The Nation’s Combat Logistics Support Agency

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Established 1961

2020 Virtual 

Joint Advanced 

Planning Brief 

for Industry

Our program will begin 

shortly; please stand by...
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Gloves Breakout

• DLA Troop Support

–Tanya Lockley

• Product Manager, Soldier Clothing & Individual 

Equipment

–Rob Drown

• Infantry Combat Equipment (PM ICE)

–Jen Fernald

• Air Force Uniform Office

–Debra McLean

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The Nation’s Combat Logistics Support Agency

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Established 1961

DLA Troop Support 

Clothing & Textiles

Gloves, Tape, 

Webbing, and Wet 

Weather Gear 

Tanya Lockley, IST Chief

November 17, 2020
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TEAM MEMBERS

• Tanya Lockley, Supervisor/Contracting Officer 

Tanya.Lockley@dla.mil

• Clifford Lawson, Acquisition Specialist 

Clifford.Lawson@dla.mil

• Rafael Nazario-Vidal, Acquisition Specialist/Contracting Officer 

Rafael.Nazario.Vidal@dla.mil

• Samuel Clifton, Acquisition Specialist/Contracting Officer 

Samuel.Clifton@dla.mil

• Dominik Dos, Acquisition Specialist 

Dominik.Dos@dla.mil

• Kelley Mauldin, Acquisition Specialist 

Kelley.Mauldin@dla.mil

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PRODUCT LINE OVERVIEW

• GLOVES (main product line)

– String Knits

Cold Weather Glove Inserts

Radioactive Contaminants Glove Inserts 

– Cut & Sew

Dress Gloves (Navy/MC), Summer & Cold Weather Flyer’s Gloves (Navy), Crewman Vehicle Combat Gloves (Navy), Light & Heavy Duty Utility Gloves (Navy), Barbed Wire Handler’s Gloves, Fuel Handler’s Gloves, Welder’s Gloves, Wildland Firefighter’s Work Gloves, Army Combat Capacitive Gloves, Rappelling Gloves, Heat & Immersion Protective 

Gloves, Intermediate Cold/Wet Weather Gloves (Army), Anti- Flash Gloves, Anti-Contact Gloves, and Heat Protective Mittens

– Rubber Gloves

Disposable Gloves, Rubber Industrial Gloves, Electrical 

Worker’s Gloves, Chemical & Oil Protective Gloves and Oil & 

Otto Fuel Protective Gloves

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PRODUCT LINE OVERVIEW 

(Cont.’d)

• TAPE & WEBBING 

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

• WET WEATHER GEAR 

Poncho Liner/All Purpose Liner, Wet Weather Parka, Wet Weather 

Trousers

• SPECIAL PURPOSE ITEMS

Construction Apron; Welder’s items: Aprons, Jackets & Sleeves; MC Martial Arts Kit items: Protective Mask & Protective Impact Gloves, various training aids; Wildland Forrest Program Items: Firefighter’s 

Work Gloves, Chaps; Radioactive Contaminants Protective Coveralls 

& Hood, Chaps

• MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Needles & Thread, Leather, Straps, Yarn, Sewing Kits 

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PRODUCT LINE OVERVIEW 

(Cont.’d)

• NUMBER OF ITEMS: Approximately 331 items 

• SALES (@ Standard)

– FY19: $38M 

– FY20: $43M 

• NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: Five (5) Acquisition Specialists including two 

(2) Contracting Officers (Simplified Acquisition Threshold). Lead Contracting 

Officer vacancy, to be filled.

• CRITICAL ACQUISITIONS: Nuclear Program Support items and Critical 

Safety Items: Rubber Industrial Gloves, Otto Fuel Gloves, Electrical 

Worker’s Gloves, Barbed Wire Handler’s Gloves, and various Parachute 

items; Ceremonial Items: Dress Glove (Black & White); Wildland Forrest 

Program Items: Firefighter’s Work Gloves and Chaps; Light Duty Utility 

Gloves for Afghan Security Forces

• COMMAND INTEREST: Nuclear Program Support; Wildland Forrest 

Program; Parachute Critical Safety Items

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MATERIAL OBLIGATIONS

$37

$51

$48

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$10

$20

$30

$40

$50

$60

FY19 FY20 FY21 Forecast

Millions

Fiscal Year (FY)
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OPEN PROCUREMENTS

1. Electrical Worker’s Gloves PGC 01850, 01851, 01852

– Unrestricted

– TAD December 2020

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UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES

• Textile Tape - Small Business Set-Aside 

Anticipated Solicitation Date: NOV 2020 

POC: Dominik Dos

• Heat Protective Mittens - Small Business Set-Aside

Anticipated Solicitation Date: NOV 2020 

POC: Clifford Lawson

• Summer Flyer’s Gloves - Mandatory Portion 

Anticipated Solicitation Date: NOV 2020 

POC: Samuel Clifton

• Heavy Duty Firefighter Gloves, Small Business Set-Aside 

Anticipated Solicitation Date: DEC 2020 

POC: Rafael Nazario-Vidal

• Oil & Otto Fuel Protective Gloves, Unrestricted

Anticipated Solicitation Date: DEC 2020 

POC: Rafael Nazario-Vidal

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UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES 

(Cont.’d)

• Chemical Protective Gloves - Small Business Set-Aside 

Anticipated Solicitation Date: DEC 2020 

POC: Kelley Mauldin

• Intermediate/Cold Wet Weather Gloves 

Small Business Set-Aside 

Anticipated Solicitation Date: JAN 2021 

POC: Kelley Mauldin

• Summer Flyer’s & Combat Vehicle Crewman Gloves 

Small Business Set-Aside 

Anticipated Solicitation Date: FEB 2021 

POC: Samuel Clifton

• Textile Webbing - Small Business Set-Aside 

Anticipated Solicitation Date: FEB 2021 

POC: Rafael Nazario-Vidal

• Barbed Wire Handler’s Gloves - Unrestricted 

Anticipated Solicitation Date: July 2021 

POC: Clifford Lawson

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Every Ounce Matters, Ever

Project Manager S

Project Manager S

Product Manager

Soldier Clothing and Individual Equ

Joint Advanced Planning Brief to In

Gloves/Handwear Session

17 November 2020

Rob Drown

Product Engineer, PM SCIE

robert.e.drown.civ@mail.mil 
Army Combat Glove – Capacitiv

Gauntlet (Type III)

Where We Are: 

• Warfighters require a gauntleted glove to provide operational prot

heat and flame

• Currently this need is met with the Summer Flyers Glove (SFG) and 

Crewman (CVC) Glove

• These gloves do not provide the level of durability and capacitive capabi

Warfighters to execute their duties

• The Army Combat Glove (ACG) Type III shares the same form fa

Type I and II, being touch capacitive

• The ACG Type III (Capacitive, Gauntlet) underwent both Army an

evaluation

• Both Services evaluation proved a need and desire for the Type III A

Crew and Combat Vehicle Crew personnel

Where We Are Going: 

• The Type III ACG will be introduced as an alternative to 

the SFG and CVC for Warfighters that require a durable, 

gauntleted and touch capacitive glove

• Changes to the fingertip design have been made for 

improved screen interfacing 

• PM SCIE will submit Technical Data Package to DLA for sustainm
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MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND

Equipping our MARINES

Program Manager 

for

Infantry Combat Equipment (PM ICE)

USMC HANDWEAR 

JAPBI 17 Nov 20
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MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND

Equipping our MARINES

FOUO (U) 

Contact Glove FY21 LUE Descriptions

Schedule

• Two contact glove variants:

– Cold Weather (CW): will be constructed using 

hardface fleece with leather palms. Touch 

capacitive. 

– Temperate Weather (TW): similar design but utilizes 

lighter FR fabrics; will test 2 different fabric variants, 

both with leather palms. Touch capacitive.

• 1st & 2nd QFY21: 

– Lab testing.

– Limited User Evaluations – Norway & Mountain Warfare 

Training Center (MWTC), Bridgeport, CA.

• 3QFY21: 

– Analyze results to determine updates to material/design; 

whether temperate and cold weather versions are needed.

• 4QFY21: 

– Final design review and approval.

– Begin development of technical data package (TDP) for 

submission to DLA-TS.

• FY22: 

– Planned transition to DLA-TS.

GOVERNMENT OWNED DESIGN: 

CONTACT GLOVES 

Background:

• FY19 contact glove winter LUE 

included 3 COTS gloves.

• Issued to Marines participating in CW 

training at MWTC and in Norway.

• User feedback collected via surveys 

and focus groups in FY19 used to 

develop a government owned design 

for FY21 LUE.
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MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND

Equipping our MARINES

GOVERNMENT OWNED DESIGN 

CW & ECW HANDWEAR 

Extreme Cold Weather (ECW) Mitten Systems

Government owned design – sustainable 

Both ECW & TF Shells developed

TF Liner developed for better dexterity; used with both 

shells

Nose wipe

Replace legacy mittens through attrition

Intermediate Cold Weather Glove (ICWG)

Government owned – sustainable 

Increased insulation

Longer cuff

Increased leather at knuckles, 1st finger, and thumb 

crotch (patch) for increased durability

Adjustable wrist strap back of wrist

Nose wipe

Development of government owned patterns for ICWG, ECW Mitten System and TF Mitten System began 

in 2ndQtrFY19. 

Lab testing (material & end item) completed 2QFY20.

LUE completed 2QFY20 in Norway & the Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC).

500 pairs of each item purchased for LUE.

Data analysis / final report complete June 2020.

Pattern modifications (fit and design) based off of LUE results underway, followed by final prototypes. 

Will validate final designs winter FY21 – 50 pairs of each.

End item and material specifications to run concurrently with finalization of patterns.

Following final design review, finalize technical data package (TDP).

Transition of TDP to DLA-TS scheduled for 2QFY21. 
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MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND

Equipping our MARINES

Questions??
JAPBI Glove Session

USAF PEO ACS

Human Systems Division

17 Nov 20

Debra McLean

Program Manager/WNU

Debra.a.mclean4.civ@mail.mil

508-206-3072

AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s 

Edge
AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s Edge

AGENDA

Current Requirement Gaps

New Requirements 

New Requirements Pending

Touch Screen Gloves
AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s Edge

Current Glove Gaps 

Cold Weather Aviation System

• PACAF Cold Weather Aviation System CWAS Gloves

• Key Perf Parameters (KPPs): 

Environmental Protection Reduce Bulk, Manage Moisture, Flame 

Protection 

• Threshold (T) protect to -20F /2hrs;

• Objective (O): protect down to -49F, 6 hrs; 

• 450 knots equivalent air speed (KEAS) / 3 sec (at altitude)

• Wind chills 55 mph (at ramp)

• Require high level of dexterity and flexibility during flight operations as 

well as post ejection

• Current warmest Safe To Fly approved gloves 

• total glove clo values were 1.49 
AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s Edge

Current Glove Gaps 

Cold Weather Aviation System

• CW Flyer Gloves/ Safe To Fly Approved

• 2 products of 7 tested for clo values and prediction modeled:

• can protect from frostbite (cold injury) for 26 hrs at -20F, exceed (T) threshold

• None meet 6 hr duration time for Objective: Temp (-49F) at 0.4 m/s wind speed 

• fell short of requirement by 3 hrs maximum endurance time

• None meet HUMAN FACTORS (Dexterity/Tactility) required for all aviation tasks

GAP: Need gloves with clo value 1.49 but with much less bulk (thickness) to improve 

tactility/ dexterity in fingers !
AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s Edge

New Requirements 

AF Global Strike Command

AFGSC Gloves: Heating Required – Solutions Needed

• Key Perf Parameters (KPPs):

• Environmental Protection -65F (-54C) ambient / and with windchill -140F (-96.5C) 

• Provide Heat/Flame Protection, and No Melt No Drip

• Not degrade tactility and dexterity required to flight mission tasks and emergency egress

• Enable Commercial Mobile Device touch screen operated by touching (objectively, without causing 

• any delay, or contact error, or miscommunication, compared to bare hand)

• Not become stiff or crack under cold environment that interferes with its use, wear life, durability, 

• required protection, and/or dexterity performances

• Fit 5th to 95th percentile population of each based on sizing systems for both men/women’s sizing

• Worn with Cold Weather Aviation System flight clothing equipment and layering
AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s Edge

New Requirements

AF Global Strike Command

AFGSC Gloves Heating Required

o Key Perf Parameters (KPPs):

Power: Electronically Powered or Portable Battery system or combination (no Aircraft modifications)

o If electronically battery powered, battery will weigh no more than 15lb max and Manportable, or

o Able to be aircraft secured to an 8G minimum IAW aircraft Flight Manual

o Manportable battery should be conforming to individual, not limit mobility, range of motion

o Manportable batteries should be user changeable to eliminate need for connection cables to battery source

o Active control for increase/decrease heat, located near the power source to facilitate ease of op /adjust

o Withstand extreme environment conditions induced by aircraft ops, ground transport, storage, rough handle

o Not cause injury, toxicity, or irritation to using personnel (Objective: any encounter with fire will not 

render the system unusable or unsafe

o Not cause interference with aircraft systems; system may require EMI shielding
AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s Edge

New Requirement

AF Global Strike Command

AFGSC Gloves Heating Required – Solutions Needed

o Key Perf Parameters (KPPs):

o Not cause ancillary problem on aircraft platforms or mission operation, nor aircraft mod

o Not cause snag hazard or injury when exposed to moisture, rain, sweat, or submerged

o COLOR: (O) match current OCP pattern for outer components. (O) Underlayers match current 

undergarment colors worn with A2CU and CWU-27P flight suit (T) Subdued color underlayers

(tan brown, gray, black) not used as a possible outer garment layer.

o Outerlayers not interfere with camouflage detection avoidance, or cause material reflectance, or 

significantly increase Near IR signature, or visual detection

o Not shrink after laundering or accommodated for shrinkage in the final design

o 90% probability of function in intended environment without fail for first 3 yrs of service
AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s Edge

New Requirements Pending

Air Ntl Guard Polar Tactical Airlift

• ANG Polar Tactical Airlift Extreme Cold Clothing System 

• Includes Headwear, Torso, Extremities, and non-fog Eyewear 

• And Handwear and Footwear requirements

• Difficult solutions needed

• V1) Maintainers

• V2) Aviators

• Key Perf Parameters (KPPs): 

• Environmental Protection

• Provide environmental protection in temp ranges of 40°F to -60°F or below 

maintain body temperatures and remain relatively comfortable in cold, extreme cold, wet and dry 

environments 

• Safe for Aircrew Duties and Survival Operations

• Provide sufficient protection from hazards associated with aircrew duties and survival activities
AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s Edge

New Requirements Pending 

Air Natl Guard Polar Tactical Airlift

ANG Polar Tactical Airlift Handwear– Solutions Needed 

Key Salient Attributes (KSA):

KSA Hand Protection 

• Environmental protection of exposed skin from extreme cold (-60F) and wind 

exposure.

• Moisture wicking, water repellent, and thermal insulation

• Five fingered glove for dexterity

• Ability to operate touchscreen devices

• Resistant to aircraft petroleum, oil, and lubricants (POLs)

• Provide palm and finger material to prevent premature wear 

• Sufficient grip

• High static risk
AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s Edge

New Requirements Pending 

Air National Guard Polar Tactical Airlift

• ANG Polar Tactical Airlift Handwear– Solutions Needed 

• Key Salient Attributes (KSA):

• KSA Extreme Hand Protection

• environmental protection down to -60F and wind 

• Adequate moisture wicking and thermal insulation to prevent frostbite

• Gauntlet style mitten for highest level thermal retention when fine dexterity not essential

• Removable liners to facilitate greater dexterity for short-term exposure while performing 

survival tasks and quickly doff outer layer and still be protected from contact frostbite. 

• High static risk: Personnel maintaining aircraft in cold, dry environments, on snow and ice surfaces 

without adequate static grounding capability are exposed to higher-than-normal risk of explosion and 

fire. External protection layers require flame resistant/flame retardant characteristics.
AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s Edge

New Requirements Pending 

Air National Guard Polar Tactical Airlift

• ANG Polar Tactical Airlift Handwear– Solutions Needed

• Other Key Salient Attributes (KSA)

• Tailorable and scalable system components

• Safe To Fly approval requires v2 provide Heat/Flame Protection, and No Melt No Drip

• Durability for at least 180 days of field use without replacement or repair (T) threshold; 

more than 180 days of field use without replacement or repair (O) objective

• Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate (MVTR) for laminated shell fabrics shall be greater than 

4,200 grams/meter 2/24 hours (T) and greater than 6,000 grams/meter 2/24 hours (O)

• Size and Adjustability (fit 98% of female and male population); quick donning and doffing

• Closures must not become Foreign Object Debris potential (safety mishap)
AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s Edge

APPROVED SAFE TO FLY LIST 

TOUCH SCREEN FLYER GLOVES

• Summer Flyer Gloves (Touch Screen Type)

• AF tested and approved COTS until supply system could fill sustainment need

• DLA touch screen flyer gloves production uses PD prepared by Navy and AF 

• Issues have been brought to attn. by Aviation units of ineffective Touch Screen Gloves; 

Further research determined these were not bought from DLA

• Color – Caution message to AF Aviators: Tan color touch screen leather is unreliable!

• Do not buy tan- color commercial touch screen flyer gloves

• Only AF STF approved colors/styles (khaki/coyote brown, or green)

• Contact our office if having issues with touch screen gloves bought by unit (send label)

• New Color Rqmt: Cold Weather Flyer Gloves (Touch Screen Type) – for AFGSC and ANG PTA

• Camouflage pattern outer shell is desired for these special mission requirements
AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s Edge

Questions?

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