PLANNING AHEAD


Soldiers carry by providing smaller, lighter energy sources; tactical situ- ational awareness systems; networked systems; and reducing the logistical bur- den of operating far from home bases. Te Army is also looking at self-healing armor, non-electronic communications, and enhanced line-of-sight and non-line- of-sight capabilities to deliver versatile effects, both lethal and nonlethal.


As part of the new strategic moderniza- tion process, program executive officers across the Army are working to iden- tify


current and planned capabilities


over the 30-year timeframe, “spanning from concept development to technol- ogy development to EMD [engineering and manufacturing development], pro- duction, and sustainment. Our strategic modernization plan will also integrate our long-term sustainment needs and priorities,” Shyu said.


“Army scientists and engineers are work- ing with industry and academia to identify basic research themes geared toward new capability,” said Mary Miller, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology.


Miller also noted that the congressionally allocated Rapid Innovation Fund, designed to support small business S&T innovations aimed at solving challenges, is having an impact.


“Basic research takes a long time to develop. Tis isn’t a planned thing that we can say, ‘Well, in 10 years we’ll have success,’ ” Miller elaborated. “We don’t know what will be successful, so we need to start now, and we need to be consistent with where we’re going.”


Te Army has dramatically changed its approach to S&T over the past two


12 Army AL&T Magazine SUPPORT FOR THE SOLDIER


Having an Army that can engage anywhere in the world on a “complex and uncertain battlefield” requires a modernization strategy centered on providing Soldiers and the squad “with unmatched lethality, protection, and situational awareness to achieve tactical dominance,” said Chief of Staff of the Army GEN Raymond T. Odierno. Above, SSG Robert Kelly, an infantryman assigned to 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and his fellow Soldiers provide security and intelligence support Dec. 2 while the Afghan Uniformed Police search nearby buildings and question locals about suspected insurgent activity, near Combat Outpost Bowri Tana in Khost province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by SFC Abram Pinnington, Task Force 3/101 Public Affairs)


BETTER PROTECTION


Part of Army Acquisition’s 30-year modernization plan is to continue developing systems to enhance and improve protection, whether for Soldiers, ground and airborne vehicle platforms, or posts and bases. Here, 2LT Chelsea Adams (right) helps PFC Cheryl Rogers with the new Generation III Female Improved Outer Tactical Vest at Fort Stewart, GA, Nov. 28. The Soldiers, who are part of the 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) Female Engagement Team, 3rd Infantry Division (ID), were preparing to deploy to Afghanistan. They are only the second group in the Army to test this new body armor. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Emily Knitter, 1st ABCT, 3rd ID)


January–March 2013


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