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Project Title:
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Panel on Air and Ground Vehicle Technology
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PIN:
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LABX-L-06-01-F
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Major Unit:
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Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Sub Unit:
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Laboratory Assessments Board
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RSO:
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McGee, Jim
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Project Scope
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This panel will annually assess the scientific and technical quality of the
Army Research Laboratory's (ARL) research and development related to its
air and ground vehicle technology mission. Using guidance from the ARL Technical Assessment
Board, the panel will determine which projects to review each year. Among the
possible criteria to be used for the panel's assessments are the following:
- Are the right scientific and technical issues with respect to a technical
objective for the mission being posed?
- Does the research program for the technical objective reflect a broad
understanding of the underlying science and of comparable work being done
within ARL units, within the Department of Defense, as well as in industry,
academia, and other federal laboratories, and does it employ the necessary
resources as to instrumentation and other elements?
- How does the program, whether internal or collaborative, compare to similar
work being done externally? Is the ARL work unique? Competitive? Weak compared
to other efforts?
- If the program is judged weak or redundant to external work already under
way, does the ARL still need an internal capacity? What remedies are suggested?
- Does the program incorporate external scientific and technical work integral
to meeting the technical objectives, or is in-house expertise sufficient?
- Does work within the mission area result in peer-reviewed publications? More
broadly, what are the indicators that the ARL work being examined is considered
significant nationally within the cognizant field of science or technology?
The panel will prepare a draft chapter on its findings, which will be integrated into the ARL Technical Assessment Board's biennial report.
The project is sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army
The approximate start date for the project is December 2006.
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Project Duration:
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22 months
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