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Historical Perspective

BG Doriot’s Vision:

Conceptualized a facility, The Institute of Man, to study the soldier, his clothing and equipment and how they function in relation to each other under world-wide environmental extremes presented by the combat battlefield.

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Only Active Army Installation in New England

78 Acres459,000 Sq. Ft. of Lab SpaceTotal 174 Acres (including 75 Family Housing units)

Total Personnel ~1498

Natick Soldier System Center

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Research & Technology Collaborators

US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering CenterRDECOM

US Army Research Institute of Environmental MedicineMRMC

US Navy Clothing & Textile Research FacilityNEXCOM

US Coast Guard Clothing Design & Technical OfficeUSCG

NSSC Tenant Organizations

Product/Project Managers Development Partners

Program Executive Office – Agile Combat SupportAir Force Life Cycle Management Center

Product Manager Force Sustainment SystemsPEO CS&CSS

Product Manager Soldier Clothing & Individual Equipment PEO Soldier

Product Manager Soldier Protective Equipment PEO Soldier

US SOCOM Program Manager SOF Survival, Support & Equipment SystemsPEO-SOF Warrior/PEO-Special Programs

Sustainment, Logistics & Support

Soldier Chem/Bio Readiness & Sustainment DirectorateIntegrated Logistics Support Center – TACOM LCMC

US Army Garrison - Natick Atlantic Region - IMCOM

Natick Contracting Division APG Contracting Center

Product Manager Infantry Combat EquipmentProgram Manager Infantry Weapon Systems Marine Corps Systems Command

Civilian Personnel and Advisory CenterCPAC

Network Enterprise CenterNETCOM-Natick

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Natick Soldier Systems Center

MissionOne Team Advancing Innovative

Technology For Today and Tomorrow

VisionOne Team Committed to Soldier Success

Soldier Systems One Mission - One Location

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Defense• Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical/Biological

Defense• Defense Logistics Agency• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency• Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Other Government Agencies• Office of the Surgeon General • National Aeronautics & Space Administration • Food and Drug Administration• United States Department of Agriculture • United States Forestry Service• Bureau of Engraving and Printing• Army Veterans Program• Department of Justice• Department of Homeland Security

Who We Support

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Unique Facilities• Base Camp Integration Lab• Environmental Chambers

– Doriot Climatic Chambers– Altitude Chamber– Hydro-Environmental Chamber– Biomechanics Lab– 3-D Anthropometric Lab– CIE Fightability Course

• Bone Health Lab• Materials Science Laboratory• Camouflage Analysis & Demo Lab• Soldier System Prototype Design

and Fabrication Facility• DoD Combat Feeding Laboratory• Airdrop Certification Test Facility• Fiber Production and Research Facility• Textile Testing Facilities• Thermal Test Facility • High Performance Fiber Facility• Polymer Film Center of Excellence

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Massachusetts Ranked #1 for Science & Technology

2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014Milken Institute

Massachusetts Ranked #2 for Total R&D Expenditures 2009/2010

National Science Foundation

Massachusetts 1 of 6 Leading Technology States 2010

US Census

Hundreds of S&T Partners inNew England Including:

• BAE Systems• Draper Laboratory• Fosta-Tek Optics, Inc.• Hanscom Air Force Base• John Adams Innovation

Institute• Kaman Aerospace• Lilliputian Systems, Inc.• Lincoln Labs• Mass Executive Office of

Public Safety and Security• Massachusetts High

Technology Council

• Metabolix, Inc .• Naval Undersea Warfare

Center• New England Ropes, Inc.• New Hampshire High

Technology Council• Niche, Inc.• Pascale Industries, Inc.• Polartec, LLC• Qinetiq North America• Triton Systems, Inc.

Academia

Research Hospitals

Local Technology Partners

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HRV

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Natick Soldier Systems Center

For 60 years

Supporting

those who Serve

Tom MerleChief Innovation Officer

24 January 2017

Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center

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Natick Soldier RD&E Center

Providing the Army with Innovative Science & Technology Solutions to Optimize the Performance of our Soldiers.

The Soldier's RDEC - Ensuring Dominance through Superior Scientific & Engineering Expertise.

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Aerial Delivery

Warfighter Protection, Survivability, and

Optimization

Expeditionary Basing/Collective

Protection

Soldier and Squad Performance Optimization

• Performance Nutrition

• Joint Foodservice Equipment

• Mission-tailored rations

Mission Areas

• JPADS• Helicopter

Sling Load• T-11

Engineering Support

• Body Armor• Helmets• Uniforms• Boots• LEAP-A• Knowledge to

Schoolhouses

• Small Unit Sustainment System

• Airbeam Shelters

• Force Provider Subsystems

• Mortuary Affairs

Joint ServiceCombat Feeding

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Aerial Delivery• Personnel Parachuting Systems• Cargo Airdrop Systems

S&T Thrust Areas:• Precision Airdrop

(sensors, guidance & control systems)• Integrated Logistics Aerial Resupply• Modeling and Simulation• Parachutist Safety• Test Instrumentation• Materials Research

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Warfighter Directorate Development & Engineering Competencies• Combat Clothing & Individual Equipment• Chemical/Biological Protective Ensembles• Load Carriage Systems • Camouflage & Concealment• Soldier & Small Unit Power/Data Systems• Mission Information & Planning Systems• Situational Awareness Tools (micro-UAVs)• Human Factors• Prototyping & Testing

S&T Thrust Areas• Multifunctional Materials• Biological Sciences• Protective Materials & Systems• Human Sciences (Physical and Cognitive)• Human Anthropometry

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• Combat Rations• Field Food Service Equipment • Combat Feeding Systems

S&T Thrust Areas:• Food Service Equipment Engineering• Applied Nutrition & Nutritional

Biochemistry• Food Protection, Defense &

Microbiology• Food Engineering, Preservation &

Stabilization• Food Packaging & Polymer Science• Product Development, Technical

Evaluation & Ration Design

DoD Combat Feeding

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Contingency Basing (Expeditionary)• Softwall Shelters • Rigidwall Shelters• Integrated Expeditionary

Base Camp Systems

S&T Thrust Areas• Barrier Materials• Structures• Thermal Management• Energy Management• Finite Element Analysis• Ballistics

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Unique Capabilities that Foster External Industrial/Academic Partnerships

Base Camp Integration Lab – PM Force Sustainment SystemsBased at Fort Devens, MA - Team Effort (Active and Reserve)Two 150 man Force Provider Expeditionary Base CampsTest and Improve Current Component Systems Develop New Technologies for Future Use – Power & WaterGreat Potential to Expand

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Areas of Interest - Primary Sources:

Broad Area Announcement (BAA):https://www.nsrdec.army.mil/img/pdfs/BAADec2016.pdf

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR):http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir

References and Resources

Resources:

Main Website:https://www.nsrdec.army.mil

Business Guidebook – “How to do Business with NSRDEC”https://www.nsrdec.army.mil/img/pdfs/DoingBusiness%20with%20NSRDEC_9th%20Edition2016-Final.pdf

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Warfighter- Survivability – Ballistics & blast; Head, Sensory,

Environmental, Flame/Thermal Protection; Signature Management

- Dismounted Power & Energy – Power generation & conversion, Energy Storage, Power Management & Distribution

- Situational Awareness – Advanced Sensors for Dismounts, Information Portrayal, Assessment & Displays, Soldier Date Management

Expeditionary Basing and Collective Protection- Operational Energy- Shelters- Base camp life support technologies

supporting expeditionary maneuver(eg. Lighting, insulation, etc.)

Active Areas of FocusDoD Combat Feeding- Processing – Increased nutritional density – military &

space- Packaging – High barrier/non-foil flexible food packaging

in package microwave sterilization- Sensors – Noninvasive measurement of biological

markers to determine nutritional status

Airdrop/Aerial Delivery- Reducing the signature of airdrop operations- Improve fidelity of airdrop modeling & simulation - High altitude deployable, extremely accurate, low

cost aerial delivery systems- Navigation around elevated structures

(megacities) without GPS

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The Science Behind

the SoldierYesterday, Today and Tomorrow

US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development &

Engineering Center

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