Picatinny engineers help West Point cadets patent their inventions

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Two West Point cadets invent something suspiciously similar to Batman’s grappling hook gun. Picatinny engineers rush to help cadets secure patents ahead of Wayne Enterprises. Click here to read more.

Demining efforts improve technology and safety of Thai borders

Mini MineWolf is a remote controlled earth tilling system capable of clearing mines that target both humans and vehicles and are buried in the ground to a depth of 25cm, or just under 10 inches. CERDEC NVESD HD R&D partnered with the Thailand Mine Action Center, or TMAC, for an operational field evaluation of the Mini MineWolf mine clearing system in an effort to remove mines along Thai borders.

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (May 13, 2013) — Landmines and unexploded ordnance are found throughout the world, often in peaceful countries leftover from conflict decades ago. Researchers from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s communications-electronics center, or CERDEC, continued global humanitarian demining efforts, including a new yearlong project aimed to improve demining technology and [...]

Army engineers enhance EOD Soldiers’ safety with batwings

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Field Assistance in Science and Technology-Center's modified "batwing" design provides multiple tools for remote counter-improvised explosive device operations, including a hook for grabbing or cutting command wire, a rake for breaking up soil, and a spade for moving and digging up items.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md.  — U.S. Army engineers in Afghanistan recently designed and fabricated a tool to help Soldiers investigate possible improvised explosive devices from a safer distance. Capt. Chad M. Juhlin, commander of the 53rd Ordnance Company (EOD), said his Soldiers needed an attachment for use with the iRobot 310-SUGV when searching for improvised [...]

Army announces research, development achievement awards

Dr. Betsy Rice, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, is one of 153 Research and Development Achievement awardees. Rice earned an outstanding technical leadership award for her energetic materials project.

WASHINGTON (May 9, 2013) — The U.S. Army announced its 2012 Research and Development Awards April 30. The annual recognition highlights the best in Army science and technology. The Army employs nearly 13,000 civilian scientists, researchers and engineers. “Just over one percent receives the RDA award,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and [...]

Army innovators make the difference for Soldiers

U.S. Army has been named one of the 2012 Top 100 Global Innovators by Thomson Reuters, the multimedia and information conglomerate. Pictured with the award are Dale A. Ormond, director of the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command; Ronald E. Meyers of the Army Research Laboratory; Heidi Shyu, assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology; John E. Nettleton of the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center; Bartley Durst of the Engineer Research and Development Center (Corps of Engineers); and Mary Miller, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Research and Technology.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 29, 2013) — The latest list of the Thomson Reuters’ Top 100 Global Innovators includes the U.S. Army for the first time. The U.S. government’s heavy investments in innovation, especially as related to matters of national security, made the difference, according to the Reuters website. The U.S. Navy also made [...]

Engineers work to better monitor missile health

Stephen Marotta, principal investigator with the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center, watches as Stephen Horowitz, a Ducommun Miltec engineer, displays a fully functional prototype MEMs sensor being developed to monitor vibration in support of missile health monitoring.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (May 13, 2013) — The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s aviation and missile center is leveraging micro-electro-mechanical systems research in a new application to detect potentially damaging vibrations encountered by missiles during handling, transport and operation. Stephen Marotta, Engineering Directorate project principal investigator, said MEMS research has been ongoing at [...]

Digital howitzer fielded by 82nd Airborne Division

Digital howitzer still requires some manual work to achieve maximum utility.

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. — The digital M119A3 105 mm howitzer was fielded by Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division. It was a PEO Ammunition project, but ARDEC helped out too. Click here to read more.

Army, universities partner for aviation research

Auburn University mascot Aubie learns how to hand-launch an RQ-11A Raven with engineer Daniel Hiatt, holding a Puma, during a 2012 visit to the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center at Redstone Arsenal, Ala.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (April 19, 2013) — College students conducting research into remotely piloted unmanned aerial systems are testing their ideas on actual Army hardware. In 2012, four Raven-A small unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, were transferred to Middle Tennessee State, Mississippi State, Alabama A&M and Auburn University. This unique opportunity is the result of [...]

Assistant secretary: Work smarter to fill capability gaps

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DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. — (April 9, 2013) A senior Army leader visited the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s tank and automotive center to meet with workers and outline her vision for the future. Assistant Secretary for the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology) and Army Acquisition Executive Heidi Shyu spoke with the U.S. Army [...]

Army team spans globe for science, technology solutions

RDECOM Field Assistance in Science and Technology-Center, or RFAST-C, engineers and technicians discuss prototype integration facility capabilities with senior noncommissioned officers from the 18th Engineer Brigade at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, in June 2012.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — U.S. Army science advisors are embedded with major units around the world to speed technology solutions to Soldiers’ needs. The Field Assistance in Science and Technology program’s 30 science advisors, both uniformed officers and Army civilians, provide a link between Soldiers and the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s [...]

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Army engineering team, Soldiers partner in Afghan security mission

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Soldiers and RFAST-C team members stand in front of the newly constructed wall at the Security Forces Advise and Assist Team-8 compound. Front row, from left: Staff Sgt. Nicholas Rosales, Sgt. Mario Palomo, RFAST-C mechanical engineer Nick Merrill, Spc. Benjamin Dininger. Middle row, from left: Sgt. Jason Aguilar, 2nd Lt. Andrew Stephens, Capt. Mitchell Monette, Staff Sgt. Joshua Debaun. Back row, from left: Staff Sgt. Terry Draper, Sgt. Walter Napier, Maj. Richard Thompson, Spc. Ryan Lucero, Capt. Andrew Spiess.

Soldiers and RFAST-C team members stand in front of the newly constructed wall at the Security Forces Advise and Assist Team-8 compound. Front row, from left: Staff Sgt. Nicholas Rosales, Sgt. Mario Palomo, RFAST-C mechanical engineer Nick Merrill, Spc. Benjamin Dininger. Middle row, from left: Sgt. Jason Aguilar, 2nd Lt. Andrew Stephens, Capt. Mitchell Monette, Staff Sgt. Joshua Debaun. Back row, from left: Staff Sgt. Terry Draper, Sgt. Walter Napier, Maj. Richard Thompson, Spc. Ryan Lucero, Capt. Andrew Spiess.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — American Soldiers with a mission to advise the Afghan uniformed police finished securing a key coalition compound with the assistance of deployed U.S. Army civilian engineers and technicians.

Before Soldiers from Security Forces Advise and Assist Team-8 could occupy their patrol base in Kapisa Province, they needed engineering expertise to help fortify the location. Four civilians from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command took on the challenge of developing a solution.

Capt. Mitchell Monette, the SFAAT-8 officer-in-charge of force-protection improvements, said the contributions of the RDECOM Field Assistance in Science and Technology-Center, or RFAST-C, Forward Deployed Prototype Integration Facility were critical to ensuring his unit’s safety.

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Improved biosurveillance capabilities for U.S. Forces Korea

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ECBC is working with the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense on the four-year JUPITR project that will begin testing on the Korean peninsula in June.

ECBC is working with the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense on the four-year JUPITR project that will begin testing on the Korean peninsula in June.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — A portal, a duel and a kraken that springs to life. No, it’s not the latest science fiction movie. It’s an advanced technology demonstration that’s just getting started.

The Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense is working with the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center to introduce a new advanced technology demonstration- the Joint United States Forces Korea Portal and Integrated Threat Recognition, known as JUPITR.

The goal of the four-year program is to develop unique biological detection capabilities that will address the demand for stronger biosurveillance capabilities in the Korean Peninsula.

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Capt. David Hartfield and Domonique Davis of the AMRDEC Security and Intelligence Division saw each other while on deployments to Kuwait.
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Research center co-workers reunite while deployed

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — On any given workday, Domonique Davis and David Hartfield can be found in their respective offices in the Security and Intelligence Division of the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center. But in February 2012, the Redstone co-workers — Davis, a security specialist, and Hartfield, an intelligence specialist — found [...]

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America’s Army Comics app depicts Soldier lifestyle

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (April 10, 2013) — Deep in a maze of corridors at the Army Game Studio here, the worlds of graphic art, gaming and military collide. This is where artists, Soldiers and gaming experts collaborate to use games and comic books to communicate to the public the reality of being a Soldier in [...]

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James Lackey is the new director of the Engineering Directorate at the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center. to Credit: Ryan Keith
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Engineering director encourages cost-consciousness

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — Former Naval Air Systems Command test project engineer James Lackey has joined the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center as director of the Engineering Directorate. A native of Maryland, Lackey had a near 25-year career at the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River, Md. He was a strike [...]

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Anna Locke, electrical engineer and project manager at AMRDEC's Prototype Integration Facility, describes modifications to the Common Missile Warning System during a 2009 tour of the facility.
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Army aviation engineer has exciting career

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — From an early age, Anna Locke wanted to be an engineer. “Since I was just a child, I remember hearing stories of my father’s efforts to help our Soldiers as an engineer for [the Department of Defense]. I thought he had the most interesting job in the world,” Locke said. “I [...]

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Alabama honors Army aviation directorate

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — The Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center’s Engineering Directorate has received an Alabama Performance Excellence Award. The award is administered by the AlaQuest Center for Performance Excellence, which assists organizations to achieve excellence and efficiency through training and education, workforce development and best practice sharing. Former ED director Patti [...]

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Penn State researchers working with the Army Research Office showed that tungstenite formed from layers of sulfur and tungsten atoms has light-emmiting properties that cold be useful to plenty of Army applications, like optical sensors or even lasers.
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Army sees potential in light-emitting monolayers to benefit Soldiers

ADELPHI, Md. (April 9, 2013) — Army scientists want to make sense of the fascinating properties of novel layered materials that can exist in a single or a few atom-thick layers, such as graphene. Recently Penn State researchers working with the Army Research Office showed that tungstenite, or WS2, formed from layers of sulfur and [...]

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This rendering proposes a virtual window screen across the rear ramp of an armored vehicle. It gives Soldiers riding in the vehicle a critical picture of their surroundings.
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Virtual window provides vital view for Soldiers

DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. — Army researchers are looking for ways to give Soldiers a look outside using cameras and monitors. To provide better situational awareness for Bradley Fighting Vehicle Infantrymen, a cross-discipline team of U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command engineers is developing the Virtual window — a video display mounted to the interior [...]

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Robert McFarlane, an engineer with the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center at Picatinny Arsenal, deployed to Afghanistan to provide Soldiers with engineering solutions in the field.
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A civilian engineer’s journey to Afghanistan

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (April 4, 2013) — Much like Soldiers who find ways to make things happen under battlefield conditions, a team of engineers and technicians deployed with Soldiers apply their skills and knowledge to find a rapid solution to problems that Soldiers bring to them. To Stephen McFarlane, a mechanical engineer from Picatinny Arsenal, [...]

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