Technical-SAVVY Soldier Advanced Research
Abstract
This project conducts applied technology development to provide critical breakthroughs in developing a "technologically" fluent force. This research will refine, adapt, and validate methods and measures to assess and develop the technological fluency (TF) of Soldiers across a career (TF Personnel Assessments) and technologies to maximize technological fluency resilience and performance in Soldiers and units (Maximizing TF). TF is defined as the ability of Soldier and units to use and rapidly adapt new and intelligent technologies without formal training on these technologies, and it will be a decisive factor in a future operating environment in which Soldiers and squads are teamed with increasingly sophisticated and evolving technologies. Soldiers and leaders in specialty areas (e.g., Cyber, and Emerging Tech) and general purpose forces will require increased technological aptitudes and skills to adapt emerging technologies to evolving mission sets and avoid being overmatched by Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled "smart" technologies. This Project supports key Army needs and will coordinate and/or leverage findings of several PEs to include 0602184A (Soldier Applied Research), and 0603007A (Manpower, Personnel and Training Advanced Technology). This research will be performed by the U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) for Behavioral and Social Sciences, and in coordination with collaborative research between ARI and the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) performed within 0602184A (Soldier Applied Research). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas, the Army Modernization Strategy, and the Army People Strategy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- CW1_0603044A_3_2040_PB_2025
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