Am2 Matting Wiki
Air has been awarded a 255 million indefinite delivery indefinite quantity idiq contract by defense logistics agency dla troop support to provide the united states navy air force and marine corps with am2 pallet and mat assemblies for expeditionary airfields.
Am2 matting wiki. About am 2 matting expeditionary airfields eafs are mobile systems that enable the united states military to project airpowers worldwide. Since the 1960s the air force has employed an aluminum matting system am 2 for rapid aircraft parking ramp expansion rpre in austere environments. Marston mat more properly called pierced or perforated steel planking psp is standardized perforated steel matting material developed by the united states at the waterways experiment station shortly before world war ii primarily for the rapid construction of temporary runways and landing strips also misspelled as marsden matting. The socket am2 renamed from socket m2 to prevent using the same name as cyrix mii processors is a cpu socket designed by amd for desktop processors including the performance mainstream and value segments it was released on may 23 2006 as a replacement for socket 939.
When the mats are properly engaged a rectangular slot is formed by the engagement of the end connectors. The restrictive weight of am 2 and its tedious installation complicate the process of deploying aircraft. End frame am2 mat nsn. The downturned prongs of the second mat should mate with the upturned prongs of the first mat as shown in figure 11 13.
Nsn properties and flags. Cadillac michigan july 12 2017 aar nyse. Am2 matting is a system of interlocking aluminum panels used to cover staging areas and taxiways on forward operating airfields. Eafs offer more flexibility in staging grounds operations bases and campaign strategy.
While functional and durable am 2 is heavy and cumbersome to install. Cass holdings has the current contract as of 2012. Socket am2 is a mid migration from socket am2 to socket am3 and both am2 and am2 socket cpus and motherboards have the potential to operate together. Nato stock number 8145 01 420 2838 demil no overall length 39 000 inches overall height 0 250 inches overall width 37 000 inches end application endi te mns n568 material aluminum recent solicitations.