ARL celebrates 20th Anniversary
October 2012 marks the 20th Anniversary of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL).
In October 1992, ARL was formed, emerging out of the Base Realignment and Closure process and other evaluations. The new lab consolidated the seven corporate labs of the Laboratory Command with other Army research... More
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ARL showcases research at 2012 Maneuver Conference
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) recently participated in the 2012 Maneuver Conference at the Iron Works Convention and Trade Center in Columbus, Ga. as part of a Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) joint exhibit.
The theme for this year's conference was "The... More
SMART program paves the way for recent ARL hire
After completing two eight-week internship's through the Department of Defense's Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship for service program, Chris Garneau, who is a recent graduate of Penn State University, began working full time at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's (ARL) Human Research... More
New talks to broaden military science, tech research collaboration between U.S., Chile
Discussions are underway between the Chilean Army and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to study behaviors of weapon systems and material varying environments, particularly desert and cold.
Both say advanced research in those areas would... More
New ARL thermoelectric technology, approaches to reclaim wasted energy
U.S. Army researchers are scavenging heat that pours from major weapon system engines or tailpipes and turning it into electrical power, and if their experiments prove applicable across multiple military platforms, ground and air vehicles could get built smaller, weigh less and potentially save billions in fuel costs.... More
Defense's largest investment in supercomputing leads to Army R&D synergy in predictive modeling
Teams of Army experts have spent the last five months laying the groundwork for a computational powerhouse at the Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC) at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
DoD's High... More
ARL opens unique combustion research lab, studies in JP-8 fuel could lead to "super engine" development
Studies are underway at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to create a 'super engine' that could allow military ground vehicles, stationary power generators, and small unmanned air vehicles, for example, to operate with the same kind of fuel.... More