FROM CONCEPT TO CAPABILITY
development to further decrease the armor perform better in executing the mission.
produced and deployed by Army depots and the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center, with thousands more produced and deployed by original equipment is attributed to the readily available technology knowledge, the uniquely and the rapid technology transition
Deployable Force Protection (DFP) is another S&T program that transitions
- nity developed structures that incorporate advanced blast and ballistic protections to provide overhead cover for troops at forward operating bases (FOBs). The use of
these DFP systems, which are
being deployed this year with the 82nd Airborne Division, will help save time associated with establishing mortar pits and enhance force protection.
The S&T community is also in the process of transitioning a laser igni- tion system for 155mm artillery rounds, which provides a safer, cheaper, and more diode pumped laser ignition, in develop- ment since the early 1990s, will replace the existing primer feed mechanism. The increased reliability of the laser ignition
TECHNOLOGY TEST FLIGHT The AH-64D Block III Apache Longbow helicopter marked its first flight for the Army at the Boeing Co. facility in Mesa, AZ, July 9, 2008, piloted by then-Vice Chief of Staff of the Army GEN Richard A. Cody (front seat) and CW5 Rucie J. Moore of the U.S. Army Aviation Technical Test Center, both now retired. The Apache Block III next-generation attack helicopter is engineered with key performance-enhancing capabilities that emerged from the Army’s science and technology program. (Boeing Co. photo)
IMPORTANCE OF KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS importance to our S&T efforts and go largely unseen or characterized. An on noncognitive measures, which are now used in selection decisions for enlisted personnel and ROTC scholarships. This type of
assessment measures an indi-
vidual’s temperament in areas such as cooperation,
achievement, motivation,
optimism, and sociability. The U.S. Army Research Institute developed this non- materiel knowledge solution in the area of personnel selection.
These assessments add a new dimension to personnel decisions that have been based on traditional cognitive measures, such as the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, and medical screening. With these assessments, the Army is now able to better predict subsequent performance of incoming Army personnel, thereby reducing training and other associated costs. With an early estimated savings of approximately $211 million, this transitioned knowledge has changed how the Army determines who is likely to not complete training. Given the $50,000- to-$80,000 cost to train a recruit in the on saving resources.
IN THE WORKS The S&T community has made develop a next-generation indirect the Extended Area Protection and Survivability
(EAPS) 56 program. This Army AL&T Magazine
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