In-House Laboratory Independent Research

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) supports basic research at the Army laboratories through the In-House Laboratory Independent 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 providing laboratory directors flexibility in implementing novel research ideas, by nurturing promising young scientists and engineers, and is 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), and at the U.S. Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) Technical Center (Project F16). Work in the PE provides a foundation for applied research initiatives at the Army laboratories and research, development and engineering centers. The cited work is consistent with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Science and Technology priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2019
• Source ID: 0601101A_1_2040_PB_2019
• Change Summary Explanation: DODI Funding and Execution Guidelines state the ILIR program should have a target ceiling of 2.5% of the total 6.1 budget. The reduction in funding is to better align the ILIR budget with DODI guidance.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Autonomy
• Cyber
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Sensors
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Chemistry
• Composite Materials
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Detection
• Detectors
• Directed Energy Weapons
• Energy
• Energy Harvesting
• Fluid Dynamics
• Fluid Flow
• Guidance
• Laser Beams
• Lasers
• Material Degradation Processes
• Materials Laboratories
• Materials Science
• Stem Cells

Readers

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

Technology Areas

• Space