A US Navy supply ship is operating 35 miles from the shore while three US Marine Corps platoons are holding positions at a mountainside several hundred nautical miles inland. The urgent call comes in...
...that the platoons are in need of food, water, and most importantly ammunition. In response to this call, the needed supplies are packed into two Joint Modular Intermodal Containers (JMICs), and the two containers are coupled to a Mono Tiltrotor cargo pod. The Mono Tiltrotor lifts this cargo vertically off of the ship's fantail, climbs to a cruise altitude of 20,000 feet, and arrives at the first platoon's location in about one hour.
This first platoon has taken a position on a village roof top, and continues to defend this site while one JMIC containing supplies is placed at this location by the hovering Mono Tiltrotor. The aircraft then heliplanes up to the mountain peak where the second platoon is located, and discharges for the platoon half the contents of the second JMIC. Finally, the aircraft heliplanes to the mountain ridge where the third platoon is located, and discharges for this platoon the remaining supplies.
Instead of deadheading with an empty cargo pod back to the ship, the Mono Tiltrotor makes a slope landing at a secure location at the side of the mountain where it awaits its next operationing order. Later while en route back to the ship, the aircraft descends, hovers, and captures empty JMICS for retrograde. At the end of the day and when operations are complete, the Mono Tiltrotor is disassembled and placed inside of a 20 ft ISO shipping container for safe storage and for transport to its next point of use.
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