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March 2014 | VoluMe 2, iSSue 2

A publication of science and technology news from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command

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In thIs Issue

ACRoNym GUIDE

RDECOM

AFRICOM

AMC

AMRDEC

ARL

ARDEC

ARNORTH

ARSOUTH

ASA(ALT)

U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command

Africa Command

Army Materiel Command

Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center

Army Research Laboratory

Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

U.S. Army North

U.S. Army South

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and

Technology

Communications-Electronics Research, Development and

Engineering Center

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Defense Exports and

Cooperation

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

European Command

features

driVing adVanceS in deciSiVe edge TechnologieS

Exclusive interview with Assistant Secretary of the Army for

Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Heidi Shyu

rdecoM ParTnerShiPS

RDECOM focuses on agreements, alliances and collaboration

global relaTionShiPS

International partnering creates a win-win propositions

By RDECOM Public Affairs

adVancing Science and engineering

RDECOM research agreements are yielding results

By RDECOM Public Affairs

back To The FuTure

USC Institute for Creative Technologies

By Orli Belman

bio-Technological adVanceS recognized

ARO extends University of California at Santa Barbara at the

Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies research

arl and uniVerSiTy ParTnerShiPS

Bringing together research and development talent

By Jenna Brady, ARL Public Affairs

collaboraTion To alliance

Industry, academia and government collaboration

By ARL Public Affairs

engineerS Forge ParTnerShiP

Training and preparing for Capability Set 13

By Nancy Jones-Bonbrest, PEO C3T and Edric Thompson,

CERDEC Public Affairs

new general MoTorS ParTnerShiP

Evaluating and demonstrate hydrogen fuel cell technology

deSigning MaTerialS

ARL teams with university partners

By T’Jae Gibson, ARL, Public Affairs

inSenSiTiVe MuniTionS

Working to improve the safety of munitions

By William H. Ruppert, IV, P.E., Program Manager, Joint

Insensitive Munitions Technology Program

ProPulSion collaboraTion

AMRDEC and NASA work together of propulsion research

By Heather R. Smith, AMRDEC Public Affairs

innoVaTion FroM The inSide ouT

Critical missions inspire teamwork, collaboration

SixTy yearS oF ParTnering

Natick harnesses the benefits of partnerships and collaboration

CERDEC

DARPA

DASA DE&C

DASA R/T

DTRA

ECBC

EUCOM

NORTHCOM Northern Command

NSRDEC

PACOM

PEO M&S

PEO Soldier

SOCOM

Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center

Pacific Command

Program Executive Office Missile & Space

Program Executive Office Soldier

Special Operations Command

SOUTHCOM Southern Command

TARDEC

USAREUR

Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

U.S. Army Europe

Front cover design by Joe Stephens; photo by Conrad Johnson

Departments

acronyM guide

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DIrector’s corner: partnershIps

RDECOM depends on partner-

ships to develop world-class tech-

nology and engineering solutions.

Our mission is only achievable if

we continue to reach out and build

partnerships across all of our core

competencies.

The automotive industry,

for example, is very interested in

collaborating with us. Our tank

and automotive research center

recently signed a formal research

agreement with General Motors for

hydrogen fuel research. Partnering

with America’s automakers gives us

tremendous opportunities to lever-

age their technology development

while contributing to the industry

knowledge base. Also, we partner

with the University of Michigan and

Michigan State to help develop the

next generation of automotive engi-

neers who are working on our most

challenging problems. All of this

gives us direct engagement with the

leading edge of technology.

The engineers at our aviation

and missile center collaborate with

NASA scientists on areas of mutual

interest such as logistics, engineer-

ing, safety, quality and assurance.

We face many of the same issues,

and when we share best practices

with each other, both organizations

benefit.

RDECOM scientists also

perform basic research support for

many DARPA projects. The more

we partner with DARPA on its

visionary work at the leading edge

of scientific discovery, the more

we can anticipate transitions of

potentially leap-ahead capabilities.

So I would love to see our scientists

and engineers doing even more

work with DARPA to augment our

S&T activities. DARPA would be able

to take advantage of our knowledge

and expertise of Soldier and land

combat challenges. An enhanced

partnership would help us better

prepare to transition technologies,

upgrade current programs and

develop new programs.

Working with visionary partners

like DARPA enables us to better

support our other partners, for

example in our growing partner-

ship with the Special Operations

Command. Technology plays a

major role in the Army’s vision for

the Soldier of the Future. SOCOM

has turned to our organization to

provide unique solutions in the area

of lighter batteries, more flexible

and stronger body armor, enhanced

situational awareness, secure com-

munications and increased lethality.

We have a great partnership with

SOCOM to test out new ideas, get

feedback, make improvements

and then look for opportunities to

transition technologies. That means

as we create new ideas, capabilities

and technologies for special-oper-

ations forces, we can present new

capabilities to the general force.

We’re trying to be a better partner

by making sure we’re bringing the

right people, the right expertise and

the right imagination to solve their

materiel gaps.

The importance of these part-

nerships only increases as budgets

decrease. We must leverage the

work of others as it only makes

sense to maximize our access to

the intellectual capability, capacity

and capital of our partners to fill the

gaps. Hunkering down in our own

foxhole will just make our work less

effective and be more expensive.

We are even considering game-

changing ideas to create a more

open environment at our research

centers and laboratories. What if

we were to take the fence down

and allow universities and civilian

researchers to build laboratories

and centers right next to ours? How

would this accelerate collaboration

and cooperation? Perhaps joint

research parks would exponentially

advance our efforts. Consider what

NASA has done at the Ames Re-

search Center. They have expanded

public and private partnerships by

inviting researchers to co-locate

and collaborate. This has resulted

in an increase in innovative, high-

performance and reliable space

exploration technologies. We can

learn from this. We are exploring

new ideas to get more people with

ideas together to come up with

more innovative solutions.

Our Army Chief of Staff, Gen.

Ray Odierno, has called for a

globally responsive and regionally

engaged Army that is ready and

Dale A. Ormond, Director, RDECOM

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modern. The vision is for smaller

brigade combat teams by 2025

with the same or increased lethal-

ity. The chief is relying on the S&T

community to provide technologies

that can be developed and fielded

to meet that time line. We are an

integral team member. I have every

confidence that our proactive ap-

proach to partnering combined with

the creative RDECOM workforce,

we can do what the Army needs us

to do—with fewer resources. That’s

what we’re all about: enabling Sol-

diers to execute their mission in an

increasingly complex and contested

battlefield.

To be a ready and modern

Army, the Army research and

development community will step

up, innovate and deliver ground-

breaking solutions. I am confident

that RDECOM, with our partners,

will accomplish this task.

ediTorial STaFF

dale a. ormond,

RDECOM Director

command Sgt. Maj. lebert o. beharie

Senior Enlisted Advisor

Joseph Ferrare

RDECOM Public Affairs Officer, (410) 306-4489

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Managing Editor, david.mcnally@us.army.mil

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Associate Editor, daniel.e.lafontaine2.ctr@mail.mil

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