In-House Laboratory Independent Research

Abstract

This program element (PE) supports basic research investigations at the Army laboratories through the In-House Laboratory Research (ILIR) program. Basic research lays the foundation for future developmental efforts by identifying fundamental principles governing various phenomena and appropriate pathways to exploit this knowledge. The ILIR program serves as a catalyst for major technology breakthroughs by giving laboratory directors flexibility in implementing novel research ideas and by nurturing promising, young scientists and engineers. It is also used to attract and retain top doctoral degreed scientists and engineers. The ILIR program also provides a source of competitive funds for peer reviewed efforts at Army laboratories to stimulate high quality, innovative research with significant opportunity for payoff to Army warfighting capability. This PE supports ILIR at the Army Materiel Command's (AMC) six Research, Development, and Engineering Centers (Project 91A); at the six Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) laboratories (Project 91C); at the Corps of Engineer's seven laboratories at the US Army Engineer Research, and Development Center (ERDC) (Project 91D); at the Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) (Project 91E); and at the Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) (Project F16). The cited work is consistent with the Director, Defense Research and Engineering Strategic Plan, the Department of Defense Basic Research Plan, the Army Modernization Strategy, and the Army Science and Technology Master Plan. The work in this PE is performed by the AMC, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, MRMC, Ft. Detrick, MD, the ERDC, Vicksburg, MS, the ARI, Arlington, VA, and the SMDC, Huntsville, AL.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: 0601101A_1_2040_PB_2012
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Autonomy
• Biomedical
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Sensors
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Composite Materials
• Control Systems
• Detection
• Detectors
• Directed Energy Weapons
• Engineering
• Explosives
• Improvised Explosive Devices
• Infrared Detectors
• Insensitive Explosives
• Lasers
• Materials Laboratories
• Materials Processing
• Materials Science
• Materials Testing
• Sensor Networks
• Social Sciences

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• Space