of RFAST-C. “Soldier ingenuity and innovation are the driving force for RFAST-C projects.”
DeLay continuously combs the Com- bined Joint Operations Area (CJOA) for ingenious and innovative approaches that Soldiers apply to problems that they encounter. He then brings these innova- tions back to the laboratory. Soldiers also volunteer ideas directly.
Many Soldier requirements that are vet- ted through the REF are being acted upon by RFAST-C engineers, includ- ing the fabrication of specialty tools that will enable Soldiers to interrogate suspi- cious items at or near the surface of the ground from a standoff distance, Samu- els said. Whereas the REF typically must find commercial-off-the-shelf items to address Soldier-identified requirements, the RFAST-C specialty fabrication capa- bility allows for items to be tailored to the mission, he said.
ADDITIONAL LINES OF EFFORT Other LOEs for the RFAST-C include enhanced definition of Soldier require- ments, Materiel Enterprise synchronization, counterinsurgency support and capacity enhancement for Afghan institutions, and development of technologies to counter improvised explosive device (IEDs).
RFAST-C engineers are working with Task Force Paladin to define the language and requirements for a JUONS statement that defines a theater-wide concern about certain insurgent tactics, techniques, and procedures that threaten Coalition forces. In parallel with this engineering contribu- tion, the RFAST-C Director and engineers, in collaboration with Paladin, DARPA, and other involved organizations, are working toward materiel solutions to the threat, to accelerate the availability and readiness of technology.
DIGITAL DIMENSION
Jim Granitzki, a Mechanical Engineer at RFAST-C, uses the digital laser scanner to place a 3-D image of an item in the computer system, allowing him to manipulate and modify the item for production in September 2011.
Also, as a direct result of the intellectual cap- ital it has brought to theater, the RFAST-C has been supporting the Office of the Secretary of Defense Operational Energy Plans and Programs Office in the deploy- ment and operation of a smart micro-grid at a camp within Bagram Airfield.
The RFAST-C published a report, in cooperation with RDECOM experts in power and energy, that describes several initiatives to be layered onto the camp to demonstrate energy-efficient technologies, such as improved air-conditioning units and tent shades and quilts. The RFAST-C report came to the attention of the REF, which has an initiative for energy
efficiency called “Energy to the Edge” (E2E). A critical component of the E2E initiative involves a survey of operational energy consumption at small, remote combat outposts and forward operat- ing bases throughout the CJOA, and the RFAST-C is contributing to that effort through battlefield circulation missions.
MARGARET C. ROTH is the Senior Editor of Army AL&T Magazine. She holds a B.A. in Russian language and linguistics from the University of Virginia. Roth has more than a decade of experience in writing about the Army and more than two decades’ experience in journalism and public relations.
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