Dismounted Soldier Survivability Equip/Tech Integ
Abstract
This Project matures and demonstrates Soldier survivability materials and technologies to increase the speed and efficiency of dismounted Soldier movement and maneuver. This Project matures and demonstrates body armor weight reductions and improves the performance of personal protection and survivability equipment. This project optimizes, matures and demonstrates advances in novel materials, technologies, techniques, and applications increasing the capabilities of camouflage, concealment, and deception against known and emerging sensor threats. This Project focuses on reducing Soldier-worn equipment weight, improving Soldier and system integration and reducing the dismounted Soldier's detectability, susceptibility, and vulnerability to operational threats. Operational threats are characterized as combat threats (e.g., flame and thermal, blast and ballistic, multispectral sensors, and laser threats), environmental threats (e.g., cold, heat, wet, vector, water contamination, concealment, etc.), and Soldier system components and system limitations (e.g., size, weight, and bulk). This Project includes the demonstration and validation of integrated technologies, novel subsystems/ systems, and test methods. This Project complements work done in Program Element (PE) 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) / Project BB4 (Dismounted Soldier Survivability Materials). The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Soldier Center (SC).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- BB3_0603118A_3_2040_PB_2025
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