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Mission: Get the right integrated technologies into the hands of warfighters quicker. What we do:

Strike (Exploit FCS Netted Fires)

Technology Out of the Laboratories and into the Hands of Warfighters in the Shortest Time Direct Support of the Tech Base to Future Combat System (FCS) and Future Force Manage Speed and Complexity of Technological Change to Operational Needs Systems Engineering, Assessment, and Analysis Engineering support to Life Cycle Management Commands and the Current Force Identify Foreign Technologies for US Army Use

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What we manage:

Human Performance & Embedded Training

8 Labs and Research, Development, and Engineering Centers (RDECs) Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity (AMSAA) Foreign Comparative Testing & Defense Acquisition Challenge Program Regional International Technology Centers Capability & Technology Integrated Process Teams Agile Development Center

Robotics Interface Future Force Warrior

The Magnitude:

Sensory Enhancement

RDECOM Operates World-wide

Over 17.5K Military, Civilians, and Direct Contractors 75% of Army Science and Technology Objectives All Army Advanced Technology Demonstrations (ATDs) 6 of 13 Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations (ACTDs) 20 Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) & 7 Defense Acquisition Challenge Programs (DACPs) with 13 different Countries

Collaborative Networked Situational Understanding

Over 300 International Agreements Linkage to Combatant Commanders - FAST Teams Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program

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International

National Labs

DARPA

NSC

ECBC

ARL

Capability Gap Analysis

AMSAA

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STTC

Battle Command

TARDEC

Maneuver Sustainment Strategic Responsiveness & Deployability

CERDEC

Protection Mounted/Dismounted Maneuver Air Maneuver Maneuver Support Training, Leader Development & Education LOS/BLOS/NLOS Lethality Human Engineering Battle Space Awareness

ARDEC

TRADOC “FOCs”

Lethality Survivability Supportability Enterprise Mgt Power & Energy Robotics Network Counter IED Nanotechnology Biotechnology Current Ops * Warrior Systems of Systems * Manned & Unmanned Air Vehicles AMRDEC

ASAALT S&T Priorities

Service Labs

RDECOM Technology IPTs

•Technology Gap Analysis •Peer Review of ATOs •Technology Roadmapping •Technology Assessments •Global technology awareness •Portfolio Analysis

S&T Investments Focused on TRADOC Capability Gaps Manage Speed and Complexity of Technological Change to Operational Operational Needs

Current Fight

Current Force

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The major capability is for small unit situational awareness and counter reconnaissance.

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' ) • Military • Surveillance missions (over the hill) • Infrared images of battlefields and urban areas (around the corner) • Search and rescue • Mine detection in war zone • Biological/chemical agent detection • Damage assessment in war zones

• Civil • • • • • •

Biological/chemical agent detection Agriculture Monitoring Environmental Monitoring Communication Nodes/GPS Traffic monitoring (long endurance) Police surveillance, interdiction, SWAT; border patrol

Urban MAV Missions •Monitoring Traffic Flow •Surveillance Imagery

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Training • Special Skill Requirements • Special Equipment; Flight Simulators • Time Requirements

Portability • System Size and Weight • Man Packed vs. Vehicle Transport

Development of Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP’s) Graphical User Interface • Screen Size and Resolution • Operator Controls for Autonomous and Manual Flight • Mission Planning Tools

System Maintenance and Reliability • • • •

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“Our ultimate customer is the Soldier… My son or daughter, your son or daughter ...who will judge our efforts with their lives and their mission accomplishment. This is a sacred trust which will not be compromised.” Larry G. Lehowicz Major General (Ret.)