DENNIS WEND Director
Supporting Army Readiness SUPPORT Capital Value of TACOM Equipment $81.7B 2993 Fielded Systems Supported > 26,000 Components Combat Vehicles Trailers Materiel Handling Equipment Fuel & Water Dist Equipment Chemical Defense Equipment Howitzers Mortars Machine Guns Aircraft Armaments Rail Fuel & Lubricant Products PRODUCT LINES Tactical Vehicles Construction Equipment Tactical Bridges Sets, Kits & Outfits Shop Equipment Large Caliber Guns Rifles Ammunition Demolitions & Explosives Watercraft Non-Tactical Vehicles Plus Technology Development for the Objective Force MAGNITUDE 72% of Army s Reportable Equipment is TACOM Supported 141 Allied Countries own TACOM Equipment 97% of All Army Parent UICs Contain TACOM Supported Equip
TARDEC s Seven Principal Product Lines Fuel Storage, Distribution, and Quality Surveillance FCS Block I Technologies NAC Tactical Vehicles NAC Combat Hybrid Power Systems Water Generation, Purification, Storage, Distribution, and Quality Surveillance Fuels and Lubricants Logistics Equipment Military Bridging Countermine Equipment
TARDEC EXECUTIVE TEAM Dr. Grace BOCHENEK Executive Director and Technical Director Mr. Vemula P. RAO Executive Director Mr. Thom MATHES Executive Director Dr. Richard E. MCCLELLAND Director Mr. Dennis J. WEND Executive Director Tech Transfer / Director NAC Mr. Timothy F. TARCZYNSKI Executive Director LTC ALFRED J. GREIN Military Deputy
NAC History 1946 - Keller Commission endorsed establishment of a Tank Automotive Components Lab. 1992 Dr. Kenneth Oscar created a NAC task force to think big, be innovative, be entrepreneurial and focus on the future. 1992 Congressional joint committee spearheaded by Senator Carl Levin approved funding for National Automotive Center. 1993 - The NAC charter was signed by the Secretary of the Army, John W. Shannon. 1995 - Mr. Dennis Wend was designated as the TARDEC Vice President for Technology Transfer/NAC Director succeeding Mr. Alexander Farkas. 1997 - NAC lead in DUAP, DUS&T. 2000 - NAC Conceived 21st Century Truck Initiative announced as National Initiative.
Fuel Efficiency Through Hybridization Hybrid Electric Hybrid Hydraulic Hybrid Fuel Cell Hybrids in the Commercial Market
Military Ground Vehicle Programs COMBATT Hybrid FMTV Hybrid HMMWV Propulse by Oshkosh
Fuel Cell Technology APU Test platform GM COMBATT Ballard, Freightliner, University of Alabama Hydrogenics Methanol APU
SmartTruck SmartTruck I SmartTruck II Methanol APU
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS / CRADAs Akzo Nobel Alion Science & Technology Alberici Constructors Altair Engineering American Government Marketing American Trucking Assoc. Automation Alley BLV Motorsports Columbia University Core Technologies Dana Corp. Deere & Company Delphi Detroit Public Schools Detroit Science Center EDS Unigraphics International Truck General Dynamics Land Systems General Motors Corp. Holographic Imaging Ibis Tek Klune Industries Macomb County (MI) MSC.Software National Biodiesel Board Oakland County (MI) Onodi Tool & Engineering Permo-Drive Precision Combustion PREDICT RaeBeck Automotive Saab Barracuda LLC Smiths Aerospace TeraBurst Networks United Defense U.S. FIRST Water Visions International Wayne County (MI) Wayne State University William Beaumont Hospital NASA
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Vehicle Intelligence Initiatives Ongoing Projects Diagnostic/Prognostics: Wireless-embedded Diagnostics (WED) for PEO CS&CSS Penske, DTE Energy CRADA s Stryker/APG Physics of failure Diagnostics/ Prognostics Logistics Modernization: Electronic Architecture Integration Common Logistics Operating Environment (CLOE) Tactical Vehicle Information Interfaces Movement Tracking System (MTS) upgrades Future Tactical Truck System (FTTS) C4ISR Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) Technologies Laboratory Build NAC/Research Business Group cooperative Telematics Lab
Vehicle Intelligence Initiatives FY05 Projects Diagnostic/Prognostics for PM Tactical Vehicles Create enhanced diagnostics/ prognostics tools for Army Tactical trucks based on WED Technology built for PEO CS&CSS Movement Tracking System Application Software Development Next-generation development for fielding in theater Wireless Sensors for Wheeled Vehicle Diagnostics (Pilgrim Technologies) SBCT Diagnostics/Prognostics ($1M add-on) = Logistics Improvement on the battlefield
Vehicle Intelligence Initiatives Our Vision, Our Future Communications operating space The Army, together with the joint community, must relentlessly address the architectures, protocols, and systems of a redundant, non-terrestrial network capable of providing the focused bandwidth necessary to support mobile Battle Command and joint Blue Force Tracking. - LTG Steven Boutelle, Army G6
Contact Information Mitchell J. Kozera Team Leader Vehicle Intelligence Programs National Automotive Center (AMSRD-TAR-N) US Army TARDEC/RDECOM 6501 E. 11 Mile Road Warren, MI 48397-5000 Ph: 586-574-8785 Cell: 586-764-1884 kozeram@tacom.army.mil