Next Gen Mobility & Lethality Tech for Warfighters

Abstract

This Project investigates the means to monitor, assess and predict Soldier and squad shoot and move performance to provide design guidance for individual and mission specific equipment (e.g. individual protection, small arms, load carriage, etc.). Research conducted focuses on translating mission tasks to measures of human performance. These measures of human performance will inform predictive algorithms and human based modeling and simulation that enable Soldier performance trade space analysis for acquisition, training, and operations. These data and algorithms will allow us to determine the impact of new capabilities on Soldier and Squad performance and effectiveness. Work in this Project supports key Army needs and leverages the technical research of several PE/Projects to include PE 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) / Project BB9 (Human Performance Technology for Mobility & Lethality), Project BC2 (Next Gen Mobility & Lethality Tech for Warfighters), and Project BC6 (Human Perf - Tech for Warfighter Enhancement). This Project supports multiple Projects within PE 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) including Project BB8 (Soldier Centric Advanced Technology), Project BC1 (Human Performance AdvTech for Mobility & Lethality), Project AY9 (Body Armor & Integrated Headborne Advanced Tech), Project AY5 (Soldier Squad Small Arms Armaments Advanced Technology), and Project BD7 (Soldier Sys Interfaces/Integration-Sensor AdvTech), and Project BB6 (Physical Augmentation: Adv Tech for Field Demo). Work in this Project complements and is fully coordinated with the Medical Research and Materiel Command under the Military Operational Medicine Research Program as well as Defense Medical Research and Development Program under Military Operational Medicine (JPC-5). This Project also complements and is fully coordinated with work performed across Army, Navy, and Air Force under the Reliance 21 Human Systems Community of Interest: Protection, Sustainment, and Warfighter Performance. The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy, as well as the Office of the Secretary of Defense Close Combat Lethality Task Force. All FY 2020 adjustments align program financial structure to Army Modernization Priorities in support of the National Defense Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Futures Command (AFC).

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: BC2_0602143A_2_2040_PB_2020

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• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• Space