Maneuver Support Center of Excellence (MSCoE)

Capability Development & Integration Directorate (CDID)

Briefing to

NDIA

14 March 11

The Army’s Integrated Acquisition Process

Warfighting Capability

Articulating the needs of the Warfighter by producing authoritative requirements to the S&T and Acquisition

Communities

1. Basic principles observed and reported

2. Technology concept and/or applicationformulated

3. Analytical and experimental criticalfunction and/or characteristic proof ofconcept

Warfighter Outcomes

Stand alone statements that articulate capabilities needed for the Army Warfighter by FY 2024 and include:

– Clearly articulated description of capability.

– Rationale explaining reason for the capability.

– Metrics to describe achievement of the capability.

• Enhance & restore cognitive and physical performance • Soldiers incorporated into highly trained and competent small units• Access on potential vs. high school performance• Mitigate the increase in physiological and psychological stress• Improving mental, moral and physical capacity and performance

HumanDimension

• Live, virtual, constructive and mixed venues • Impart more skills, faster, at lower cost, with greater retention• Non-traditional home station training techniques • Train prior to employment• Enhance and account for individual proficiencies and learning rates

Training

• Enhanced agility to operate worldwide, reducing weight and volume• Sufficient pulsed power enabling advanced lethality options • Increased continuous power and fuel economy• Provide dismounted Soldiers twice available power at half the tactical wgt

Power and Energy

• Beyond-line-of-sight• Optimized for mobile operations• Increase access to the individual Soldier

Mission Command Network

• Detect, identify and neutralize CBRNE obstacles and WMD• Provide for safe standoff distance• Maintain momentum while protecting Soldiers and platforms

Counter-IED and Mines

Big 5 Warfighter Outcomes That Guide Army S&T Investment

MSCoE Related Warfighter Outcomes

• Standoff Detection of Explosive Pre-Cursors• Terrain Data Generation• Geospatial Information & Services (GI&S)• Computer-aided Analysis and Reasoning• Standoff detection, diagnosis, render safe and neutralization of explosive

(IEDs, UXOs, mines) and CBRN hazards• Rapid construction and repair of combat routes and trails• Rapidly Cross Wet and Dry Gaps• Counter IED and Mine Combined Warfighter Outcome• Standoff detection, diagnosis, render safe and neutralization of explosive

(IEDs, UXOs, mines) and CBRN hazards• Active/Passive Protection• Protection• Stationary Hemispherical Area Protection• Improved Active Protection Systems

MSCoE - Industry and Academia Relationships

Mature “Gateways” to Leverage Industry & Academia• Use of surrogates (government partners)• Cooperative Technology Alliances (CTAs)• SBIR, STTR, BAA• RDEC Partnerships -- Industry & Universities

New Ideas to Leverage Industry & Academia• Direct contact – “difficult to easy” • Building Partnership – JIIM-IA Ofc• Leonard Wood Institute (LWI)

Articulating the needs of the Warfighter by producing authoritative requirements to the S&T and Acquisition Communities

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Leonard Wood Institute – LWI

Works directly with Warfighters’ RepresentativeA leg in both world – hence the dual color ringReturns all knowledge discovered directly to MSCoE and Army Corporate BodyBy it nature - looks for potential solutions in different locations than the Army

MSCoE

WarfighterOutcomes

Industry

Academia

Like a watch - Located in the same case as the Acquisition Process, butworking on a different layer

Questions