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Suggest a Feature →Annual BASOPS for the Natick Soldier Systems Center, Massachusetts — the Army's research and development center for individual soldier equipment, food, and clothing. Natick developed MREs, body armor, and the Army Combat Shirt. The Combat Capabilities Development Command's Soldier Center employs hundreds of scientists and engineers. O&M covers laboratory facilities and approximately 6,500 military and civilian personnel in the Boston metro area.
FY2025 MILCON for Natick Soldier Center. Research laboratory modernization ($16M).
Base-level spending data from Military Construction (MILCON) appropriation requests, installation status reports, and Army/Navy/Air Force installation management budget justification documents.