Navy Clothing & Textile Update

15 Nov 2017

Unclassified

CAPT Mike Davis 

OPNAV N13X

Uniform Policy and Emerging Issues
2

DLA

Govt Issue 

Uniforms

OPNAV 

N1/N13

Uniform Matters 

Office (UMO)

Sea Bag / Optional Uniforms

POLICY and 

REQUIREMENTS

Chief of Naval 

Operations

MATERIAL MGT, 

PROCUREMENT, 

& SUSTAINMENT

TECHNICAL, 

DESIGN, & 

DEVELOPMENT

NEX

Commercial

Uniforms

DLA

Organizational Clothing

FLEET and 

Type 

Commanders

Organizational Clothing / Protective Gear

NAVSEA

Ship/Sub

NAVAIR

Aviation

NAVFAC

Expeditionary

NAVSUP/

NEXCOM

NCTRF

General

NAVSUP/

NEXCOM

NCTRF

Unclassified

Navy Clothing Organization
Navy Uniform Projects

3

Projects In Development

Women 

SDW

Men 

SDW

RTC: Oct 2017

NEX: Jan 2018

Mando: Oct 2021 

PTU 

- NEX/DITTY item

- Xfers to DLA Apr 

2018

NWU 

Type III 

RTC: Oct 2017

NEX: Jul 2017

Mando: Oct 2019

IFRV

RTC: N/A, org 

clothing

USFF: Dec 2017

Wear Test 

Summer 2017

Improved 

Black Safety 

Boot

Submarine community 

initiative to bring back 

brown sub sweater 

Brown 

Submarine 

Sweater

Cold Weather 

Parka

RTC: Apr 2018

NEX: Jan 2019

Mando: Oct 2020

Projects on Track/In Progress

Men

SDB

RTC Oct 2017

NEX FY18 

Navy Uniform Projects

Unclassified

Shipboard 

FR Uniform 

USFF developing 2-

Piece FR uniform for 

all operational 

assignments

White Hat cotton 

fabric 

Navy White 

Hat

Women 

Skirt/Slacks 

Redesign

Improve the 

“Standard Fit” for all 

skirts and slacks NWU Type I 

Sunset of NWU 

Type I by Oct 2019

FR Fleece 

Jacket

FR Fleece Jacket 

for shipboard 

wear
4

Breakout 

Session Slides

Unclassified
5

o Scope: Develop a safe, functional, professional, at-sea 2-PC 

inherently FR organizational uniform that can be worn in all 

operational assignments

o Program Sponsor: US Fleet Forces

• Technical Support: NCTRF 

o Test Components: 

• Tactical Design Shirts/Pants

• Molders boots (acceptability) 

o Timeline:

• March thru June 2018 – User Evaluation 

• 2020 – Fleet Introduction

2 Piece Flame Resistant (FR) Shipboard 

Uniform 

2 Piece FR Shipboard Uniform
Cold Weather Parka (CWP)

o 100% Nylon Moisture Vapor Three Layer 

Laminate 

• NCTRF PD 03-16

o Navy Cold Weather Parka

• NCTRF PD 02-16A

o Solicitation out to industry for bid.

o Recruit Training Center Introduction APR 

2019

o Mandatory Wear Date: OCT 2021.

Unclassified 6
Submarine Sweater

o Submarine Force desires to bring back the 

brown submarine sweater.

o Attempting to define the requirement

• Organizational – Optional

• Afloat – Ashore – Both

• Officers – CPO – Enlisted

o Type Fabric: Wool – Polyester Blend - Acrylic

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Navy Submarine Sweater
o End item supplier (ORC) 

o Currently produced using 7.5 – 8 oz/sq.yd 

cotton twill cloth with a soil release 

treatment 

• NCTRF PD 12-12 

o DLA estimates inventory of cotton hats 

sufficient to April 2018.

• Demand: 21,000/month

o Interim solution

• Produce hats using 8.3oz/sq.yd

polyester twill cloth to prevent inventory 

outage situation.

o Navy continues to evaluate other twills i.e. 

cotton, polyester or blends. Looking to 

industry for solutions. 

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Navy White Hat

Unclassified
White Hat

9

Flame Resistant Fleece Jacket

Unclassified

o Fleece, Jacket, Flame Resistant, US Navy

• NCTRF PD 01-17

o Flame resistant fleece jacket with 

reinforced collar, shoulders and elbows

o Modacrylic/Aramid/Nylon blend

o Designed to wear stand-alone but can also 

be zipped into NWU parka

o Approved fleet organizational clothing item

o Desired availability date: 01 January 2019

o Annual demand estimate of 10,000 units