ARL/SLAD SURVIVABILITY ANALYSIS TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Providing technical assistance to ARL SLAD in the development, execution, and monitoring of Survivability/Lethality/ Vulnerability (SLV) analyses.  Assisting in reviewing, analyzing, and reporting on research, development, acquisition, testing, evaluation, analysis and assessment programs for current U.S. Army combat and combat support systems in all phases of their acquisition and deployment cycles. Reviewing Army modernization plans and acquisition management documentation to ascertain the extent to which survivability is addressed. Preparing technical reports, briefings, and operating plans, as well as supporting meetings, workshops, seminars, conferences, and program reviews. 

• BALLISTICS AND NBC DIVISION:  Assisting in the conduct of SLV analyses on various U.S. and foreign air, artillery, and medium and light armor systems, to include: input development and review; running of Modular UNIX-based Vulnerability Estimation Suite (MUVES) code; output data reduction and analysis; post-processing of output data for analytical use; and input to ARL/SLAD database to include the Component Vulnerability Analysis Archive (CVAA).  Conducting engineering analyses (e.g., criticality analyses, component vulnerability predictions, live fire test damage assessments, and vulnerability reduction consultation) on various U.S. and foreign systems.  Assisting in the planning, execution, and analysis of behind-armor-debris tests to include activities such as target preparation; scheduling, supervision and data collection at ranges; photo work, and data reduction on computers).

• FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS (FCS) TEAM: Providing direct support to the SLAD System Leader for FCS.  Performing risk assessments and capabilities analysis of concepts provided by the FCS contractor teams. Preparing technical reports, operating plans, papers, briefings and other documentation as required to communicate the overall SLV analyses of FCS. Represented SLAD in the Army Science Board Study on Survivability of 2025 Era Ground Platforms.

• RED TEAM ACTIVITIES: Providing technical and analytical assistance in implementing an Army Science Board Information Dominance Panel recommendation to form an independent technical vulnerability assessment to conduct vulnerability assessments of commercial components integrated into Army systems; to challenge Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) system design throughout the development process; and to support realistic training/testing to attack Blue C4ISR.  The effort includes maintaining liaison with combat developers, trainers, materiel developers, Army evaluators and other analysis agencies to help SLAD determine how best to develop and implement appropriate capabilities during the Army transformation and beyond. [ARL SLAD]                                      

THE ARMY SYSTEMS SURVIVABILITY SUMMARY (TASSS): Developing and producing the TASSS, which describes vulnerabilities of Army systems (Air and Missile Defense, Aviation, Combat Maneuver, C4, and Fire Support) to a variety of threats, and is compendium of the most promising technology for increasing future systems survivability.  The TASSS complements the U.S. Army Modernization Strategy with a special focus on systems survivability and lethality technical issues and enhancement recommendations.  Produced the previous three editions.  Presently migrating TASSS information to the ARL/SLAD website. [ARL SLAD]

ARMY SYSTEMS SURVIVABILITY PLANNING AND EVALUATION: Assisting the Army Evaluation Center (AEC) in generating test plans and evaluations of battlefield survivability for weapon and support systems under procurement.  Evaluations focus on expected environments of the battlefield to include: electromagnetic environment effects; nuclear, biological, and chemical; and ballistic attack.  Soldier survivability evaluation addresses systems operation and maintenance while wearing Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical  (NBC) clothing.   [AEC]