United States Army Research Laboratory

DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory – Logo
ActiveOctober 1992 – present
CountryUnited States
BranchU.S. Army
TypeResearch and development
Garrison/HQAdelphi, Maryland
Websitehttps://arl.devcom.army.mil/
Commanders
DirectorDr. Patrick J. Baker

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (DEVCOM ARL) is the foundational research laboratory for the United States Army under the United States Army Futures Command (AFC).[1] DEVCOM ARL conducts intramural and extramural research guided by 11 Army competencies: Biological and Biotechnology Sciences; Humans in Complex Systems; Photonics, Electronics, and Quantum Sciences; Electromagnetic Spectrum Sciences; Mechanical Sciences; Sciences of Extreme Materials; Energy Sciences; Military Information Sciences; Terminal Effects; Network, Cyber, and Computational Sciences; and Weapons Sciences.[2]

The laboratory was established in 1992 to unify the activities of the seven corporate laboratories of the U.S. Army Laboratory Command (LABCOM) as well as consolidate other Army research elements to form a centralized laboratory.[3] The seven corporate laboratories that merged were the Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory (ASL), the Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL), the Electronics Technology and Devices Laboratory (ETDL), the Harry Diamond Laboratories (HDL), the Human Engineering Laboratory (HEL), the Materials Technology Laboratory (MTL), and the Vulnerability Assessment Laboratory (VAL). In 1998, the Army Research Office (ARO) was also incorporated into the organization.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Who We Are". DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory.
  2. ^ "What We Do". DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory.
  3. ^ Moye, William (May 1997). The Genealogy of ARL (Report). U.S. Department of the Army. Report No. AD-A383226 – via Defense Technical Information Center.
  4. ^ U.S. Army Research Laboratory (September 2017). History of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. U.S. Department of the Army.
  5. ^ Brown, Edward (August 1998). Reinventing Government Research and Development: A Status Report on Management Initiatives and Reinvention Efforts at the Army Research Laboratory (PDF) (Report). Army Research Laboratory. Report No. A351169 – via Defense Technical Information Center.