Fabrics Being Tested For Army’s New Warfighter Uniform

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from ECBC Public Affairs:

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is leading an effort to design a new warfighter uniform – with added protection against chemical warfare agents encountered in the field.

Army scientists are using both standard and new methods to test fabrics, which will be used in the new suit.

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The new uniform is designed to decrease thermal burden to the warfighter while maintaining the same or better protection against chemical agents. Different fabrics may be used in the uniform based on where heat is more common, like the chest and groin area; but a greater protection factor is needed for places where the warfighter is likely to come in contact with agent, such as on the shoulders, elbows or knees.

The effort is part of a joint U.S. Army and Air Force program called the Integrated Protective Fabric System program. It is led by the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center, or NSRDEC, in Natick, Massachusetts, and the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineering Center. The Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, or ECBC, at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is supporting the effort.

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Source:: Tactical Life