2015-2016 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory: Interim Report (2016)

Chapter: Appendix A: Army Research Laboratory Organization and Science and Technology Campaign Framework

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Army Research Laboratory Organization and Science and Technology Campaign Framework." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. 2015-2016 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21916.

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Army Research Laboratory Organization and
Science and Technology Campaign Framework

Figure A.1 is an organization chart for the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Figure A.2 is ARL’s science and technology (S&T) campaign framework, and Table A.1 maps the ARL organizational chart to the campaign areas reviewed in 2015.

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FIGURE A.1 Army Research Laboratory organization chart.
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Army Research Laboratory Organization and Science and Technology Campaign Framework." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. 2015-2016 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21916.
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FIGURE A.2 ARL’s S&T campaign framework: Extramural Basic Research, Computational Sciences, Materials Research, and Assessment and Analysis, ARL’s four crosscutting campaigns act in concert with its four focused campaigns, Human Sciences, Information Sciences, Sciences for Lethality and Protection, and Sciences for Maneuver, leading to knowledge products and technologies.
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Army Research Laboratory Organization and Science and Technology Campaign Framework." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. 2015-2016 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21916.

TABLE A.1 Mapping of the ARL Organization Chart to the S&T Campaign Areas Reviewed in 2015

Campaign 2015 Topic ARL Directorate Involved
Materials Research Biological and bioinspired materials Energy and power materials Engineered photonics materials SEDD, WMRD
Sciences for Lethality and Protection Battlefield injury mechanisms Directed energy Weapon-target interactions WMRD, SLAD, SEDD, CISD
Information Sciences Sensing and effecting System intelligence and intelligent systems CISD, SEDD
Computational Sciences Advanced computing architectures Computing sciences Data-intensive sciences Predictive simulation sciences CISD, SLAD
Sciences for Maneuver Human–machine interaction Intelligence and control Perception VTD, HRED, SEDD, CISD
Human Sciences Humans in multi-agent systems Human variability Real-world behavior HRED, SLAD
Assessment and Analysis Assessing mission capability of systems SLAD, HRED

NOTE: CISD, Computational and Information Sciences Directorate; HRED, Human Research and Engineering Directorate; SEDD, Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate; SLAD, Survivability and Lethality Analysis Directorate; VTD, Vehicle Technology Directorate; and WMRD, Weapons and Materials Research Directorate.

Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Army Research Laboratory Organization and Science and Technology Campaign Framework." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. 2015-2016 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21916.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Army Research Laboratory Organization and Science and Technology Campaign Framework." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. 2015-2016 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21916.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Army Research Laboratory Organization and Science and Technology Campaign Framework." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. 2015-2016 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21916.
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