DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES

Abstract

This program element (PE) fosters fundamental scientific knowledge and contributes to the sustainment of US Army scientific and technological superiority in land warfighting capability and military problems related to long-term national security needs, investigates new concepts and technologies for the Army's future force, and provides the means to exploit scientific breakthroughs and avoid technological surprises. The PE fosters innovation in Army niche areas (such as lightweight armor, energetic materials, night vision) and areas where there is no commercial investment due to limited markets (e.g., vaccines for tropical diseases). It also focuses university single investigator research on Army areas of interest (e.g., high-density compact power and novel sensor phenomenologies). The in-house portion of the program capitalizes on the Army's scientific talent and specialized facilities to transition knowledge and technology into the appropriate developmental activities. The extramural program leverages the research efforts of other government agencies, academia, and industry. The work in this PE is coordinated and integrated between four primary contributors: the Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM); the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC); the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC); and the Army Research Institute for Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI). The basic research program is coordinated with the other Services via Defense Basic Research Advisory Group and other inter-Service working groups. 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. Work in this PE is primarily managed by: the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Adelphi, MD; the RDECOM, Aberdeen, MD; the Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC), Ft. Detrick, MD; the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Vicksburg, MS; and the US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI), Arlington, VA. Projects T14 and T61 fund Congressional interest items.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: 0601102A_1_2040_PB_2012
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Autonomy
• Biomedical
• Cyber
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems
• Sensors
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Computational Biology
• Computational Science
• Detection
• Detectors
• Engineers
• Materials Laboratories
• Materials Processing
• Materials Science
• Materials Testing
• Mathematical Models
• Mechanics
• Medical Personnel
• Network Science
• Sensor Networks
• Situational Awareness
• Target Recognition
• Wounds And Injuries

Readers

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

Technology Areas

• Biotechnology