The USAARL’s mission is to preserve and enhance the health, safety, combat effectiveness, and survivability
of the U.S. Army Aviator and the Soldier.

Our vision comprises five major task areas;

• Reduce health hazards and improve human performance in Army aviation platforms, tactical combat vehicles, and weapons systems.
• Evaluate and mitigate health hazards of noise, acceleration, impact, visual demands, and stress and fatigue of systems operators.
• Enhance aviation and combat life support equipment through improved design and performance requirements.
• Assist in thedevelopment of entry and retention criteria for specialized high performance military occupations.
• Evaluate medical devices for use aboard military medical evacuation aircraft.

Through research, the USAARL supports the U.S. Army Medical Department’s mission to “conserve the fighting strength.”