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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014 | VOLUME 2, ISSUE 5

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

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INTERVIEW WITH

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014 | VOLUME 2, ISSUE 5

IN THIS ISSUE

ACRONYM GUIDE

AMC

RDECOM

ARL

ARDEC

AMRDEC

CERDEC

ECBC

NSRDEC

TARDEC

ASA(ALT)

ARCIC

ATEC

DARPA

DASA(R&T)

PEO MS

PEO Soldier

SMDC

U.S. Army Materiel Command

U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command

Army Research Laboratory

Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering

Center

Communications-Electronics Research, Development and

Engineering Center

Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering

Center

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and

Technology

Army Capabilities Integration Center

Army Test and Evaluation Command

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and

Technology

Program Executive Office Missiles and Space

Program Executive Office Soldier

Space and Missile Defense Command

FEATURES

THE BEST WEAPON IN THE U.S. ARMY

Exclusive Interview with Sergeant Major of the Army

Raymond F. Chandler III

INVESTING IN THE ARMY’S FUTURE

The U.S. Army vision for lethality science and technology

investment is to enable overmatch in weapon systems.

BY DAVID MCNALLY, RDECOM PUBLIC AFFAIRS

DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY

How the Army Research Laboratory will change the future.

BY MICHAEL ZOLTOSKI, ARL

FUTURE FIRES

Creating specific lethal or nonlethal effects on a target.

BY DAVID MCNALLY, RDECOM PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Q&A WITH BRIG. GEN. L. NEIL THURGOOD

Exclusive interview with Brig. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood,

Program Executive Officer for Missiles and Space.

ENHANCED GRENADE LETHALITY

On target even when enemy is concealed.

BY ERIC KOWAL, ARDEC PUBLIC AFFAIRS

SMALLEST GUIDED MISSILES

Army developing small missile for big mission.

BY RYAN KEITH, AMRDEC PUBLIC AFFAIRS

LETHALITY ON A BEAM OF LIGHT

U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

researchers explore high-energy lasers.

BY CHARLES LAMAR, SMDC TECHNICAL CENTER

IMPROVED MORTARS

Redesign to help infantrymen become more lethal, safer.

BY JOHN B. SNYDER, WATERVLIET ARSENAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS

WEAPON DEVELOPMENT

Sophisticated simulations help researchers improve

weapons.

BY ED LOPEZ AND CASSANDRA MAINIERO,

PICATINNY ARSENAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS

ARMY TESTS SAFER WARHEAD

Reducing the danger of unexploded ordnance.

BY JOHN ANDREW HAMILTON, ATEC PUBLIC AFFAIRS

On the cover:

U.S.

Army Rangers assigned

to 2nd Battalion, 75th

Ranger Regiment, fire

a Carl Gustav 84mm

recoilless rifle at Camp

Roberts, Calif., Jan 26,

2014. Rangers use a

multitude of weaponry

during their annual tac-

tical training. (U.S. Army

photo by Pfc. Rashene

Mincy)

NIGHT TURNS INTO DAY

Army researchers enable night lethality.

BY KIM BELL, CERDEC NVESD PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Front Cover:

Design by Chris Boston with photo by Pfc. Rashene Mincy.

Back cover:

Design by Joe Stephens with photo by Erin Usawicz.

DEPARTMENTS

ACRONYM GUIDE

DIRECTOR’S CORNER

NEWSBRIEFS

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DIRECTOR’S CORNER: FUTURE LETHALITY

The Army of the future will

have fewer Soldiers but will be

more lethal. Technology will make

that possible, and our scientists

and engineers are—and have

been—redefining the art of the

possible to make this enabling

technology a reality.

The Soldier and squad are

the foundation of the Army. Our

strategy is to build from the

Soldier out, equipping our squads

for tactical overmatch in all situ-

ations. They will connect to an

integrated network to give them

greater awareness and increased

speed for decision-making be-

yond their adversaries, and they

will operate in vehicles that make

them more mobile, more lethal,

and at the same time, better

protected.

The U.S. Army Research,

Development and Engineering

Command is bringing solutions

to these challenge at every point.

From aviation to ground vehicles,

our researchers and engineers

are developing and testing

the best technologies to make

ground and air vehicles more

protective of our Soldiers while

providing increased efficiency,

affordability and lethality.

Our researchers are con-

stantly on the hunt for improving

our weapon designs to pack more

punch into our rockets, artillery

and mortars. We apply knowl-

edge gained from a powerful new

avenue of science, disruptive

energetics, to get a bigger bang

out of a smaller package.

Energetics research holds

the promise of a tenfold increase

in range and explosive punch

through new materials and

chemical compositions. Imagine

being a commander in the field

with 10 levels of scalable lethality.

Options increase exponentially.

A strike need only be as lethal

as necessary to accomplish the

mission. As our sensors, target-

ing and associated technologies

match our improvements in

lethality, commanders will have

fine-grained control to minimize

if note completely avoid collat-

eral damage.

The Army invests about

$250 million annually in lethality

research and development. Much

of this funding goes to Army Re-

search Laboratory, the Aviation

and Missile Research, Develop-

ment and Engineering Center

and the Armament Research,

Development and Engineering

Center. A lot of emphasis goes

to our partners at the U.S. Amy

Space and Missile Defense Com-

mand, where they are developing

the High Energy Laser Mobile

Demonstrator. This innovative

concept uses directed energy

to achieve what can only be

described as sci-fi results.

Lethality research is not just

about more options to strike. It’s

also about increased security for

our base camps. Our air defense

science and technology initia-

tives include counter unmanned

aerial surveillance/cruise missile

and counter rockets, artillery and

mortar systems.

The Army is seeking afford-

able extended range precision

technologies for current and

future weapon systems. We will

continue our efforts to meet

the Chief of Staff of the Army’s

strategic priorities to provide

our Soldiers with precision

long-range fires, defense against

threats, guidance in GPS-denied

environments and new technolo-

gies for propulsion and warheads.

I am confident that our

success on the R&D side will

provide greater force protection

and ensure survivability across

all operations. It will also create

operational overmatch through

enhanced lethality and accuracy.

Finally, it will reduce lifecycle

cost of future Army capabilities.

This research is vital if we are

to have a smaller footprint with

greater than or equal lethality.

We must develop the options

through science and technology

investigations. We owe it to our

Soldiers to do everything we

can. As we deliver technology

solutions designed to empower,

unburden, sustain and protect,

we will provide our Soldiers with

the decisive edge.

Dale A. Ormond

Director, RDECOM

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twitter.com/DaleOrmond

Bio

http://go.usa.gov/vK8

On a personal note, this will

be my final column. The Army

announced my reassignment to

the position of deputy assistant

secretary of the Army (Plans and

Resources) in the Office of the

Assistant Security of Army (Man-

power and Reserve Affairs).

I know the RDECOM work-

force will continue to do great

things for the Army and for the

command. I have wholeheartedly

enjoyed serving you, a world-

class workforce, as the director

of RDECOM. I truly believe in the

potential and capability of this

enterprise as a national asset.

What you do every day directly

empowers, unburdens and

protects Soldiers and because of

that, and you have the best job in

the world.

ARMY

EDITORIAL STAFF

Dale A. Ormond,

RDECOM Director

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE ARMY RAYMOND F. CHANDLER III

The Best

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U.S. Army

Q&A WITH SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE ARMY

RAYMOND F. CHANDLER III

Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond F.

Chandler III was sworn in as the 14th Sergeant

Major of the Army March 1, 2011. He has held

leadership positions from tank crewman to

command sergeant major. Chandler serves as the

Army chief of staff’s personal adviser on all enlisted

related matters, particularly in areas affecting

Soldier training and quality of life. Chandler

entered the Army in September 1981 and became

an armor crewman. Chandler served in all tank crewman positions and had multiple

tours as a troop, squadron and regimental master gunner. He has served in the 1st Infantry

Division (Forward), 2nd Infantry Division, 4th Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division,

3rd Armor Division, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment,

U.S. Army Armor School, and the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. He also served

as a first sergeant in four detachments, troops and companies. He served as operations

sergeant major in 1/2 ACR, and as command sergeant major in 1/7 Cavalry, 1st Cavalry

Division (Operation Iraqi Freedom II 2004-2005); U.S. Army Garrison Fort Leavenworth,

Kan.; and the U.S. Army Armor School. He was assigned as the U.S. Army Sergeants Major

Academy command sergeant major in December 2007. In June 2009, he became the 19th

commandant of USASMA and the first enlisted commandant in USASMA history. He has a

bachelor of science in public administration from Upper Iowa University.

Chandler:

I’m a tanker by background, and

when I came into the Army in 1981, I was on an

M60A3 Passive Tank, and then I got upgraded

to an M60A3 Thermal. When I went to Fort

Carson after three years in the Army, I was on a

1964 model year tank. There was the onset of

M1 series, then the Bradley series. Digitization

has been one of the most significant upgrades

that we’ve made in Armor. I can recall being

at Fort Hood in the 4th Infantry Division when

Force XXI came about with its digitization.

However, I believe we need to do a better job

of exercising digitization in the Army—we’ve

only scratched the surface. There’s much more

that we can do.

If you look at something as simple as gun-

nery for Bradleys and tanks, we don’t force the

Army Technology: Even with all the firepower and lethality science and

technology can offer, what is the Army’s best weapon?

Chandler:

The best weapon we have in the Army is still the U.S. Soldier.

He or she is also the most precise weapon that the Army has because of

a combination of skills, experience and knowledge. A combination of the

technology and the Soldier makes us superior on the battlefield and that’s

what makes the Army strong.

Army Technology: How have you seen lethality evolve during your

Army career?

system to use the full capabilities of the Bradley of Abrams to ensure we

place accurate and timely fires to utilize the capabilities of the architecture

that is in the systems.

Army Technology: Do you see the role of Armor changing as we focus

on increasing Soldier and squad lethality?

Chandler:

I think we have a pretty good platform now in the Armor com-

munity with the M1A2 SEP Version 2. We’re looking at a SEP Version 3,

which provides even greater capabilities. I think the focus on the Soldier

is correct because we have all of this technology in our Armor platforms

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