• Modular Backpack Panel to allow Soldiers to carry heavy, unwieldy loads

  Lightening Soldiers' loads has always weighed heavily on Rich Landry's mind. While more...MORE

  

• Widow shares Marine's story to save others from suicide

  Kim Ruocco regularly relives her darkest days -- her husband's suicide and the downward...MORE

  

• Natick Soldier Systems Center remembers 9/11

  Soldiers and civilians of the Natick Soldier Systems Center gathered near the flag pole...MORE

  

• Army Research helps firefighter recruits reduce...

  Researchers at Natick's U. S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine have...MORE

  

• Whitmer takes command of USARIEM

  On a sunny day 777 days ago, Maj. Gen. James Gilman, the commanding general of the U.S...MORE

  

• 'Ironman' a game-changer on battlefield

  After a 2 1/2 hour firefight in Afghanistan Iowa National Guard Solders started...MORE

  

• Natick Soldier Systems Center weighs in against...

  Soldiers and civilians from the Natick Soldier Systems Center weighed in against hunger...MORE

  

• Natick lets sun shine in warehouse with solar...

  Consider it the difference between night and day. At least that's the way environmental...MORE

  

• Deploying Soldiers test new female body armor...

  Female Soldiers at Fort Campbell, Ky., preparing for an upcoming deployment to...MORE

  

Mission Statement:
Conduct research, development, acquisition and sustainment to maximize combat effectiveness and survivability of freedom's defenders.

Vision Statement:
The U.S. Army NSSC will be the leader of the research, development, acquisition and sustainment of freedom's defenders.

NSSC Objectives:
* Structure a sustainable NSSC
* Foster an atmosphere of teamwork and cooperation, which creates synergy across the Natick Soldier Systems Center
* Develop a strategic plan for the installation
* NSSC as an active participant in the community

"We're here to provide the best technology and information that America can provide to protect and sustain our sons and daughters, our brothers and sisters, and … our mothers and fathers when we put them in harm's way to protect America's freedom and our way of life."

Dr. John P. Obusek, Interim Senior Manager, Natick Soldier Systems Center