The mission of the Soldier Effectiveness Directorate is to deliver unprecedented capability through innovation, research, development, and technical integration to maximize Soldier effectiveness and readiness. It is the only S&T organization in the Army to bring a holistic concentration on realizing Soldier and Squad performance and effectiveness by integrating human performance, human-system teaming, and training

S&T in the dirt is the cornerstone of DEVCOM’s Soldier-Centered Design and Experimentation. Working side-by-side with Soldiers in the field enables us to gather information to inform decisions about developmental technology. Our global team of scientists, engineers, technicians and analysts continuously seek opportunities to gather feedback from Soldiers during Soldier touch points and experiments. DEVCOM

DEVCOM released a future of work concept paper to its workforce of more than 25,000 civilians, Soldiers and contractors after surveying the workforce for their opinions on telework during the global pandemic in 2020. The new future of work concept was developed from best practices learned and momentum from the pandemic. The concept embraces remote

Project Convergence was designed to aggressively advance and integrate the Army’s contributions to the Joint Force. DEVCOM was a leading member of the team of teams that executed PC 20 at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona in September 2020. More than 100 DEVCOM scientists, engineers, technicians and analysts took technologies they were working on out of