DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

THE NATION’S COMBAT LOGISTICS SUPPORT AGENCY

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DLA Troop Support

Clothing & Textiles

Gloves, Tape, Webbing & Wet 

Weather Gear Team

Tanya Lockley IST Chief
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Team POCs

Name Title E-mail

Tanya Lockley Supervisor Tanya.lockley@dla.mil

Denise Vogelei Senior Contracting Officer Denise.Vogelei@dla.mil

Rafael Nazario-Vidal Contracting Officer/Acquisition Specialist Rafael.nazariovidal@dla.mil

Samuel Clifton Contracting Officer/Acquisition Specialist Samuel.Clifton@dla.mil

Clifford Lawson Acquisition Specialist Clifford.Lawson@dla.mil

Jeffrey Fox Acquisition Specialist Jeffrey.fox@dla.mil

Matthew Mundy Acquisition Specialist Matthew.mundy@dla.mil

Dominik Dos Acquisition Specialist Dominik.dos@dla.mil
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Product Line Overview

GLOVES 

Three (3) Production Categories: String Knits ~ Cut & Sew ~ Rubber Gloves

Dress Gloves, Flyer’s Gloves, Light Duty Gloves, Heavy Duty Gloves, Fuel Handler Gloves, Flexor 

Gloves, Barbed Wire Gloves, Disposable Gloves, Rappelling Gloves, Welder’s Gloves, Chemical 

Protective Gloves, Heat & Immersion Protective Gloves, Protective Impact Gloves, MMA Gloves, 

Combat Gloves, Intermediate Cold Weather Gloves, Extreme Cold Weather Mittens

TAPES & WEBBING 

Hook Fastener Tape, Pile Fastener Tape, Textile Tape, Textile Webbing

WET WEATHER GEAR 

Poncho Liners, Ponchos, Wet Weather Parkas, Wet Weather Trousers,

SPECIAL PURPOSE ITEMS

Construction & Welder’s Aprons, MMA Protective Masks, Protective Chaps, Radioactive 

Contaminant Protective Coveralls, Welder’s Slevve, Protective Chaps 

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Needles & Thread, Leather, Yarn, Sewing Kits, Martial Arts Kits
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Product Line Overview

• Number of Items: Approximately 381 PGCs

• Number of Long Term Contracts: 32

• Number of Purchase Orders: 73

• Number of IDPOs: 10

• Special Program Support 

- Nuclear Program Support (NESO) – Various Gloves, Tapes, Webbing

- Wildland Firefighting – Three Gloves & Protective Chaps

• Critical Acquisitions: Otto Fuel Glove and Electrical Gloves (NESO), White 

Simplex Dress Glove (Ceremonial), Rubber Industrial Gloves, Barbed Wire 

Gloves, Extreme Cold Weather Mittens (Limited sources)
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Material Obligations

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FY17 FY18 FY19 Forecast

Millions

Fiscal Year(FY)
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Closed Procurements

Item Status Award Date

Unisex Dress Glove Awarded (2) October 2018

Rubber Industrial Glove Awarded August 2018

Barbed Wire Glove Awarded March 2018

Anti-Flash Glove Awarded February 2018

Flexor Glove Awarded February 2018

Welder’s Glove Awarded February 2018

Heavy Duty Cattlehide Glove Awarded January 2018

Flexor Glove Awarded November 2017

Summer Flyer’s Touch

Screen/Non-Touch, CVC Gloves

Awarded October 2017
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Closed Procurements

Item Status Target Award Date

RCP Coveralls Under Evaluation December 2018

White Dress Gloves (Simplex) Under Evaluation December 2018

Army Combat Capacitive 

Glove

Pre-award protest pending

GAO decision

January 2019

Advanced Combat Shirt Under Evaluation April 2019
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Upcoming Opportunities

Item Est. Issue Date Strategy Acquisition Specialist

Advanced Combat Shirt November 2018 Mandatory Samuel Clifton

Barbed Wire Glove November 2018 Small Business Set-Aside Clifford Lawson

Chemical & Otto Fuel 

Glove

December 2018 Unrestricted Rafael Nazario-Vidal

CW Glove Insert December 2018 Small Business Set-Aside Rafael Nazario-Vidal

Electrical Glove December 2018 Small Business Set-Aside Jeffrey Fox

Disposable Glove November 2018 Small Business Set-Aside Samuel Clifton

Light Duty Utility Glove November 2018 Small Business Set-Aside Jeffrey Fox

Winter Flyer’s Glove November 2018 Small Business Set-Aside Clifford Lawson

Poncho Liner December 2018 Mandatory Clifford Lawson
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QUESTIONS

THANK YOU
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Project Manager

Soldier Protection and Individual Equipment

Project Manager 

Soldier Protection and Individual Equipment

Our Strength and Purpose Our Strength and Purpose Product Manager 

Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment

Cold Weather Glove System Update

to

Joint Advanced Planning Brief for Industry 

Dan Young, Acquisition Support Analyst

Load Carriage

29 November 2018
Where We Are: 

• U.S. Army current cold weather hand wear consists of seven items ranging from liner and 

anti-contact gloves to Extreme Cold Weather (ECW) mittens 

• Some components of the system are no longer procurable. The Trigger Finger (TF) 

Mitten Liner for example is no longer domestically produced. The TF liner was shared 

between the TF mitten and the ECW mitten 

• Results from CTAPS-H study demonstrated areas where Soldiers feel improvements can 

be made 

 ECW mitten well regarded 

 Intermediate Cold Wet Glove can be improved

 Dexterity study, user eval show value in TF mitten

 ECW mitten identified as versatile

Where We Are Going: 

• OCIE Production Document in staffing for final signature

• Modular cold weather hand wear solution that balances protection from environmental and 

man made threats found in extreme cold weather environments

 Packable/light weight

 Moisture management

 Durable

 Capacitive 

 FR/NMND 

• Investigate Novel materials and design 

solutions

• Limited User Evaluation 2FY20

(40°F 

60°F)

14°F 

40°F

Extreme 

Cold Cold Temperate Hot / Humid / 

Wet

Cold/Wet 

Weather/

Mountaine

ering

(-20°F 

14°F)

Tempera

te / Wet 

Weather/ 

Mountain

eering

(40°F 

60°F)

Extreme 

Cold 

Weather

(-60°F 

-20°F)

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Joint AdvancedPlanning 

Briefing ToIndustry

(JAPBI)

29Nov2018

USAF Gloves

Debra McLean 

Aircrew Performance

Human Systems Programs PEO Agile

Combat Support 

debra.a.mclean4.civ@mail.mil

(508) 233-4954
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Flyer Gloves Roadmap

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2017-19 New Upgrade/replaceHAU-15P 

Cold Weather Flyer Glove

- waterproof breathable, wind resistant

- Improved cold weather insulation

NAVAIR Lead/ AF Partner

2016-17 Commercial local purchase 

Touch Screen Summer Flyer Gloves

New Touch Screen Summer Flyer Gloves 

DLA Production awarded Jan18 -----------------------------------------------DLA Sustainment Buy

2016-17 Commercial STF Test Program TS 

Cold Weather Flyer Gloves

NAVAIR Lead/ AF Partner

-----------------------------------DLA Sustainment Buy

AF Human Systems Program Office

Local Purchases

Local Purchases

2019 New update to HAU-14P 

Intermediate CW Flyer Glove

- water resistant breathable, wind resistant

-------------------------------DLA Sustainment Buy

FY 18 19 20

Summer Flyer Gloves

AF Human Systems Program Office

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Touch Screen 

Summer Flyer Gloves

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Touch Screen Flyer Glove

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Touch Screen Summer Flyer Glove SUSTAINMENT

Requirements for cloth based on:

Cloth, Knitted Polyamide, High Temp Resistant, Simplex, Jersey: MIL-C-81393B

- DLA is running first production contract for flight gloves

- Challenges with meeting conductivity testing, balancing requirements

- Independent test lab (UCINN Lab Tests) for 3 domestic tanners

- Chemistry of chromium oxide

- Perspiration resistance

- Leather shrinkage

- Color shade

- Electrical conductivity test pass/fail enable touch screen operability
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HAU-15P Intermediate Cold Weather Glove

Cold Weather Flyer Gloves
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Cold Weather Aviation System

Glove Requirements

Glove Requirements:

• Color appropriate to integrate with multi-layered garment

• Minimize overall bulk

• Provide for maximum cold weather protection

• High level of dexterity and flexibility during flight operations and post ejection 

activities

• Touch Screen operability

Minimum acceptable performance requirements:

• Withstand a 650 KEAS wind blast for up to 3 seconds without significant 

degradation of material

• Provide protection from snow, ice, and wind in excess of 55mph

• Protection from frostbite in the hand and finger areas in -49° F temps for 2 hours

• Provide FR protection equal to or better than legacy flight glove standards

• Ability to operate all switches, controls, and perform other crew duty station 

required tasks as necessary.

• Shall not interfere with ingress or egress of the aircraft during normal or 

emergency conditions

• Odor management, moisture management, and fungal resistance that would 

typically occur while wearing the system or sub-system for 12-18 hour durations.

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System Description Program Schedule

Requirements

Aviation gloves preflight, in flight, post 

flight, normal, and 

emergency egress for 

extreme cold weather 

conditions gloves and 

approve Safe To Fly 

(STF)

Program Status

Cold Weather Aviation System 

CWAS Gloves

• Created Approved Safe To Fly Glove List

• 2 commercial styles approved/available

• Authorized STF and commercial buys

• Assisted Navy: PD HAU-15P updated

• Navy prototyped Med size (Govt design)

• Navy conducing Fit eval

• Supply Request Pkg for DLA - May 19

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• Nov 11:

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• Jun 14:

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• Sep 15:

• Mar 16:

• Sep 16

Original Requirement Received 

Tested Boots and Gloves 

Revised Boot Requirement 

Technical Tests

Wind Blast and Integration Testing 

Flight Tested in Op Test

Safe To Fly (STF) approvals

Protects in environments from -20 degrees Ffor 

2hrs (T); Down to -49 degrees F for 6 hours(O)

Fire Resistant, Improve dexterity, and warmth

Minimal bulk - Easy ingress/egress of aircrew

Can withstand windblast of 450 KEAS, 3 sec

Moisture wicking

Compatible with existingAFE
2018 Cold Weather Aviation Gloves 

Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Effort

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Objective: Improve Tactility and Dexterity for more options on STF List

Completed:

Sep 2017

Nov 2017

Mar 2018

Conducted Market Search

Ordered six (6) flame resistant glove candidates for testing lightly 

insulated, improved tactility for flyers

Limited User Evaluations at Aircraft platforms on 4 styles 

at 4 Air Nt’l Guard locations (in cold weather)

May 2018: Ordered materials and leathers from each manufacturer for candidates

To Do: 

Nov 2018

Dec 2018

Dec 2018

Jan 2019

Testing whole gloves for clo values at Navy Clothing & Textiles Research 

Facility (NCTRF)

Test materials and Touch Screen leathers at Army and NCTRF test labs 

Conduct User Evals at 3 more locations with all styles

Data Analysis, Safe To Fly (STF) Decision on 6 COTS style

Safe To Fly Glove List – Identifies to AF Aviation which commercial products are 

authorized to wear for flight duties, and can be purchased directly from industry

Safe To Fly Glove List – Manufacturers must certify it meets and no change to item

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2018 CW Aviation Glove

Test Candidates

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Massif Locator Glove
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AF Cold Weather

Gloves for Ground Use

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2016-18 Decentralized

AF Commands buy various CW gloves 

from commercial sources

ARMY Program:

FY 18

AIR FORCE: No specific Requirement

DLA CW Gloves 

No Demand, No Stock

DLA New CW

System

- Waterresistant

- Wind resistant

- Breathable, moisture management

- Improved insulation

- Cold Weather Glove, Trigger Finger, and 

Mitten

USMC Cold Weather: AF Interest

Cold Weather Glove System

OCIE Capability Production Doc

AF Test 

Samples

AF buy into Army 

Initial production

Join Army in 

SRP Dev & 

Sustainment

Contact Glove Project

AF Test

samples

AF buy into USMC 

Initial Production

Join MC in SRP 

Dev & 

Sustainment

AF Human Systems Program Office 

Request funding: PROC and O&M

AF Interest Pending AF Rqmt and $

Pending AF Rqmt and $
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QUESTIONS

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