Laboratory Resource Management
Abstract
The Laboratory Resource Management project provides funding for the Defense Laboratory Office within the USD(R&E). The Defense Laboratory Office mission is to craft policy and provide the oversight necessary to both preserve current, and develop future, DoD in-house laboratory capabilities such that they continue to generate mission-critical innovations that increase the U.S. military advantage and enhance U.S. national security. The Defense Laboratory Office advocates and supports the DoD laboratory system in three areas: (1) facilities and infrastructure; (2) personnel and quality of workforce; and (3) technology transfer. FY 2022 added the Central Lab Investment Program (CLIP). This effort seeks to address infrastructure gaps within the Department’s Laboratory community by establishing a dedicated funding stream for the DoD’s laboratories to address infrastructure issues, including facility planning, design, construction, sustainment repair, and/or modernization. The DoD Laboratory Enterprise consists of more than 60 laboratories with approximately 67,000 employees (approximately 50,000 of whom are scientists and engineers). Section 211 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2017 also transferred the management of the laboratory demonstration program at Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories (STRLs) from the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)). Section 218 of the NDAA for FY 2018 amended the authority by re-designating management to the USD(R&E).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 796_0605798D8Z_6_0400_PB_2025
Related Documents
- Root: Defense Technology Analysis
- Child Accomplishment: Laboratories and Personnel Office
- Child Accomplishment: Central Lab Investment Program (CLIP)