cndcgs Challenges to national defence in contemporary geopolitical situation 2538-8959 2669-2023 LKA 7_2026_MUSZYNSKI 10.47459/cndcgs.2026.7 Article AHP Method Application for Ribbon Pontoon Bridges Evaluation MUSZYŃSKI Tomasz tomasz.muszynski@wat.edu.pl ∗ Institute of Robotics and Machine Construction, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Military University of Technolgy, Poland RUBIEC Arkadiusz Institute of Robotics and Machine Construction, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Military University of Technolgy, Poland BEKESIENE Svajone Research Group on Logistics and Defence Technology Management, General Jonas Žemaitis Miltitary Academy of Lithuania, Lithuania Corresponding author. 2026 1 60 70 30 06 2026 Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY)

The construction of water crossings constitutes one of the fundamental tasks of military engineering units. Under combat conditions, such operations are frequently required to be executed within timelines measured in hours. This tempo is enabled by ribbon pontoon bridge systems. Four main structural design concepts can be distinguished among these systems. This paper presents the results of an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) analysis applied to the problem of selecting among this four design concepts, taking into account two distinct profiles of water obstacles.

 decision support pontoon ribbon bridge Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) multi-criteria decision-making technique