The U.S. Army Research Laboratory's prototype exoskeleton, the Vertical Load Offset System or VLOS, could one day lead to new helmet technology that... Full Story ››
Efficient energy production is a perennial challenge facing the Army. Recent work at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Adelphi Laboratory Center may provide a means to meet that challenge in the form of a thermionic engine. Calculations show this device can produce an output of one kilowatt at 20 percent or higher efficiency, and would be roughly the length...
In this edition of the ARL Fellow's Corner, Dr. Stephen Lee, ARL senior researcher, discusses the science behind the military working dog. He briefly discusses the history of the domestic dog in supporting armies throughout the world and their current uses by the U.S. military today. Dr. Lee further discusses how researchers, treating the handler and Military...
Diamonds are more than "a girl's best friend," as the saying goes. U.S. government researchers have proposed with them for years in research projects and have had explosive results ... literally. Today, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory uses diamonds as part of a 10-year effort to investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances for...
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory released today its overarching technical strategy, envisioned to support Strategic Land Power Dominance for the Army of 2030 and beyond. The overarching goal of the ARL Technical Strategy is to provide the vision, key technical focus areas, and principal transition pathways which are essential in assuring the continued strategic...
NATICK, Mass. (April 9, 2014) -- In just her second full week as acting director of the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, Dr. Laurel Allender was already hopping a work-related flight. Jokingly referring to it as "a TDY within a TDY," Allender was off to Washington, D.C., having accepted an invitation to attend the "Third District...
Dr. Gabriella Larkin has worked for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory for more than five years as a research psychologist. She began her career in the Translational Neuroscience Branch of ARL's Human Research and Engineering Directorate at Aberdeen Proving Ground and transferred to the weapons branch a year later. In October 2013, Larkin took a developmental...
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Volume 3, Issue 1: Research@ARL
