The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is the primary research and development facility for the United States Army. It focuses on a wide range of scientific and engineering issues relevant to the Army, aiming to provide cutting-edge technology and analytical solutions to ensure the military’s technological edge on the battlefield. Founded in 1992, ARL is headquartered in Adelphi, Maryland, and operates multiple facilities across the country. The lab conducts research in various domains including materials science, robotics, computer science, electronics, and human research engineering. A key aspect of ARL’s mission is to collaborate with other elements of the defense community, academia, and industry to foster innovation and integrate advanced technologies into Army capabilities. This multidisciplinary approach helps the Army solve complex challenges related to national security and defense strategy.
Army-funded researchers discovered how to make materials capable of self-propulsion, allowing materials to move without motors or hands. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst…
Multi-domain operations, the Army’s future operating concept, require autonomous agents with learning components to operate alongside the warfighter. New Army research reduces the unpredictability of…
Researchers develop algorithms to enable drones to quickly switch between hover and forward flight. When an aircraft veers upwards too much, the decrease in lift…
Better detection of microwave radiation will improve thermal imaging, electronic warfare, radio communications. Army-funded research developed a new microwave radiation sensor with 100,000 times higher…
Especially in settings where personal protective equipment, or PPE, is in short supply, intubation — inserting a breathing tube down a patient’s throat — poses…
Two U.S. Army research projects advance quantum networking, which will likely play a key role in future battlefield operations. Quantum networks will potentially deliver multiple…
Built with wheeled appendages that can be lifted, a new robot developed with U.S. Army funding has complex locomotion techniques robust enough to allow it…
Army researchers predict quantum computer circuits that will no longer need extremely cold temperatures to function could become a reality after about a decade. For…
Researchers say a new discovery on a U.S. Army project for optoelectronic devices could help make optical fiber communications more energy efficient. The University of…
The Army has a new type of multi-polymer filament for commonly-used desktop 3-D printers. This advance may save money and facilitate fast printing of critical…
A quantum sensor could give Soldiers a way to detect communication signals over the entire radio frequency spectrum, from 0 to 100 GHz, said researchers…
Army researchers and industry partners recently published a study showing how they developed new materials and manufacturing methods to create higher-performing helmet padding that reduces…
Warfighters on the battlefield often rely on machines, vehicles, and other technologies with rotating parts to complete their mission. Army researchers have devised a new…
Scientists Learn More about the First Hours of a Lithium-ion Battery’s Life The first hours of a lithium-ion battery’s life largely determine just how well…
This year has had its share of science and technology advances from Army researchers. The U.S. Army CCDC Army Research Laboratory, the Army’s corporate research…
An Army-funded project may boost 5G and mm-Wave technologies, improving military communications and sensing equipment. Carbonics, Inc., partnered with the University of Southern California to…
Synthetic biologists working on a U.S. Army project have developed a process that could lead to a new class of synthetic polymers that may create…
The U.S. Army’s investment in the 10-year, Army-led foundational research program has resulted in advanced science in four critical areas of ground combat robotics that…