The Genealogy of ARL

Abstract

The following provides a brief organizational history of ARL and its various components. At the summary level, it is the story of the Army's attempt to exploit the tremendous technical advances of the past 50 years while preparing to meet the needs of soldiers 20 years into the future. On a more prosaic level, it is an attempt to trace the kaleidoscope of reorganization, restructuring, and reengineering, the almost continuous change endemic to Army and AMO attempts to balance future technology needs against current readiness demands. The front section outlines events and issues leading to the current organization of ARL, and the back section provides brief historical profiles of some of the component activities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA383226

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Base Closures
  • Civil Engineering
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Stealth Technology
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Strategic Security Studies