The Army S&T investment portfolios support Army modernization goals to      in a rapidly changing technological environment by fostering invention, innovation, maturation, and the demonstration of technologies for the 


By synchronizing our research and invest-  of capability, we are able to best position ourselves to develop new material solu- tions, discover “leap-ahead” technologies, and solve particular challenges confront- ing our force. Our priorities include networking our force; deterring and defeating hybrid threats; and empowering, protecting, and unburdening the Soldier.


The portfolio approach requires strategic planning, cooperation, and teaming across the Army’s S&T community, which spans 16 laboratories, institutes, and research, development, and engineering centers with more than 12,000 scientists and     with academia and industry.


This Army/industry/academic teaming is critical to generating innovative solutions that will enable the Army’s next-genera- tion capabilities.


For instance, our Technology Enabled Capability Demonstrations (TECDs) consist of these kinds of teams, dedi- cated to developing new capabilities to address near-term S&T challenge areas. The nine TECDs already under development include:


       Unit.


       Command.


  - able Intelligence.


      - tical Tasks.


    Treatment.


These TECDs are, quite deliberately, a byproduct of our portfolio approach.


TECDs are an example of programs that provide “bridging,” or spiraling new technologies into existing systems as they emerge, when proven technically feasible. Other high-risk/high-payoff research, typically focused on the longer term, aims  


spectrum of S&T investment is important      needs and shortfalls, and to provide innovative, game-changing technologies for the future.


PORTFOLIO DETAILS Our Soldier Portfolio includes near-, mid-, and long-term projects designed to improve capability in a variety of ways. Cross-organizational S&T teams are immersed in efforts to increase Sol- dier protection and lighten the load they carry into battle, by developing lighter-weight uniform and body armor materials and generating smaller, more mobile sources of power.


For example, one key technological emphasis is researching, developing, and experiment- ing with battery chemistry to develop higher power-density solutions for dismounted individual Soldiers and small, tactical units on-the-move. One of the many S&T ideas here is to develop lighter-weight, smaller, more portable, longer-lasting battery tech- nologies, such as lithium air batteries, that can deliver sustained amounts of power       burden. (See related article, Page 58.)


The Soldier Portfolio also includes medical research, in which infectious disease is one


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