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SOLDIER SYSTEMS BRANCH(SSB)

Deputy Director, Soldier DivisionJohn Yancey

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AGENDA

• Mission • Organization• Soldier Load• Adaptive Squad Architecture• Capabilities Review

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MISSION STATEMENTS

SSB Mission Statement

Develop, Coordinate and Staff Individual Soldier Requirements to the Department of the Army and Joint Staff in order to provide a trained and ready Soldier with fully integrated,

modular, tailorable and scalable capability based on Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities and Policy (DOTmLPF-P).

Soldier Requirements Mission Statement

Soldier Division develops future requirements and manages Soldier capabilities for all Soldiers across the DOTmLPF-P domains, in all formations, with a primary focus on

Maneuver Brigade Combat Teams and Squads, in order to strengthen America’s Force of Decisive Action and provide the Army with the best trained and capable Soldiers in the

world.

“Fully integrated capabilities to optimize system performancewhile reducing bulk, stiffness and weight.”

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CURRENT SSB ORGANIZATION

Legend= Military= GS= Contractor

SSG David Campbell706-545-4737

Soldier Protection

Rochelle BautistaSr Capabilities Dev

706-626-2897

Mr. John YanceyDeputy

706-545-6406

Operational Energy Clothing & OCIE

Norris Simmons706-545-9127

Carla ClayAirborne & Airdrop

OCIE706-545-8710

Scott McCranieENV Protection

OCIE706-545-5285

VACANTBranch Chief706-545-6407

Dave BessSmall Unit Power

706-545-5203

MAJ Ted HalinskiProject Officer706-545-3825

Charles AbbeySmall Unit Power

706-545-9215

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SOLDIER LOAD Soldier Load is the cognitive and physical demand on the individual Soldier required to perform a task

with given capabilities. Soldier burden is the negative impact on Soldier performance given the demands of the load. Research shows a negative correlation between excessive loads and performance. Excessive loads could result in a loss of fighting effectiveness with potential individual and / or small unit mission failures.

Combat Stress

Lack of Sleep

Information Overload

Demands from Higher HQ

Multiple Simultaneous Tasks

Physical Load Cognitive Burden

Squad LeaderPhysical Load 120-150 lbs

Soldier Load

+ =

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Adaptive Squad Architecture

Purpose:• Enable rapid technology insertion through deliberate CFT management while maximizing industry innovation

• Leap ahead capability will be found in the integration of current or near-term fielded capabilities

• Provides the foundation to all future Lethality CFT efforts

Product:• Synchronized CFT plan to identify which interfaces across the soldier and squad are critical and iterate during the prototyping phases.

• Published government interfaces that define physical, power, and data protocols prior to major CFT Lethalityacquisitions

Payoff:

• Provides additional decision space on Soldier and Squadmodernization

• Architecture built on Interface Control Management will set conditions for future revolutionary upgrades in a synchronized manner

Architecture built on Government owned

Interface ControlManagement

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CAPABILITIES REVIEW

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Capability Near Term (Now) Mid term Far term

Torso Protection • Integrated weight distribution capability for SPS

• Incorporate power management, generation, and distribution capability into fabrics to decrease load

• Improved fit of tactical vest to 2% percentile female and 98%percentile male

• Reduce bulk 25%• Reduce weight 50%

• Replacement Protection System

Hard Armor Plates • Conformal Small Arms Ballistic Inserts

• Incorporate power management, generation and distribution capability into fabrics to decrease Soldier Load

Next Generation Integrated Head

Protection System

Torso and ExtremityProtection

• Reduce weight 40%• Protect with enhanced ballistic

(threat P)• Blunt impact performance

(14ftps)

• Integrate electromagnetic wavelength defeating properties into SPS textiles

• Replacement Protection System

INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION

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Tier 1: Concealable

Tier 2: LowProfile

Tier 4: FullTactical

Torso and Extremity Protection (TEP)(Low Profile to Full Tactical Configurations)

CurrentMaxillofacial

System

Integrated Head Protection System (IHPS)

Vital Torso Protection (VTP)

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Capability Near Term (Now) Mid term Far termPhysiological

monitoring

Maintain combat power

Increase squad effectiveness

• Does not interfere with Soldier networked equipment

• Provide objective data to leader’s subjective data

• Blast effects (acceleration measurements) severity scale

• 72 hour mission duration

• Records, stores past illness and injury data (hot weather Injury)

• Hydration level monitor• Detect CBRN and industrial

contaminates (toxic materials/toxic chemicals)

• Store data of cumulative blast/impact exposure and individual health data in repository with controlled access

• Event Date/Time Stamp• Linked to the network

• Revolutionary improvements

INTEGRATED SOLDIER SENSOR SYSTEM

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CBRN Blast Acceleration

Monitor the Soldier’s Environment

Monitor the Soldier

Core Body temp

Soldier Ready Score

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Capability Near Term (Now) Mid term Far term

Signature Management

Textiles

• Fire Resistant uniforms with Short Wave Infrared mitigation

• Fire Resistant uniforms with extended spectrum (Visible – Long WaveInfrared mitigation

• 500 Denair Load Carriage with Short Wave Infrared mitigation

• Reduction of Thermal signature

• Improved Combat ID

• Adaptable material for all environments

• Vector protection• Improved environmental

fabrics

• Mitigate detection threat against Ground Surveillance Radar

• Chameleon camouflage• Next generation flame and

thermal resistant materials

• Conductive charging/recharging

• Conductivewarming/cooling

• Mitigate microwave hazards

• Smart textiles

CAMOUFLAGE UNIFORMS & OCIE

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Characterize Notional Systems in Backgrounds

Optimize Signature Performance Envelop

Fabricate Systems for field evaluation

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Capability Near Term (Now) Mid term Far term

Hot & Cold Weather Footwear

• Moisture Management• Traction• Quick Drying• Light Weight

Cold Weather Extremity Protection

• Temperatures 40 to -60 degrees

• Head, Face and Neck Protection

• External Lower Leg Protection • Debris• Keep snow from

entering boots• Additional insulation

• Cold Weather Foot Insulation• Moisture Management• Quick Drying• Increased Dexterity• Capacitive Touch

• Vapor Barrier Boot Replacement• Thermal Management

Hot & Cold Weather Clothing

• Integrates with Body Armor • Cube Space Reduction • Signature Reduction

• Reduced Layers• Flame Resistant• Improved Combat ID

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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Capability Near Term (Now) Mid term Far term

Individual mobility • Increased Mobility• Lightweight• Fits all boots

• Camouflage • Signature Management

Individual mobility • Increased Mobility• Easy to train• Lightweight• Bindings/poles

• Camouflage • Signature Management

Arctic Water Container

• Doesn’t freeze in temperatures 32 to -60 degrees

• 32 ounce capacity

Ice Mobility

Eye Protection

Arctic squad equipment carrier

• Fits all Boots

• Anti-fog in artic conditions• Transition Lenses capable

• Lighter weight• No degradation of space

EXTREME INDIVIDUAL COLD WEATHER MOBILITY

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Capability Near Term (Now) Mid term Far termAdvanced Tactical Parachute System (ATPS)(T-11 T-11R MC-6)

• DOTMLPF-P analysis to improve system identifying non-materiel and materiel solutions

• Update system via Engineering Change Proposals (ECPS) and Materiel Change Proposals (MCPs)

• Decreased material weight (equipment rings, connector snaps and snaps)

• Little impact to Jump Masters or Riggers

• Next Generation Parachute

• Reduce or eliminate corner vent crossovers and entanglements

Towed Jumper Release System

• Will accommodate the full weight of jumper (to include weight of the T-11 parachute)

• Will take less time than the current system to free towed jumper and allow for safe landing

• Can be used in the event towed jumper is conscious or unconscious

Drop Zone Assembly and Navigation Aid (DZANA)

• Will facilitate rapid assembly on the Drop Zone

• Must operate in a GPS denied area and interoperate with NETT Warrior

T-11R Automatic Activation Device

• Reserve parachute will automatically activate the reserve parachute of a paratrooper who is unable to activate reserve on their own

• Light weight non-powered system

AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT

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Squad Tactical Power enables Soldier Lethality. It supports extended missionduration*, facilitates individual situational awareness and effectiveness, andimproves mission command while engaged in close combat operations in anyenvironment. It is an organic, rapidly deployable, lightweight system that stores,generates, manages, and distributes energy at the Small Unit level with integrationachieved through Adaptive Squad Architecture.

*(Mission Duration w/out Resupply: T= 24 hours, O=72 hours)

Key Terms: Efficient Power Generation & Conversion - Components and processes for generating

electricity to enable robust energy solutions. Aims to increase the power density, design, efficiency, and robustness of motors, generators, and alternators, and solar cells while also reducing their life cycle costs. (Examples: fuel cells, kinetic energy harvesting, lightweight and flexible solar cells)

Advanced Energy Storage – Components and processes for storing energy to improve electrical and electrochemical energy storage devices to decrease device size, weight, and cost as well as increase their capabilities in extreme temperatures and operating conditions. (Examples: Primary & rechargeable batteries, capacitors)

Intelligent Power Management & Distribution – Novel distribution methods, intelligent power management devices, common architectures and interfaces on the Soldier, providing energy status and awareness to the user through load management. Enables smart energy choices to enhance the mission and support reconfigurable power and greater alternative energy use. (Examples: Integrated Soldier Power and Data System – Core (ISPDS-C) , electronic textiles, Soldier wireless power, smart Soldier cables)

SQUAD TACTICAL POWER

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FUTURE POWER ADVANCEMENTS*PO

WER

DEM

AND

TIMELINE

IVAS

Nett Warrior

1

2

ENVG-B

FWS-I

Exoskeleton

19,500Wh

~31.5kWh

To meet future Power Demands:1) Increase available Power2) Create energy efficient

systems

1991 Gulf War

2001 (GWOT kick-off)

Future Warfighter(2020 & beyond)

1,740Wh

2,076Wh

1991 2001 2019 2028

>45kWh

Power &

Energy Gap

*Depicts Platoon level energy demands over a 72 hour mission.

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Small highly efficient energy storage devices, increases in energy densities, decreases in recharging times, reduce

quantity and variety of batteries carried

LOE 2: Power/Data Management & Distribution

LOE 3: Power Generation & Conversion

LOE 4: Charge/Recharge Batteries

Improved energy status, awareness and load management, enabling smart

energy choices. Support reconfigurable power and greater alternative energy

use

Small efficient power generation and harvesting systems, lightweight materials, increases in power output (greater power/less weight)

Charge/Recharge multiple battery types rapidly and efficiently at Small

Unit level. Bulk recharge multiple batteries quickly at Company level and

higher

POWER LINES OF EFFORTEnd StateSQUAD TACTICAL POWER – Small Unit Power

Current

LOE Outcomes

1.0

1.1

2.0

EVOLVING2.0 Force

EMERGING1.1 Force

KNOWN1.0 Force

FIELDEDCurrent Force

Small highly efficient energy storage devices, increases in energy densities, decreases in recharging times, reduce quantity and variety of batteries carried

Adaptive Squad Architecture (ASA)Energy efficient systems integrated

into the Squad through open systems architecture

• Increase Squad Lethality

• Increase Combat and Operational Reach

• Reduce Soldier’s Load

• Reduce Logistical Burden

• Improve Sustainment

• Facilitate Movement & Maneuver

Power Duration: Generate, recharge,

detach, and swap power sources for 72-144 hours

LOE 1: Energy Storage

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Capability Near Term (Now) Mid term Far term

Energy Storage • Small highly efficient energy storage devices

• Increased energy densities

• Increased energy densities• Decreases in recharging times

Power/Datamanagement &

distribution

• Improved energy status, awareness and load management, enabling smart energy choices

• Support reconfigurable power and greater alternative energy use

Power Generation & Conversion

• Small efficient power generation and harvesting systems

• Lightweight materials

• Increase in power output

Charge/RechargeBatteries

• Charge/Recharge multiple battery types rapidly and efficiently at Small Unit level

• Bulk recharge multiple batteries quickly at Company level and higher

SQUAD TACTICAL POWER

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POINTS OF CONTACTMr. John Yancey Deputy, Soldier Systems Branch 706-545-6406john.h.yancey2.civ@mail.mil

MAJ Edward (Ted) Halinski Project Officer, Soldier Systems Branch 706-545-3825edward.r.halinski@mail.mil

Ms. Rochelle Bautista Project Officer, Soldier Systems Branch 706-626-2897niggemann.r.bautista.civ@mail.mil

SSG David Campbell Project NCO 706-545-4737david.campbell.mil@mail.mil

Mr. Norris Simmons Soldier Protection Systems 706-545-6680norris.simmons.ctr@mail.mil

Ms. Carla Clay Airborne/OCIE 706-545-8710carla.o.clay.ctr@mail.mil

Mr. Scott McCranie Environmental Protection/OCIE 706-545-4671scott.t.mccranie.ctr@mail.mil

Mr. Charles Abbey Operational Energy – Small Unit Power 706-545-9215charles.a.abbey.ctr@mail.mil

Mr. David Bess Operational Energy – Small Unit Power 706-545-5203david.a.bess.ctr@mail.mil

Mr. Tom House Soldier Enhancement Program, SRD 706-626-8600thomas.b.house3.ctr@mail.mil

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QUESTIONS?