Army Extramural Basic Research

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Army Extramural Basic Research Jack Rowe,
Ph.D. Physical Sciences Directorate U.S. Army
Research Office rowe_at_aro.arl.army.mil (919)
549-4332 Outline 1. Army Transformation -
Technology Needs 2. Army Research Interests 3.
Budget Overview and Special Programs 4. Research
Grant Application Process - ARO WWW site 5. Tips
for ARO/ARL Investigators Summary
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Objective Force for Full Spectrum of Missions
Environmental Complexity
"If we can't get to the fight faster, we're not
relevant
Increased strategic responsiveness
Urban Open rolling terrain

• Brigade in 96 hrs Division in 120 hrs Five
  Divisions in 30 days
• Fight immediately upon arrival
• Simultaneous air and sea lift
• Anti-terrorism

High
Low
Stability and Support Operations
Small Scale Contingencies
Major Theater War
Spectrum of Conflict
Capabilities for an Uncertain Future Current and
future armies have a wider range of problems to
solve
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What Drives Army Research?Army Vision
Heavy forces must be more strategically
deployable and more agile with a smaller
logistical footprint, and light forces must be
more lethal, survivable and tactically mobile.
Achieving this paradigm will require innovative
thinking about structure, modernization efforts
and spending.
The ST community is the key to the long term
transformation of the Army - - CSAs HASC
testimony
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Technology Challenges for the Objective Force
Today
Objective Force
100 lb. load
lt 30 lb. effective load

• Portable power
• Low power
• Intelligent
• Microsized
• Multifunctional
• Autonomous
• Lightweight
• Logistics ease

lt 20 tons
70 tons
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Army Basic Research Pursuits

• Communications Information
• Processing Research
• Information fusion
• Wireless distributed communications
• MMW integrated devices

• Mathematical Sciences
• Knowledge-based systems
• Intelligent systems
• Complex systems and control

• Biological Sciences
• Microbiology Biodegradation
• Physiology Performance
• Nanoscale biomechanics

• Portable power
• Low power
• Intelligent
• Microsized
• Multifunctional
• Autonomous
• Lightweight
• Logistics ease

• Chemical Sciences
• Electrochemistry
• Fast, energetic materials
• Dendritic polymers

• Physics
• Image analysis
• Nanoscience
• Photonics

• Mechanical Sciences
• Smart structures
• Rotorcraft aeromechanics
• Combustion/Propulsion

• Materials Science
• Biomimetics
• Hierarchical materials
• Smart materials

• Atmospheric and Terrestrial
• Sciences
• Atmospheric aerosol transport
• Geomorphology
• Remote sensing

• Electronics
• Low power/noise electronics
• Optoelectronic hybrids
• Quantum High Frequency Electronics

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Army Basic ResearchAreas of Emphasis
Biotechnology
Room-Temperature Night Vision
Immersive Environments
Dendrimers for Chem/ Bio Detection
Embedded Training
Flatworld
Biomimetics
Quantum Dots
Compact Power Microturbines
NanoScience
Multifunctional Sensors
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Nano-Scale Devices
1 cm
Molecular Scale Control
Atom Laser Gyroscope