Soldier Enabled University Advanced Development

Abstract

This Project leverages advanced technological innovations from academia to accelerate the optimization and demonstration of improved capabilities and systems that advance Soldier and Squad lethality-overmatch and Soldier performance and meet mission needs in the future operating environments. This Project funds collaborative, enduring advanced extramural university-based maturation and demonstration of technologies and brings together competitively selected universities with Army research teams into Technical Alliances. This Project will focus efforts on mid- to far-term Army modernization priorities while also maintaining delivery of near-term technologies critical to supporting the modernization priorities. The technical scope of this Project includes the optimization, maturation and demonstration of overarching Soldier-centric technologies including human systems integration, simplified synthetic training environments, advanced protective materials, power and energy, Warfighter endurance, robotics, as well as other innovative Soldier enabled advanced research technologies that will accelerate the Army modernization in Synthetic Training Environment, and Soldier Lethality. This Project conducts advanced research and development leading to potential emerging technologies in areas of strategic importance to the Army in Soldier capabilities related to increased protection, performance, agility, situational awareness, and lethality. This Project will also continuously strive to engage and collaborate with entities that might not otherwise collaborate with the Department of Defense (DoD) to demonstrate and provide novel Soldier-centric technologies for accelerating the adoption of emerging technologies for the Warfighter in the Army Soldier portfolio. Research in this Project supports the Army Modernization Priorities of Synthetic Training Environment and Soldier Lethality, and the overall Soldier science and technology (S&T) portfolio. The cited research is consistent with Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Research in this Project is performed by the United States (US) Army Futures Command. Research in this Project complements and supports transitions from Soldier Enabling University Applied Research in Program Element 0602184A (Soldier Applied Research).

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
CN8_0603044A_3_2040_PB_2023

Tags

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy

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