157 CCDoTT projects to date:
In the area of Agile Ports and
Terminal Systems:
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Wrote the original High-Speed Sealift and Agile Ports Operational Concept Document for the U. S. Transportation Command. Starting point of Agile Port Systems approach.
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The Agile Port Systems Demonstration is a multi-year project to demonstrate the increased efficiencies of APS for both military and commercial cargo movers.
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Electric Cargo Container (ECCO) System is an outgrowth of our feasibility study to use Magnetic Levitation technology for a high speed (90mph), non-polluting container movement conveyor both within the port and to an inland port site.
In the High-Speed Ship area:
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The CFD Design and Optimization Tool Development program adapts aerospace optimization approaches for maritime use. A multi-year effort, the tools are supporting design efforts for several high-speed multi-hull projects now ongoing.
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CCDoTT has been involved with the concept development and initial design of several High-Speed Trimaran options. The latest is the Heavy Air Lift Seabasing Ship (HALSS), designed to accommodate the Heavy airlift support requirements of Seabasing.
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The Axial Waterjet Concept and initial development as an enabler of future high-speed commercial and military ocean vehicles.
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The HSS/AP logistics assessment of the prospective market for commercial high-speed ships operating in the Pacific trade routes.
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East Coast Trailership Study to determine the ship design requirements for a specific known route, port pairing and operations.
In Rapid Deployment:
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In conjunction with Agile Ports and Terminals, these efforts coordinate the military requirements and use of commercial infrastructure and processes to insure the timely flow of military forces and sustainment with minimal impact on the highly stressed commercial infrastructure critical to the economy.
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Strategic Mobility 21 is a spin-off of CCDoTT APS and cargo movement efforts that adapts the components of the APS system in support of military requirements and combined with emerging technologies focused on a test and training Joint Power Projection Support Platform.
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Pacific Coast Feasibility Study of Short Sea shipping for coastal and inland waterways.
In Command and Control:
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TransViz is a real time collaborative visualization system developed under CCDoTT for USTRANSCOM in support of AT21. The included decision support tools moved directly from prototype to operational support of movements to Afghanistan dramatically speeding up force closure and sustainment operation and became a part of their system.
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The Transportation Internet Portal system, ultimately incorporated by USTRANSCOM, connects military cargo movement planners with real time access to commercial cargo movement systems to exploit commercial space available.
The High-Speed Ship and Agile Port programs were in a sense visionary at the time of their original implementation and have since emerged as leading activities in support of emerging military deployment requirements and commercial efforts to enhance the competitive position of the U.S. flag fleet. CCDoTT has successfully demonstrated the ability to integrate highly skilled technical personnel and related organizations within the commercial and military communities in support of current and emerging marine related transportation issues.
Efforts are in progress to identify related technical programs and suitable funding for FY ’10. |
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