April 26, 2012
Under clear blue skies and seasonably warm temperatures, Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) held its Earth Day/Arbor Day Celebration at the APG Youth Services Center, Friday, April 13. The event was co-hosted by Child and Youth Services and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), and was largely funded through the ARL National Defense Education Program grant. About...
April 24, 2012
Recently, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. (APG) hosted an exploratory discussion visit with representatives from the Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA), French Ministry of Defense, headed by Brig. Gen. Dominique Luzeaux, director for Land Systems Acquisition. The French delegation provided an overview of the DGA...
April 19, 2012
Until recently, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's (ARL) Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate (SLAD) performed analyses on system engineering independently of the Human Research and Engineering Directorate's (HRED) analyses on the cognitive or mental workload of Soldiers. HRED and SLAD attended a meeting where discussion included the issue that the...
April 17, 2012
Recently, the Directed Energy to DC (DE2DC) Exhibition event was held in the Congressional Rayburn House Building in Washington, D.C. The Directed Energy Professional Society organized and executed logistic arrangements under the sponsorship and support of the Congressional Directed Energy (DE) Caucus and the High Energy Laser-Joint Technology Office (HEL-JTO)....
April 16, 2012
Recently, Pam Clark, chief of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's (ARL) Battlefield Environment Division and Dave Knapp, chief of the ARL Atmospheric Modeling Applications Branch, Battlefield Environment Division, provided a seminar at the University of Oklahoma (OU) where they showed off ARL research efforts primarily in Unmanned Aircraft System development...
April 13, 2012
Members of the John H. Hopps Defense Research Scholars Program at Morehouse University recently toured the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) at the Adelphi Laboratory Center. Approximately 40 students participated in the tour and were introduced to ARL research and technology including autonomous robotics research, wireless emulation technologies, the...
April 12, 2012
A FIRST Robotics Challenge team coached by Dr. Christopher Hoppel, a researcher with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Weapons and Materials Directorate, along with others, was named Rookie All-Star Award recipient at the 10th Chesapeake Regional competition held March 8-10 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Absolute Zero Electricity from Techbrick in...
April 06, 2012
Recently, the Target Detection Device (TDD) successfully passed its second flight test at Eglin Air Force base on the U.S Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) Kinetic Energy Active Protection System (KEAPS) interceptor. The TDD is an Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) hardened version of the U.S. Army Research...
April 05, 2012
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND – Getting kids to eat their vegetables just may have gotten easier, thanks to a project that kicked off on Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) March 30 at its Edgewood Area Youth Center. About a dozen Army Research Laboratory (ARL) senior research scientists and Soldiers have joined with the installation's Child, Youth and School...
April 04, 2012
The FIRST Robotics Team that Matt Wilbur coaches posted blow-by-blow updates via Twitter, a popular social networking site, on their recent competition - and last minute loss - at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Virginia Regionals held March 15 - 17 at Virginia Commonwealth University's Siegel Center in Richmond. Wilbur...
April 02, 2012
A scientist and engineer teamed up to introduce hundreds of young girls to the rigorous scientific research at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL). Dr. Alma Wickenden, technical assistant to the associate director for science and technology, and Dr. Sarah Bedair, electronics engineer with the Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, presented to more...
March 29, 2012
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Researchers from across the Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) showcased their technologies at the third annual Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) Innovation Summit held at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Feb. 27-29. More than 240 organizations participated in the energy summit....
