This opportunity focuses on developing and promoting manufacturing improvements across the entire subsistence supply chain, including combat rations and commercial food suppliers. The program goals are to leverage new technologies and encourage innovation to maximize capability, capacity, and efficiency. Required research involves identifying and testing low-risk, high-impact improvements for combat rations, equipment, and processes, with short-term projects aimed at reducing costs and improving surge capabilities. Successful improvements will transition to industrial suppliers, military services, and warfighters. Specific research topics include field feeding solutions, food safety, packaging, storage, nutrition, and condition monitoring during shipment.