FY24 Pathfinder Year in Review
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory has released its FY2024 report spotlighting two flagship programs advancing Soldier-centric tactical innovation. The Catalyst Pathfinder and Accelerating FORCE (Future Operational Requirements, Capabilities, and Experimentation) programs are a collaborative effort led by DEVCOM ARL and the DEVCOM Armaments Center in partnership with CMI2 and ACME General Corp. These programs reflect a growing shift toward Soldier-centric innovation, where frontline feedback shapes the development and deployment of mission-critical solutions.
FY23 Media Collection
The Catalyst-Pathfinder program creates collaborative engagements toward problem-solving and technical solutions between leading academic researchers, government subject matter experts, and Soldiers from active and reserve Army divisions.
In FY23, the program and its accomplishments garnered national media coverage in notable publications. This document highlights that coverage.
DIRT Labs Recognized
Pathfinder Design, Innovation, Research, and Technology (DIRT) Labs recognized at the ARL 28th Annual Honorary Awards Program
Pathfinder Progress Report 2022
The United States Army Futures Command (AFC) is advancing Army modernization strategy with one focus – to enable Soldiers and units to win our nation’s wars, then come home safely from multi-domain operations.
To assist in this mission, AFC’s Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) is guiding one of these critical programs – Catalyst-Pathfinder. The program is a collaboration between DEVCOM and the Civil-Military Innovation Institute (CMI2) to support practical readiness and accelerated performance for Soldiers through problem sourcing, opportunities, and solution concepts.
The goal is to ensure solutions to Soldier problems quickly move from ideation to action.