| | Nat' Academies Press, Assessment of the U.S. Army Natick Research, Development, and Engineering Center (1997) |
 | | SurD is the system integrator for the following mission areas: chemical and biological protection; ballistic munitions protection; directed energy protection (eye and body); heat stress protection (i.e., cooling equipment); flame protection; environmental protection; visual, thermal, antifratricide camouflage; and dress uniforms. |
 | | Research facilities in SurD consist of a helmet laboratory; a camouflage evaluation facility; a pilot plant for dyeing, printing, and finishing textiles; a laser laboratory; a rain room; a ballistics laboratory; a scanning electron microscope; and computer-aided-design equipment. |
 | | Overall funding for SurD is expected to decrease to the range of $47 million to $53 million in fiscal years 1997 to 1999. |
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