SPECIAL REPORT: Army Researchers Working to Boost Soldier Performance
NATICK, Mass. — A push to prepare warfighters for multi-domain battle and conventional warfare has sparked a renewed interest in Army modernization. At the Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Massachusetts, researchers and scientists are developing supporting equipment and looking for ways to enhance human performance.
Research at the center covers a variety of focus areas, such as nutrition, biomechanics and neuroscience. To help further these studies, the Army is developing the Soldier and Squad Performance Research Institute, or S2PRINT. The building will undergo construction from fiscal years 2020 to 2022 and be open at full capacity in fiscal year 2023.
The purpose of the facility is to help experts conduct multidisciplinary research in one place, said Cynthia Blackwell, project director for the institute. The building will host 11 different labs that conduct different types of performance research in areas such as human systems integration, marksmanship training and neuroscience.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2019/10/11/army-researchers-working-to-boost-soldier-performance
