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FT. BELVOIR (14 June 2013) Following extensive testing of vendor-submitted camouflage patterns, the Army announced today that the Camouflage Improvement Effort (CIE) competition will formally conclude without the selection of a winner. None of the camouflage patterns evaluated during the Phase IV testing phase of the competition met the minimum scoring requirements needed to satisfy the requirements of the CIE.
In lieu of a new competition for a new family of camouflage patterns, the Army will continue fielding and equipping Soldiers with the uniforms and Operational Clothing and Individual Equipment (OCIE) in the Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP), which consistently performs well in the NIR spectrum and has been proven in combat operations since its fielding in 2004. Given limited fiscal resources, the Army’s decision would free CIE funding to address other high priority Army needs and align Army Combat Uniform requirements with those of its sister services within the Department of Defense. This decision is also consistent with recent direction given by the House Armed Services Committee proposed Requirement to Establish Policy on Joint Combat Uniforms” which recommends the abolition of service specific camouflage patterns. The CIE program consisted of a four-phased competitive strategy to determine whether industry could provide a best-value, improved alternative to the UCP. Phase I began in Fall, 2009 and consisted of end user evaluations of the in-service UCP, modified UCP, and a commercial camouflage pattern in the Afghanistan theatre of operations. Feedback was taken from the end users based on their experiences with the camouflage patterns regarding their effectiveness at reducing visual and NIR signatures within the operating environment. Concurrently, Phase II was conducted in Afghanistan in October 2009 to obtain photos and information with maximum practicality in order to develop a photo-simulation study comparing the various camouflage pattern performance in the Afghanistan theatre of operations. The photo-simulation study was administered to soldiers who had recently served in Afghanistan. The soldiers’ input was objective and subjective, comparing detectability (the range at which the soldiers could detect the uniform), blendability and blending order. Based on an analysis of Phase I and II data, the Army evaluated whether to produce and field alternate uniforms and OCIE to selected units in specific regions of OEF or to all units in the operation. In February 2010, Secretary of the Army John McHugh announced that the Army would provide combat uniforms in the Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern (OCP) to all soldiers deploying to OEF-Afghanistan. Phase IV of the CIE’s primary focus was the evaluation of long-term Army Combat Uniform camouflage options for all soldiers. The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command was assigned to develop a performance-based requirement for future uniform and OCIE camouflage. On June 29, 2010, the army released a Sources Sought notice inviting companies to submit candidates for a family of three camouflage patterns — woodland, desert and transitional — and one pattern for OCIE blending with all three patterns. “Family” is defined as “of the same or similar geometry with coordinating color palettes to cross the global operating environments”. This family of patterns was intended to enable the Army to issue the transitional pattern to all soldiers, while issuing the woodland and desert patterns to those operating in those environments. The evaluation methods used earlier (both photosimulation and field testing) was applied to the candidate patterns as well, underscoring the validity and utility of the Phase II effort. At the conclusion of Phase IV testing and evaluation, however, no competitor demonstrated a significant improvement in signature reduction which met the CIE requirements. Consistent with the program’s search for superior capability, the test for signature reduction was exceptionally rigorous and exceeded performance experienced in a typical operational environment. The Army’s decision not to pursue a new CIE was reached following careful consideration of the Army’s operational requirements in the context of the available signature reduction technology, the constrained fiscal environment, and the direction mandated by the House Armed Services Committee regarding abolition of service unique camouflage patterns. The Army remains committed to the development of signature reduction efforts that support soldier modernization.