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Research and Development Center (RDEC)

The Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDEC) mission bridges C4IEWS technology to applications. It is the Army Materiel Command (AMC) Center for Excellence for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, electronic warfare, and night vision electro-optics. The RDEC, while ensuring horizontal technology integration across all architectures, provides development and acquisition support to the Program Executive Officers (PEOs), project managers and other customers; and acts as focal point for C4IEWS standardization and interoperability. With Digitization of the Battlefield, the RDEC has become a key player in Army Warfighting Experiments. The Army Digitization Office, as well as the Army Acquisition Executive, has mandated that any organization bringing initiatives to Task Force XXI will test them in the RDEC's Digital Integrated Lab.

The Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate provides the U.S. Army effective Intelligence and Information Warfare: Provide an effective Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Electronic Warfare, Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT), Information Operations (IO) and Intelligence dissemination/fusion material capability to the U.S. Army through: Superior technology development, prototype demonstrations, and rapid transition of state-of-the-art techniques into systems; Development, production and fielding of specified equipment in support of Army and National Intelligence requirements and Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA); Engineering and management support to Program Executive Officers (PEOs) and their Program Managers (PMs) in the development, production and fielding of systems; Continuous improvement in productivity and fielding of systems.

The Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM), Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDEC), conducts a vigorous research and development program to transition technology to improve warfighter capabilities, promote technology transfer to the private sectors, and provide technical consultation, assistance and support to its customer base. NVESD's focus will provide U.S. Forces with the necessary sensor and sensor suite technologies to dominate the 21st Century Digital Battlefield and "to see and control the digital battlefield around the clock in all battlefield conditions."

The mission of the Command and Control Directorate is to serve as the lead directorate within the Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Research Development and Engineering Center (RDEC) to develop, apply, integrate and demonstrate advanced C2 systems and related enabling technologies. This mission includes: generation of advanced C2 systems and architectural concepts; integration of C2, intelligence and logistics databases; C4I modeling/simulation; prototype development and development of battlefield visualization, navigation, power generation and environmental control technologies. Further, it extends these mission areas to a variety of aircraft, shelter, vehicular and soldier platforms. Exercise staff management and supervision on all evaluation of; reliability and maintainability (RAM) and quality engineering matters relative to Command and Control Systems.

As the focal point for the Army's tactical communications systems, the CECOM Space & Terrestrial Communications Directorate's mission is to acquire, develop and integrate secure tactical communications for the seamless digitized battlefield. It provides technical support to the PEOs and PMs for communications systems development and fielding. It is also the Army's focal point for space dependent/space based communications systems. S&TCD performs research, development and engineering functions in all aspects of terrestrial, avionics and space-dependent communications technology to include adaptive, reliable, seamless battlefield communications with full electronic counter-countermeasures capability and information security (INFOSEC). By harnessing the potential communications systems technology, S&TCD is able to meet near-term needs of warfighters, as well as prepare for the needs of the 21st Century Force.

The RDEC Special Projects Office will demonstrate that C4ISR technologies will enable an increase the survivability and lethality of the Future Combat System. This demonstration will show that C4ISR will enable an FCS unit engaging an enemy to see first, decide first, react first, and to finish decisively. Because FCS consist of a small number of light combat vehicles, it will rely on organic C4ISR capabilities and precision non line of sight weapons to give it the defensive and offensive capability of a heavy mechanized force.

The mission of the Army Systems Engineering Office is to support the Army's System Engineer in systems engineering and Joint Technical Architecture-Army (JTA-A) matters. As such, the office will be responsible for evaluating solicitations, proposals and system designs for compliance, evaluating systems as they are developed to ensure compliance, interfacing with joint/coalition technical agencies, providing recommendations for updates to the technical architecture, participating/influencing commercial and international standards forums, providing expertise in the latest information processing technologies, and evaluating hands-on commercial technologies. The mission of the ASEO includes supporting DISC4 as the Army's representative to the Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) community.