Soldier Enhancement Program

Abstract

Description: The Soldier Enhancement Program (SEP) was established in the Fiscal Year 1990 National Defense Authorization Act. SEP provides an innovative approach that includes procurement and evaluation of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS)/Non Developmental Item (NDI)/Government Off The Shelf (GOTS) items that have the potential to enhance an Army Infantryman and Soldiers' ability to execute their combat mission. SEP provides significant savings and acceleration in the evaluation of items. The SEP program is managed jointly by Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier and the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command-Maneuver Center of Excellence. SEP suggestions are submitted by individual Soldiers, Field Commanders, commercial manufacturers, and others via the PEO Soldier SEP website. Viable suggestions are vetted by a Council of Colonels (CoC) and validated as SEP initiatives by Department of the Army, Deputy Chief of Staff, G8, Force Development. A limited number of validated SEP initiatives are procured and evaluated for feasibility and suitability. Based on the evaluation findings, the SEP CoC provides one or more of the following courses of action: (1) no further action required, (2) item did not meet objectives, (3) inform deliberate or urgent/emerging requirements generation, (4) initiate a new Program of Record (POR), (5) improve an existing POR, (6) transition to the Rapid Equipping Force or (7) add to the Rapid Fielding Initiative list. Justification: FY19 RDT&E funding supports SEP evaluations and documentation of results.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2019
• Source ID: S58_0604601A_5_2040_PB_2019

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