United States. Navy. Research and Development Unit, Vietnam.

The U.S. Navy Research and Development Unit, Vietnam (NRDUV) was established in August 1965 as the Naval component of the Joint Research and Test Activity (JRATA). The mission of NRDUV was to identify operational, organizational, and material problem areas requiring Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation (RDT & E); initiate test, evaluation, or study action within the capabilities of forces assigned; provide comprehensive objective operational evaluations of new or improved materials, concepts, doctrine, tactics, and techniques in a combat environment; conduct or support tests, evaluation, or studies established by competent authority; request assistance from cognizant activities on problems beyond COMNAVFORV's capability to solve; and provide a test environment and an access to data for the U.S. scientific and military communities to develop new and improved weapons, equipments, concepts, and techniques. The NRDUV RDT & E program itself was based on requirements generated by Navy and Marine Corps forces operating in South Vietnam.