Director's Message
Message from the Director

Welcome to the U.S Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) Fuel Efficiency Ground Vehicle Demonstrator (FED) Web site. This site is the information portal for the FED project, which will employ a collaborative effort to support innovation and industry information. This government-led approach brings together government and key industry subject-matter experts (SMEs) who have demonstrated expertise in novel and innovative design, advanced automotive engineering, prototyping and manufacturing in military, specialty and performance vehicles (e.g., motor sports).

These SMEs will meet, brainstorm and evaluate technologies that can increase fuel economy and develop performance and integration solutions that are focused on significantly improving fuel efficiency while also maintaining vehicle platform performance, capability and payload.

We encourage you to explore the site. While here, please take note of the key dates associated with this project, especially the dates for resume and technology submissions.
Dr. Grace M. Bochenek TARDEC Director Dr. Grace M. Bochenek

TARDEC Director


Direct Intentions
  • Reduce fuel consumption while maintaining performance.
  • Pursue high-payoff technologies.
  • Seek innovative solutions from non-traditional sources.
  • Leverage modeling and simulation capabilities to predict performance, set objectives and establish test criteria.
  • Demonstrate achievement of fuel efficiency in hardware with an advanced, fuel-efficient, lightweight tactical vehicle demonstrator.
  • Quantify cost impacts.
Industry Day
The FED Industry Day was held on September 30, 2008, at Automation Alley in Troy, MI.



Partners

    Office of Naval Research
Department
of Defense  
Key Dates
SEPTEMBER 2008
Industry Day
September 30
OCTOBER 2008
Resume Submission
October 10

Technology Submission
October 17

Working Group Meeting 1
October 27-31
DECEMBER 2008
Working Group Meeting 2
December 1-5
JULY 2009
Working Group Meeting 3
TBD
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