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DENNIS WEND Director
DENNIS WENDDirector
• Combat Vehicles • Tactical Vehicles
• Trailers • Construction Equipment
• Materiel Handling Equipment • Tactical Bridges
• Fuel & Water Dist Equipment • Sets, Kits & Outfits
• Chemical Defense Equipment • Shop Equipment
• Howitzers • Large Caliber Guns
• Mortars • Rifles
• Machine Guns • Ammunition
• Aircraft Armaments • Demolitions & Explosives
• Rail • Watercraft
• Fuel & Lubricant Products • Non-Tactical Vehicles
Plus Technology Development for the Objective
Force
Capital Value of
TACOM Equipment
$81.7B
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
2993 Fielded
Systems Supported
> 26,000
Components
SUPPORTSUPPORTSUPPORTSUPPORTPRODUCT LINESPRODUCT LINESPRODUCT LINESPRODUCT LINES
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Supporting Army Readiness
FCS Block I Technologies
NAC Tactical Vehicles
NAC Combat Hybrid Power Systems
Military Bridging
Logistics Equipment
Countermine
Equipment
Water Generation,
Purification, Storage,
Distribution, and
Quality Surveillance
Fuels and Lubricants
Fuel Storage, Distribution,
and Quality Surveillance
TARDEC’s Seven Principal Product Lines
TARDEC EXECUTIVE TEAM
Dr. Grace BOCHENEK
Executive Director and
Technical Director
Mr. Thom MATHES
Executive Director
Mr. Vemula P. RAO
Executive Director
Mr. Dennis J. WEND
Executive Director
Tech Transfer /
Director NAC
Mr. Timothy F. TARCZYNSKI
Executive Director
Dr. Richard E. MCCLELLAND
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 MarketHybrids in the Commercial Market
Military Ground Vehicle Programs
COMBATTCOMBATT
Hybrid FMTVHybrid FMTV
Hybrid HMMWVHybrid HMMWV Propulse by OshkoshPropulse by Oshkosh
Fuel Cell Technology
Methanol APUMethanol APU
APU Test platformAPU Test platform
Ballard, Freightliner,
University of Alabama
HydrogenicsHydrogenics
GM COMBATTGM COMBATT
SmartTruck
Methanol APUMethanol APU
SmartTruck ISmartTruck I
SmartTruck IISmartTruck II
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
S
Is This The Future?
Vehicle Intelligence
Initiatives
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
Ongoing Projects
Vehicle Intelligence
Initiatives
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)
FY05 Projects
Logistics
Improvement
on the
battlefield
=
Diagnostic/Prognostics for
PM Tactical Vehicles
Create enhanced diagnostics/
prognostics tools for Army Tactical
trucks based on WED Technology
built for PEO CS&CSS
“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
Vehicle Intelligence Initiatives
Our Vision, Our Future Communications operating space
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
