{"id":68569,"date":"2024-10-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/10\/14\/how-project-polaris-is-gearing-up-the-brigade-by-targeting-the-squad\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:11:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:11:39","slug":"how-project-polaris-is-gearing-up-the-brigade-by-targeting-the-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2024\/10\/14\/how-project-polaris-is-gearing-up-the-brigade-by-targeting-the-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"How Project Polaris is gearing up the brigade by targeting the squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The home for all things soldier gear is partnering with a host of Army entities on a project to build a better infantry brigade by working from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2024\/09\/30\/these-units-are-getting-the-armys-newest-rifle-and-machine-gun-first\/\" target=\"_blank\">bottom up<\/a> at the soldier and squad level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Times spoke with Maj. 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The coordination between Schneider\u2019s command and others is now considered the service\u2019s Close Combat Integration Enterprise, or CCIE, Schneider said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have never been as aligned as we are today,\u201d Schneider said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CCIE includes Program Executive Office-Soldier, Soldier Lethality Cross-Functional Team, Maneuver Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate, Army Research Laboratory and Combat Capabilities Development Command entities such as the Soldier Center, Armaments Center and C5ISR Center\u2019s Research and Technology Integration Directorate, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2023\/10\/09\/updates-on-soldier-gear-cold-weather-targeting-body-armor\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/230413-A-IG696-0179.jpg-.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Updates on soldier gear cold weather, targeting, body armor<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">New gear coming, as improvements to legacy gear continue.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the initiative involves a lot of titles and acronyms, its goal is to ensure that when one entity makes a change to the soldier kit, the rest of the organization can understand the ripple effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMost of the equipment today has got to work together,\u201d Schneider said. \u201cWe do that with systems engineering \u2014 hardware and software and [Tactics, Techniques and Procedures] and the doctrine component.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By meeting regularly and reviewing a series of initiatives, all the groups can produce common standards that they can share with the defense industry to create products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A good chunk of structured soldier feedback is coming to the enterprise through the Cross Functional Team-Soldier Lethality, headed by Brig. 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They\u2019re using targeting lasers and Nett Warrior, a software situational awareness tool, with the devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those soldiers are going to tell Kiniery and others what did or didn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With more time using the gear, soldiers can provide developers with more feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re talking about the programs and systems being delivered by Maj. Gen. 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