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The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is the Army’s corporate basic and applied research laboratory. Their mission is to provide innovative science, technology, and analysis to enable full-spectrum operations. ARL consists of the Army Research Office (ARO) and six Directorates-- Weapons and Materials, Sensors and Electron Devices, Human Research and Engineering, Computational and Information Sciences, Vehicle Technology, and Survivability and Lethality Analysis. The Army relies on this ARL Team for scientific discoveries, technologic advances, and analyses to provide warfighters with capabilities to succeed on the battlefield.

The Natick Soldier RD&E Center (NSRDEC) is located at the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Massachusetts, under the Army’s Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM). The Center is dedicated to maximizing Soldier survivability, sustainability, mobility, combat effectiveness and quality of life by treating the Soldier as a System.

The U.S. Army Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program supports the development and implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies for the production of Army Material. The Army ManTech Program supports the manufacturing technology needs of the Army’s acquisition community during the production and fielding of weapon systems and materiel.

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (OASA(ALT)) serves, when delegated, as the Army Acquisition Executive, the Senior Procurement Executive, the Science Advisor to the Secretary, and as the senior research and development official for the Department of the Army.

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) is the Army’s focal point for developing and accelerating innovative technology and sound engineering solutions that provide U.S. forces with decisive and dominant capability where they need it, when they need it.