U.S. ARMY COMBAT CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT COMMAND

May 20, 2020

Ground Vehicle Survivability & Protection (GVSP) – May 2020

Wayne Beutler

Associate Director

CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center

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MissionBring our Soldiers home injury free with superior ground vehicle survivability and protection systems

GVSP MISSION & VISION

VisionTo be the renowned leaders in decisive survivability and protection products and services throughout the ground domain lifecycle

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WHAT DRIVES US

GAPS

CRADA

TECHPAPERS

TECHTRENDS

AI

Competencies

GVSP

Influence

POM

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THREAT CONTEXT

Armed Drone / UAS

APFSDS

ATGM

RPG

Medium Cal

EFP Large

Top Attack

EFP Med

EFP Small

- THE MULTI-THREAT DOMAIN AND CHANGING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT -

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LAYERED PROTECTION

Armed Drone/ UAS

APFSDS

ATGM

Anti-Armor Grenade

RPG

Medium Cal

EFP

Top Attack

Underbody Blast

Sights/ELOP

- TRADITIONAL SURVIVABILITY CAPABILITIES ARE DESIGNED TO DEFEAT SPECIFIC THREATS -- LAYERED PROTECTION PROVIDES AGILE THREAT DEFEAT RESILIENCY -

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VISION: HOLISTIC DEFENSE

Top Attack

Active Blast

Adaptive ArmorFY23

Future MAPS-

Compliant solutions for the rapidly changing

threat

Soft Kill APSRevenge Kill

Hard Kill APS

IMI FLD

RAF TROPHY

RM ADS

NG MEOS

BAE PICS

DAZZLE(SWIR, LOCS)

IMI Bright Arrow

RAF Samson/TR

CROWSTenCate ABS

Qinetiq NetARDEC Blade

NRL OTM

AUS LOCS

UTC LWR

*Technology shown is not inclusive of all systems being pursued

RDECOM MAAL

RDECOM HEL

Artis IC

Holistic Defense enabled by modular survivability architecture

BAE RAVEN

Pre-Shot Detection

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Ground Vehicle Survivability and Protection (GVSP)

RD&E - ACTIVE(Troy Tava)

Simulated Fire & Fabrications

Active Protection Integration

Enablers

Electronic Defeat

Structures, Armor, Mechanical

Countermine (SAM)

Occupant Protection

RD&E –Passive/Reactive

(Chip Filar)

Subsystem Evaluation(Jim Muldoon)

Program Management, Operations & Systems

Integration(Tom Banks)

Program Management

Technology Integration

Wayne BeutlerAssociate Director

Dr. Thomas MeitzlerSenior Technical Expert

Josh PetersonAssistant Associate Director

Mission: Bring our Soldiers home injury free with superior ground vehicle survivability and protection systems

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Physical Defeat Live Fire

Will NortonChief Engineer

• Advanced Concepts for Active Defense (ACAD)

• Ground System Active Defense (GSAD)

• Survivability Systems Controls (SSC)

• NGCV CFT LOE 3: Armor & Active Protection

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GVSP Labs OverviewPhoto Jim Muldoon

Subsystem Evaluationjames.p.muldoon3.civ@mail.mil586.282.5653

Camp Grayling facilities:• Rapid Evaluation Capability

SANG facilities:• Fire Lab• SABL Bunker• Soft Kill Integration Cell• Air Cannon Lab• Occupant Protection Lab includes:

– Crew Compartment Underbody Blast Simulator (CCUBS)

– Soldier System Interface Impactor (SSII)– Sub-System Drop Tower (SSDT)– Floor Interface Technology Accelerator (FITA)– ATD Certification Lab– Component Impact Simulator (CIS)

Ground Vehicle Systems Center facilities:• Survivability Armor Ballistics Lab • Active Defeat Lab • Vehicle Protection Integration Lab• Vehicle Armor Lab • Laser Protection Lab

GVSP owns and operates research equipment valued at $14M on more than 68,000 square feet of lab space at GVSC and Selfridge Air National Guard base.

Includes planning and execution for all internal GVSP testing and lab management.

Tools available to support external programs for Industry and the PMs

Partners:• Fort Polk: NGIC & ERDC• MI: MTU/KRC• NM: ENMTC

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• Advanced Concepts for Active Defense (ACAD)

• Ground System Active Defense (GSAD)

• Survivability Systems Controls (SSC)

NEW START PROJECTS

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STRATEGY: HOLISTIC DEFENSE

• Holistic Defense will be achieved through modular, open systems that incorporate advanced active and passive/reactive component technologies working in tandem

• The Modular Active Protection System (MAPS) Base Kit is the foundation for this capability

Acq Strategy Simplified View

Strategic Goals• Defeat emerging threats• Reduce armor/anti-armor

cycle-time• Improve System SWaP• Reduce Procurement Cost

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Technical Challenge

1. Current ground vehicle survivability & protection systems are discrete solutions that provide limited capability with undesirable Size, Weight, and Payload (SWaP) characteristics

2. Affordable lightweight passive/reactive component technologies that complement active systems are needed for integration into a holistic defense system

3. Multiple technology spirals are planned to feed PdMVehicle Protection System (VPS) tranches in FY22, 24, and 26

TECHNOLOGY FOCUS AREA: Passive/Reactive Defeat

Investment Strategy

Existing Contracts FY20• System Survivability Prototype Concepts: Mettle Ops LLC, $19.9M – Awarded design, analysis, and

fabrication of component technologies and subsystems.Opportunities for Partnership FY20• Potential CRADA/SBIR: Lightweight armor, interior occupant protection technology, fire

protection/AFES, passive SIGMAN

Lightweight Structures

Modular Armor

Energy Absorbing Flooring

Occupant Protection Devices

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Technical Challenge

1. Army ground combat vehicles are operating in highly complex environments with ever changing threats

2. Develop active and passive survivability & protection solutions in a layered approach to permit flexibility on the battle field and across ground platforms

3. Multiple technology spirals are planned to feed PdM Vehicle Protection System (VPS) tranches in FY22, 24, and 26

TECHNOLOGY FOCUS AREA: Active Protection Systems

Investment Strategy

Existing Contracts• 10 active CRADAs with defense industry collaborators – Research and development of MAPS validation testing

utilizing the MAPS Development Kit (FY18-FY20)• DCS Corporation – Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance for development and demonstration of active

survivability control technology and capability

Opportunities for Partnership FY20-FY21• Collaboration to establish new interoperability standards related to active survivability - CRADA• Verification of compliance to USG interoperability standard (MAF 2.0) – Test Service Agreements (TSA)• Hardware, software and specialty engineering for the development and sustainment of optimized control

systems, countermeasures and adaptive armor solutions – Primarily OTA Contract Actions

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