July 03, 2018
ADELPHI, Md. (July 3, 2018) -- The U.S. Army is getting out of its comfort zone and wants to see the best technology out there from small businesses/start-ups. Recently, the U.S. Army launched its first ever Expeditionary Technology Search, or xTechSearch, with prizes between $1,000 to $200,000. Prizes increase during each successive round with a potential for...
June 19, 2018
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (June 19, 2018) – The U.S. Army Research Laboratory plans to license its discovery of a nanogalvanic aluminum powder for hydrogen generation. Army researchers have developed a novel, structurally-stable, aluminum-based nanogalvanic alloy powder that, when combined with water or any water-based liquid, reacts to produce on-demand...
June 18, 2018
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (June 18, 2018) -- The U.S. Army Research Laboratory and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Brain Initiative, or IEEE Brain launches a newly developed web presence to engage the scientific community in an effort to strategize scientific and engineering approaches for future effective human-artificial intelligence teaming. The...
June 18, 2018
ADELPHI, MD. (June 19, 2018) – For a thousand years, people have reported feeling better by meditating but there has never been a systematic study that quantified stress and how much stress changes as a direct result of meditation until now. U.S. Army Research Laboratory researchers spent a year collaborating with a team of scientists from the University...
June 18, 2018
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (June 18, 2018) -- The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Army Research Laboratory's Warrior Injury Assessment Manikin, or WIAMan, Engineering Office delivered the WIAMan Generation 1 manikin technical data package to representatives of the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation...
June 15, 2018
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (June 15, 2018) – As part of a strategy to develop and deliver new robotics capabilities to future Soldiers, Army researchers have partnered with world-renowned experts in industry and academia. The University of Pennsylvania hosted a series of meetings in Philadelphia June 5-7 for principal investigators and researchers...
June 15, 2018
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (June 15, 2018) - A professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology met recently with several Army researchers to discuss potential collaboration amongst the university's scientists and those at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory on new approaches towards energy independence and synthesis of critical materials with an emphasis...
June 07, 2018
ADELPHI, MD. (June 7, 2018) – Army scientists proved a decades-old prediction that mixing TNT and novel aluminum nanoparticles can significantly enhance energetic performance. This explosive discovery is expected to extend the reach of U.S. Army firepower in battle. Researchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and Texas Tech University demonstrated...
May 31, 2018
NEWPORT, R.I. -- A group of Army scientists pitched their patented inventions at a tech showcase hosted by Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance, or SENEDIA, on May 24 in an effort to welcome collaborative relationships that improve warfighter capabilities in the technology discovery phase. The event was the initiative of Dr. Melissa Flagg, regional...
May 31, 2018
ADELPHI, Md. (May 31, 2018) -- A U.S. Army Research Laboratory materials engineer and United States Marine Corps veteran receives his doctorate after spending more than three years working alongside some of the "best researchers in the business." Manuel Rivas is a government contractor who works on the PiezoMEMS Team within the lab's Micro and Nano Materials...
May 30, 2018
ADELPHI, Md. (May 30, 2018) -- A U.S. Army Research Laboratory computer science intern was recently awarded the Department of Defense sponsored Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation, or SMART, scholarship. Mary Grace Hager, who interned with ARL's Tactical Network Assurance Branch, earned the scholarship, which will assist her as she enters...
May 29, 2018
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD. (May 29, 2018) – When engineers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory brainstormed on how to improve Soldier lethality, the idea of a third arm seemed like something that might help. Mechanical engineer Dan Baechle carefully planned out a device that doesn't need batteries, is lightweight and can evenly distribute the load...
