The U.S. Army Central Command (CENTCOM) opened its new ARCENT Innovation and Manufacturing Center (AIM-C) on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on 27 September 2024. The AIM-C is the first permanent outside of the continental United States (OCONUS) installation of a DEVCOM ARL Pathfinder program DIRT Lab.

ARCENT is the Army Service Component Command for United States Central Command and is responsible to the Secretary of the Army for the support and administration of more than 12,000 Soldiers, including those assigned to joint task forces and embassies, across the 21 countries in the CENTCOM Area of Responsibility.

In addition to tactical innovation support onsite from CMI2, staffing for the facility includes service members sourced from existing units in Kuwait, with the majority coming from Task Force Spartan and 1st TSC, enabling direct feedback from service members to the AIM-C.

The DIRT lab does the innovating/prototyping while the Machinist Working Metal Shops Set (MWMSS) does the manufacturing and fielding.