Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center

DEVCOM Soldier Center
DEVCOM SC logo
Active1954–present
CountryUnited States
BranchArmy
TypeResearch and development
Size1,017 employees
Part of U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command
Garrison/HQNatick, Massachusetts
WebsiteDEVCOM Soldier Center official website
Commanders
DirectorMr. Douglas A. Tamilio
Deputy DirectorMs. Jaclyn M. Fontecchio
Insignia
NSRDEC logo (2007)
NSRDEC logo (2014)

The DEVCOM Soldier Center, sometimes CCDC Soldier Center (Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, DEVCOM SC aka CCDC SC), formerly the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC), is a military research complex and installation in Natick, Massachusetts, charged by the U.S. Department of Defense with the research and development (including fielding and sustainment) of food, clothing, shelters, airdrop systems, and other servicemember support items for the U.S. military.

DEVCOM Soldier Center is a component unit of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) and is a tenant unit of the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center (NSSC), formerly U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center (SSC). The installation includes facilities from all the military services, not just the Army, and is so configured to allow cross-service cooperation and collaboration both within the facility and with the many academic, industrial and governmental institutions in the Greater Boston Area.

DEVCOM is subordinate to U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) headquartered in Austin, Texas, which was activated in July 2018. U.S. Army Futures Command was formerly U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

NSSC is commonly known as Natick Laboratories, although this designation more properly refers to one of its tenant units, the U.S. Army DEVCOM Soldier Center.