Dr. Philip Perconti Director ARL Corporate Lab 3,140 total workforce 62% civilians (1939) 38% contractors (1183) 1% Military (18) About $1.3 billion ARL S&T Campaigns $1,281M (FY17) Mission Discovery Innovation Transition

Discovery Some pics - Laser  other Army discoveries

Traditional Academic Model “I’ve added another brick in the scientific knowledge wall. Surely someone will discover my discovery.”

Innovation Some pics - Laser  other Army discoveries

Innovation: Disruptive and Incremental 1983 PASGT Aramid/Kevlar® Frag and some side arm protection 2012 ECH UHMWPE First helmet with a small arms specification 2017 Gen 2 ACH UHMWPE Significant weight reduction, no reduction in protection 2002 ACH Improved Aramid/Kevlar® and Twaron® Reduced weight and improved protection 1942 M1 Steel Pot Hadfield Steel Frag Protection Mangalloy was created by Robert Hadfield in 1882 steel alloy w/ manganese M1 adopted during WWII 3.5 lbs Kevlar is 5X STRONGER THAN STEEL 1964 Stephanie Kwolek – replace steel in tires

Disruptive & Rapid innovation: OIF and OEF 2004: Armor Survivability Kit for the HMMWV 2006: M1114 Humvee Interim Fragment Kit 5 2008: Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected Armor Weight Reduction Spiral Program: The Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected Armor Weight Reduction Spiral Program enabled the Army to directly meet MRAP program protection requirements for a high priority, anti-armor, improvised explosive device threat. The program's technical approach combined cutting-edge high-performance computing with highly instrumented terminal effects experimentation to exploit known heavy technologies used to defeat low-level, improvised explosive device threats to understand the most viable armor mechanisms for efficient penetrator defeat. The program's goal was to introduce lightweight composites, new materials, and enhanced ballistic mechanisms to reduce the add-on weight of final armor packages. The resulting composites were applied to individual platforms to maximize the vehicle and increase Soldier survivability 2006: M11114 Humvee Interim Fragment Kit 5: Fielded as a ballistic protection improvement against small arms fire and fragments for the M1114 Humvee in April 2006, and has been bought in quantity as an upgrade since then. The Hummers remain vulnerable to land mines, an issue being addressed at last by the MRAP program. 2008: Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected Armor Weight Reduction Spiral Program

Today, war moves at the speed of the fight iStock Photos EW, Cyber, & Artificial Intelligence require accelerated transition timelines

Transition Some pics - Laser  other Army discoveries

Industry Academia Warfighter ARL Close, early collaboration to accelerate transition of foundational research for new Army capabilities Industry Proximity, Trust & True Partnership Academia Warfighter ARL

Accelerate Transition by Fostering Academic Entrepreneurship New Warfighting Concepts Joint Patents, CRADAs, Cooperative Agreements & OTAs Collaborative Research with Industry, Academia, and DoD S&T Operational Environment Tech Transfer Community Accelerate Transition by Fostering Academic Entrepreneurship

ARL Open Campus Model

Accelerated Discovery, Innovation, & Transition through Open collaborative research