CCDC’S ROAD MAP TO MODERNIZING THE ARMY: SOLDIER LETHALITY
experts to set up a development environment suitable for the robust operations of IVAS, which is planned for fielding in fiscal year 2021. CCDC also provides modeling and simulation tools to predict and assess degradation of Soldier performance because of battlefield injuries.
Te Data and Analysis Center is also working on the Soldier and squad trade space analysis framework (SSTAF), an architecture for evaluating the positive and negative effects of Soldier equip- ment on individual Soldier performance. Te framework, which treats the Soldier as a unified system, will integrate several human performance models and simulations into one system. Tis will allow the Army to gather the necessary data to perform trade analysis for Soldier equipment and help inform Army leader- ship on acquisition decisions. A trade analysis compares different options, such as cost, effectiveness, weight, power, lethality and survivability, and then uses the information to make recommen- dations to senior leaders so they can make informed decisions. Te first SSTAF prototype was completed at the end of fiscal year 2019, with additional capabilities to be added in 2020. It will provide timely, affordable trade analysis at the squad level for Army leaders who make investment decisions.
CONCLUSION CCDC works with academia, industry and international partners to improve Soldier lethality modernization efforts. Te Soldier Center partners with the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Tufts University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Worcester Polytechnic Institute on various projects. We steer research to relevant military technologies through our member- ship with the Center for Advanced Research in Drying, which includes academic and industry partners.
We also participate in and lead communities of practice with partners in Army science and technology, industry and academia. Since 2010, CCDC Soldier Center’s Soldier Protection and Survivability Directorate has used the community of practice model successfully for individual ballistic and blast protection projects. Te teams meet regularly to set research goals and moni- tor progress. Te directorate recently added two communities of practice—one for Soldier camouflage and concealment and one for Soldier hydration and protection from environmental conditions.
We also work closely with small businesses by investing in emerg- ing technologies and reaching out to military industrial bases to ensure that the technologies can be produced to supply military rations. Typically, more than 20 percent of the Army’s contract- ing budget is awarded to small businesses.
Keeping Soldiers safe without increasing the weight they wear or carry is an ongoing challenge for the Army. CCDC works closely with academia, industry and international partners to discover and develop the best technology to support this mission. Using information gathered from continuous experimentation and Soldier touch points, CCDC refines technology and focuses on research and engineering projects that will make Soldiers more lethal and increase combat readiness.
For more information, go to
www.army.mil/ccdc. BUILDING BETTER POWER OPTIONS
Mechanical engineer Dr. Nathan Sharpes demonstrates a power and data rail for the Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The C5ISR Center is developing a centralized power source for targeting technologies on the weapon, which currently requires separate batteries for scopes, range finders and thermal sights. (Photo by Dan Lafontaine, CCDC C5ISR Center Public Affairs)
MAJ. GEN. JOHN A. GEORGE is the commanding general of CCDC. He most recently served as the deputy director and chief of staff of the U.S. Army Futures Command Futures and Concepts Center. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and was commissioned into the Army in 1988. He has an M.S. in social psychology from Pennsylvania State University and an M.S.
in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
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