Title: Analysis of Air-Based Mechanization and Vertical Envelopment Concepts and Technologies
Description: "Summarized research conducted in 1998 by the RAND Arroyo Center on an exploration and assessment of the ability to insert mechanized forces in enemy-controlled terrain. Specifically investigated was the use of tilt-rotor aircraft for vertical envelopment concepts, with particular emphasis on survivability implications and the potential enabling role that technology can play."--Page iii.
Subjects: Rapid dominance (Military science), Close air support, Unified operations (Military science), Tilt rotor aircraft, Airborne operations (Military science), Military Airlift