2017-2018 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory (2019) / Chapter Skim
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During the 2017-2018 assessment, the ARLTAB was assisted by seven panels, each of which focused on a portion of the ARL program conducted in ARL's science and technology (S&T) campaigns: Materials Research, Sciences for Lethality and Protection, Information Sciences, Computational Sciences, Sciences for Maneuver, Human Sciences, and Analysis and Assessment.
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• Information Sciences -- sensing and effecting; system intelligence and intelligent systems; human-information interaction; atmospheric sciences; networks and communications; and cyber security: detection and agility. • Computational Sciences -- advanced computing architectures; data-intensive sciences; and pre dictive sciences.
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The research supports the essential research area of tactical unit energy independence, with focus on unburdening the soldier by making power lightweight, providing power on-site, and diminishing power needs, all essential enabling factors in supporting soldier welfare and effectiveness. Toward these ends, ARL is among the country's top-tier research organizations.
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ARL has struck a balance between use-inspired and curiosity-driven research and development activities including near-term projects to develop various forms of lightweight and low-cost ceramic, metal, polymer, and composite armor and far-term investigations toward a fundamental understanding of ballistic impact -- exposing materials to unique and extreme conditions of loading states. SCIENCES FOR LETHALITY AND PROTECTION ARL's research in the area of sciences for lethality and protection included basic research that improves fundamental understanding of the scientific phenomena and technology generation that addresses battlefield injury mechanisms, human response to threats, human protective equipment, directed energy programs, weapon-target interactions, and armor and adaptive protection.
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laboratories. Disruptive Energetics and Propulsion Technologies The focus of research in the disruptive energetics and propulsion technologies program is the exploration and development of new and novel energetic materials that can potentially revolutionize munitions and propulsion systems by enhancing energy release and lethality greater than traditional energetic materials.
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The research team demonstrates exceptional competence in executing a research program focused on incremental advances that could revolutionize Army precision and lethality capability while breaking the cost curve. INFORMATION SCIENCES ARL research in information sciences is focused on developing and enhancing S&T capabilities that allow for the timely acquisition and use of high-quality information and knowledge at the tactical edge, for both strategic operations planning and mission deployment.
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Human-Information Interaction Human-information interaction (HII) is a new program in the Information Sciences Campaign and has been in operation since 2017, bringing together researchers from disparate disciplines and technical backgrounds.
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COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES The Computational Sciences Campaign includes projects in advanced computing architectures, data-intensive sciences (artificial intelligence and machine learning) , and predictive sciences.
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SCIENCES FOR MANEUVER ARL provided director-level responses to the 2015-2016 Board recommendations indicating productive interaction of the Board and ARL staff during the previous reviews of the Sciences for Maneuver Campaign. Interactions with ARL scientists and engineers, including research presentations, posters, and laboratory visits, were useful in terms of assessing the quality of ARL research.
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The Humans in Multiagent Systems team leverages the foundational research of colleagues in the Human Variability and Real-World Behavior programs to inform their applied work as well as collaboration with operational warfighters, at Fort Bragg, for example. The identification of the Cyber Human Integrated Modeling and Experimentation Range Army (CHIMERA)
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Specific accomplishments were improvements in analysis of visualization and augmented reality, computing efficiency efforts, underbody blast advancements, and automation of manual data collection. Making more extensive use of HPC resources to improve BSVL tools would have a positive effect on the contribution of BSVL tools to the Army community.
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A key challenge is obtaining detailed medical data beyond coded injury descriptions. Effective personnel risk assessments cannot be performed without granular knowledge of injuries beyond abbreviated injury scale coding categories.
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CROSSCUTTING RECOMMENDATIONS Based on the assessment of the 2017-2018 reviews summarized in this report, the board offers eight key recommendations. Key Recommendation 1: ARL should provide a predictable research environment character ized by well-defined and consistent evaluation schemes and funding priorities that are appro priate for the long-term research that is key to ARL's mission.
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Key Recommendation 6: ARL should increase its awareness and leveraging of available tech nical expertise within ARL to build greater synergy across campaign thrusts and produce research results with greater efficiency. Key Recommendation 7: To enrich the ARL open campus, ARL should consider developing an ARL on-site open network that research staff can use to access research software that has not yet received qualification for use on the internal network.
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