subject-matter experts as addressing bona fide requirements that ultimately under- pin the development of next-generation Army technologies,” Sennett said. “More recently, the United States and our allies benefited from developments in mine- resistant vehicle design from South Africa. Research continues in this area of vehicle design for blast survivability.”
Recently RDECOM combined the warrior support mission with the S&T mission. RFEC Atlantic has FAST advi- sors on the staffs of U.S. European Command, U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Army Europe, and U.S. Army Africa, as well as at the European Readiness and Training Centers.
AMERICAN ALLIANCE RFEC Americas is the most recently established RFEC. Headquartered in Santiago, Chile, it also maintains offices in Argentina and Canada, with FAST advisors at U.S. Southern Command and U.S. Army South. Focused on North and South America excluding the United States, RFEC Americas has a long history of working with Canada and Chile, and recently initiated an S&T search in Peru. Brazil and Mexico are priorities for fur- ther engagement.
The United States and Brazil agreed to increase S&T exchange to foster innova- tion and improve the economies of both nations, leading to engagements in nano- technology. The RFEC also funds projects at Brazilian universities and facilitates subject-matter expert exchange visits to Brazilian and U.S. Army R&D facilities.
Mexico has the hemisphere’s third most productive economy and R&D produc- tion. One niche technology discovered by RFEC Americas in Mexico is the Auto- matic Text Entity, Location, Time Tagger for Intelligence and Information Fusion.
RFEC Americas worked with RDECOM’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center to coordinate funding and to adapt the system for Army use, with the goal of delivering better-corroborated and time- lier intelligence to the Soldier.
RFEC Americas engages nations in the region through the Conference of Ameri- can Armies (CAA). U.S. Army South conducts this conference, during which 22 member armies from the Caribbean and Central, North, and South Ameri- can countries come together to improve interoperability, capacity, and capability in peacekeeping operations, disaster relief, and humanitarian assistance.
The CAA, begun in 1960, conducts a two-year cycle of specialized conferences and exercises hosted by different member armies, culminating in a commander’s conference. Specialized conference top- ics include S&T, peacekeeping, education and training, and environmental issues.
SMEs from RDECOM and other member nations formed international integrated product teams charged with creating plans that they briefed to the leaders of the 29th conference in October 2011 in Lima, Peru.
PACIFIC OUTREACH RFEC Pacific is headquartered in Tokyo, with offices in Singapore and Australia. From these locations, it reaches out to S&T partners in academia and industry throughout the Pacific Basin, an area rich in basic scientific R&D. Historic partners such as Australia, New Zealand, Korea, and Japan and the emerging economies of India, China, and Malaysia create a diver- sity of opportunities for S&T partnerships.
RFEC Pacific FAST military and civil- ian science advisors support U.S. Forces
Korea, U.S. Forces Japan, U.S. Army Pacific, U.S. Army Alaska, and I Corps. Because of unique political and military operational environments in the Pacific Theater, the FAST team can capitalize on the opportunity to develop processes and procedures for optimal S&T support to combatant commanders.
RFEC Pacific is the first to “operational- ize” RDECOM regional FAST advisors and the Combatant Command/Army Service Component Command science advisors by actively assuming the S&T Acquisition Corps Advisor and S&T Advisory Team missions during exer- cises to train for overseas contingency operations. This framework has proven effective in supporting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan by immediately address- ing technology gaps and supporting technology insertions for the Soldier.
The RFEC Pacific’s FAST representatives participated in the Ulchi Freedom Guard- ian joint exercise in the Republic of Korea in August 2011. UFG-11 was a first for RDECOM. Participation in this annual exercise extends RDECOM’s S&T com- munity into operational centers of the warfighting commanders, to benefit those training for engagement on the battlefield.
DR. EDWARD JOHNSON, a retired U.S. Navy Commander, is Technical Director for RFEC Americas. New to the Army and the Acquisition Corps, he has 35 years of S&T experience as a Naval Officer, Tech- nical Director of the Naval Oceanographic Office and Director Applied Science, NASA. He also has acquisition experience in tele- communications, marine engineering, and health information technology. Johnson holds a B.S. in oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy and an M.S. in meteorology and oceanography and a Ph.D. in physical ocean- ography from the Naval Postgraduate School.
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