AMERICA’S ARMY WINNING IN A COMPLEX WORLD

The Soldier/Squad S&T Portfolio investment strategy is comprised of
subportfolios, including personnel, tactical training, Soldier systems
integration, situational awareness, survivability and sustainment.
APS on Army platforms across the ground vehicle fleet. This effort will
demonstrate a MAPS compliant soft-kill capability in FY17 and a hardkill
capability in FY19.
SOLDIER/SQUAD S&T PORTFOLIO
The Soldier/Squad S&T Portfolio supports BA2 and BA3 research,
development and demonstration of technologies in lightweight,
energy efficient, human centric systems and equipment, training
technologies, training methods and personnel measures, all of which
enable, protect and sustain dismounted Soldiers and Squads. Using
both systems engineering and human science research, this portfolio
influences many aspects of Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel,
Leadership, Personnel, Facilities and Policy to satisfy capabilities gaps.
The technologies protect, sustain and enable Soldiers operating within
Squads who execute a variety of missions while deployed and at home
stations. Geopolitical drivers include drawdown of deployed Soldiers
abroad, requiring increased training at home station, reduction in the
total force requiring greater innovative manpower efficiencies and
growing complexity in the mission. These drivers require optimization of
human capital and enabling technologies. Small, niche companies make
up the research industrial base supporting this portfolio, and the Army
S&T community accomplishes much of the technology integration.
One important initiative, the development of a Soldier Systems
Engineering Architecture, is underway. This initiative is designed to
make major inroads into our efforts to lighten the Soldier’s load. This
architecture, developed in concert with our acquisition and requirements
community, is an analytical decision-based model where changes in
Soldier system inputs (loads, technology/equipment, physiological and
cognitive state, stress levels, training, etc.) may be assessed to predict
changes in Soldier performance in operationally relevant environments.
By using a systems engineering approach, the model will result in a full
system-level analysis capable of predicting impacts of both materiel and
nonmateriel solutions on fully equipped Soldiers performing operational
missions or tasks.
The Force Protection Soldier & Small Unit (FPS&SU) Program
seeks to make significant improvements in Soldier and Small Unit
Protection. The spectrum of threats encountered by Soldiers in small
units is varied and complex with current equipment, clothing and other
protective measures providing adequate protection but introducing
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