MILENG COE Symposium and Industry Day Ingolstadt, Germany 4-5 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Prepared for: MILENG COE Symposium and Industry Day Ingolstadt, Germany 4-5 December 2018 1 12/6/2018 MILENG COE Dec 2018

Agenda  Acrow Bridge Overview  Area of Operational Responsibility  Meeting and Solving Requirements for MLC 120T/150W LOCB MILENG COE Dec 2018 2 12/6/2018

Company History Corporation Overview  1951: Acrow Incorporated in the U.S.  1995: Moved fabrication to U.S.  2010: Major procurement by DoD Manufacturing: Canada HQ:  2016: Milton, PA Bolton, ON  80m/90m Dry Gaps to CJTF-OIR Canada Sales Offices:  Wet Gap constructed in Qayarah, Iraq Montreal, QC Canada Sales Office:  2017: Vancouver, BC  Acrow HQ: Dry Gap bridges constructed in Eastern Europe: Raqqah, Syria Parsippany, NJ  Rydzyna, PO Wet Gap constructed in Mosul, US Sales Office: Iraq Seattle, WA  SW Asia: 14 bridges to Puerto Rico Shipping Depot: Rome, IT following Hurricane Maria Lafayette, NJ US Sales Office:  200m Wet Gap to support INDO- Denver, CO PACOM US Sales Office: Richmond, VA US Sales Office:  2018: Saint Louis, MO  Wet Gap constructed in Mosul, Iraq  Program of Record UMR US Sales Office: testing, Michigan & Maryland US/NATO Military Sales: Mobile, AL  Wet Gaps to EUCOM & Dry Jacksonville, FL Gaps to CENTCOM  90m Dry Gap in Hillah, Iraq  2019:  POR UMR testing, continued, APG, MD  POR FMR testing in APG, MD MILENG COE Dec 2018 3 12/6/2018

Bridge Design Overview  Manufactures and supplies NATO Trilateral Standard military bridge sets :  Bridge roadway widths : 4.2m and 5m curb to curb  Bridge spans : up to 103m for MLC 85T/100W without piers Deck (1694 lbs)  Loads : up to MLC 120/150 and AASHTO HL93  Designs : military (5ea) and civilian (14ea)  Decking:  Steel orthotropic roadway deck units : Steel deck plate stiffened Panel (693 lbs) longitudinally & transversely with Shear Panel (896 lbs) stringers. AB 507 Transom, MLC 80/110 (1000 lbs)  Driving Surface Options : Factory AB 982 Transom, MLC 120/150, (1725 lbs) applied aggregate; locally applied asphalt (2.5” – 5”); or plain MILENG COE Dec 2018 4 12/6/2018

Design Review 80/110 120/150  Requires no on-site welding to attach the bridge to the barge saving ~10+ hours of welding per span  Uses fewer bolts for the superstructure equating to significant reduction in man-hours (analysis based on 51m, TSR3, Dry Gap bridge)  Incorporates an orthotropic deck system. Recent point load testing: very high (inquire at booth)  Utilizes tapered chords allowing a trouble-free and smooth transition to chorded trusses during the cantilevered launch MILENG COE Dec 2018 5 12/6/2018

Acrow Military LOCB Supply Nepal Pakistan Colombia U.S. DoD - APS Peru Honduras Botswana Bangladesh 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 1995 1999 U.S. DoD APS/DoS: Iraq Chile Syria Canada Kuwait Australia Italy Indonesia Korea Israel MILENG COE Dec 2018 6 12/6/2018

Line of Communication Bridge (LOCB) Interoperability UNIT LOCB Training Status U.S. MRBCs 13/24, 54% ITALIAN EN REGT 2016 NORWEGIAN EN REGT 2016 26 d EN REG (UK) 2016 22 nd EN REG (UK) 2016/2017 35 th EN REG (UK) 2017 39 th EN REG (CAN) 2017 77 th AR EN SQDN (UK) ACROW Dry Gap Bridge Training, Lafayette, NJ, 2017 2018 21 st EN REG (UK) 2018 MILENG COE Dec 2018 7 12/6/2018

NATO and Eastern Europe Trafficability Concerns - Baltics: Russian gauge rail lines - Poland and westward: EU gauge rail - Rail transfer in Kaunas or convoy XX US Base? “The bridges and the highways network, particularly in Eastern Europe, must be strengthened and improved to allow quicker ground movement” LTG (Ret) Ben Hodges MILENG COE Dec 2018 8 12/6/2018

AOR Context Who depends more on mobility and when?  Standard assumptions:  Attacker has to move, defender can hide/dig-in and wait, MILENG, Dec 2017  Defender may have to move (for Defense & Reconquering Territory), MILENG, Dec 2017  In 2014-2016, the CJTF-OIR had complete air superiority in Iraq and Syria, all the bridges north and northwest of Baghdad were either destroyed or made impassable to stop Da’esh from reaching Baghdad. Da’esh was a sub-rate peer competitor.  Imagine what NATO would have to do to stop or deter a near-peer competitor like Russia threatening the eastern border of Poland or the Suwalki Gap or continued threats to the Ukraine.  Replacement bridges are critical to maintain mobility due to NATO not having complete air superiority any longer. NATO needs to have a rapid surge capability… prepositioned stocks of rail, wet and dry and emergency bridging are vital to ensure unimpeded mobility. MILENG COE Dec 2018 9 12/6/2018

Meeting & Solving Requirements for MLC 120T/150W LOCB ~90 Tons ~ 130 Tons 40 Tons Assume 20 Tons of gravel and mud on bridge Crossing Test Picture approved by APG, ATC, Test Director MILENG COE Dec 2018 10 12/6/2018

Urgent Material Release of MLC 120T/150W Dry & Wet Gap LOCB  UMR Testing, Dry Gap, at Selfridge Air Base, MI, Phase I:  11-13 Jun: Shear test completed  18-26 Jun: Moments test completed UMR Testing, Wet and Dry Gap, at Aberdeen Proving Ground • (APG), MD, Phase II:  28 Nov 2018: Wet Gap Bridge Crossing Test completed  Feb 2019: Testing of 50m Dry Gap Bridge  Mar 2019: UMR completion, decision, road-ahead • FMR Testing :  May 2019 thru May 2020  Various Testing Centers:  APG, MD: Crossing tests  Camp Ripley, MN: Fast water testing  Vicksburg, MS, ERDC: Component Testing  San Diego, CA: Tower Testing MILENG COE Dec 2018 11 12/6/2018

Dry Gap LOCB, MLC 120T/150W  QSR4H, 51m  Live Load test: Inquire at Acrow Booth Pictures approved by PEO CS/CSS PM MILENG COE Dec 2018 12 12/6/2018

Wet Gap, MLC 120T/150W  TSRH, 80m and up  7’ Barges  Crossing test: 28 Nov 2018  APG, MD, Briar Pond  HET w/ M1A2SEPV3  M88 w/ M2 in tow Crossing Test Pictures approved by APG, ATC, Test Director MILENG COE Dec 2018 13 12/6/2018

Manufacture and Supply Timeline 240m Wet Gap: • 80/110: - 26-29ea 40’ High Cube 30 days: Dry Gap 15-20 days: containers Manufacture bridge (COTS) - 28 Barges • 120/150 : TBD 51m Dry Gap: • 80/110: 18ea CROPS • 120/150 : 13ea 40’ High Cube containers +31-60 days: Wet Gap Manufacture barges (non-COTS) • Reduce time in procuring non-COTS -18-24 hours: 51m DG parts with pre-contractual -6-9 days: 240m WG agreement and increased coordination • APS: Preposition bridges forward of Italy = Readiness ~6-7 days download and onward movement MILENG COE Dec 2018 14 12/6/2018

In Summary, Acrow Bridges are:  More economical (pennies on the dollar in preposition sites as a Return on Investment for mobility insurance; less man-hours to construct)  Installed permanently or temporarily  Proven product success and longevity on deployed bridges in Iraq and Syria  Designing new aerial anchoring system for 11^ fps (3.4m/s) and above stream velocities and rocky stream bottoms  Prepared to support NATO/U.S. Army Europe/EU acquisition of bridge stocks   Made of high strength USA 65 ksi steel Ready to support U.S., NATO and Allied nations with increased training  Designed to meet or exceed the Trilateral Military, India opportunities to increase RC, AASHTO, Canadian, British, Euro, Polish, and other bridge design standards interoperability …train before execution MILENG COE Dec 2018 15 12/6/2018

It’s not just steel that supports these bridges MILENG COE Dec 2018 16 12/6/2018

Thank you. Stephen Danner LTC (Retired), US Army, Engineer Military Sales 904-495-6792 Please visit us at www.acrow.com sdanner@acrow.com MILENG COE Dec 2018 17 12/6/2018