ARO-in-Review - 2008

Part 1 - (PDF 3.56 MB)
Part 2 - (PDF 7.22 MB)

This publication describes the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) research programs for FY08. It includes:

• A brief review of the strategy employed to guide ARO research investments and noteworthy issues affecting the implementation of that strategy;
• Statistical information on 6.1 funding and program proposal activity; and
• Research trends and accomplishments of the individual ARO scientific divisions.

The vision of the Director, Army Research Office (ARO) is to develop the science and technology that will maintain the Army's overwhelming capability in the expanding range of present and future operations. This requires the exploitation of scientific opportunities and discoveries to provide unprecedented new technologies for the future, as well as the focusing of scientific talent to address current Army needs. In this role, the ARO is the Army's premier extramural basic research agency, having the mission of conducting discovery research targeted at developing and exploiting innovative advances to insure continuing technological superiority. Further, ARO guides the transition of those advances to the appropriate applied research and advanced development organizations. ARO is the executor of the Army's extramural basic research program in the physical sciences (physics, chemistry, and life sciences), the engineering sciences (mechanical, electronic, materials, and environmental), and mathematics and information sciences (mathematics, computing, network, and informational sciences).