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=== Later History (1992–Present) === | === Later History (1992–Present) === | ||
The | The September 11 attacks against the United States and the subsequent launch of [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] induced a sense of urgency across the U.S. Army to do whatever possible to accelerate the mobilization of offensive U.S. military capabilities.<ref name=":9" /> General [[Paul J. Kern]], the newly appointed commanding general of AMC, stressed the need to streamline the process behind how the Army developed technology for its troops.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hawkins |first=Kari |date=11 February 2019 |title=AMC Hall of Fame inducts first two command sergeants major |url=https://www.army.mil/article/217302/amc_hall_of_fame_inducts_first_two_command_sergeants_major |work= |publisher=U.S. Army}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Fact Sheet: RDECOM History |url=https://api.army.mil/e2/c/downloads/419775.pdf |website=U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command}}</ref> Believing that AMC did not deliver its products to the desired recipients quickly enough, Kern directed the unification of all of AMC's laboratories and RDECs under one command in order to foster synergy. In October 2002, he created the [[U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command]] (RDECOM) to consolidate these research facilities under one command structure. The Army officially established RDECOM as a major subordinate command under AMC on March 1, 2004.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Winbush, Jr. |first1=James |last2=Rinaldi |first2=Christopher |last3=Giardina |first3=Antonia |date=January 2005 |title=Life Cycle Management: Integrating Acquisition and Sustainment |url=https://alu.army.mil/alog/issues/janfeb05/lifecycle.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513013730/https://alu.army.mil/alog/issues/janfeb05/lifecycle.html |archive-date=13 May 2018 |work=Army Logistician |volume=37}}</ref> Positioned at the center of Army technology development, RDECOM was given authority over ARL, the RDECs, the Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity, and a portion of the Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command. As a result, ARL, which had previously reported directly to AMC headquarters, henceforth reported to RDECOM instead.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 December 2015 |title=RDECOM: Who We Are |url=https://www.army.mil/article/157798/rdecom_who_we_are#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Army%20Research%2C%20Development,with%20locations%20across%20the%20country |publisher=U.S. Army}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB465.html |title=Proposed Missions and Organization of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command |last1=Held |first1=Bruce |last2=Cordova |first2=Amado |last3=Axelband |first3=Elliot |last4=Wong |first4=Anny |last5=Wiseman |first5=Shelley |date=2005 |publisher=RAND Corporation}}</ref> | ||
Throughout the 2000s and early 2010s, ARL concentrated chiefly on addressing the operational technical challenges that arose during Operation Enduring Freedom and [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]. Although long-term basic research traditionally represented the crux of ARL's work, heavy pressure from Army leadership redirected much of the laboratory's attention towards quick-fix solutions in response to urgent problems faced by troops in theater. Examples include the [[Armor Survivability Kit]] for the [[M998 HMMWV]], the [[Mine Resistant Ambush Protected]] (MRAP) vehicles, the [[Rhino Passive Infrared Defeat System]], and the M1114 HMMWV Interim Fragment Kit 5. During this period of warfare, the laboratory strongly endorsed cross-directorate projects and funded high-risk, collaborative, and multi-disciplinary research in a bid to formulate more innovative science and technology capabilities that exceeded the Army's mission needs.<ref name=":9" /> | Throughout the 2000s and early 2010s, ARL concentrated chiefly on addressing the operational technical challenges that arose during Operation Enduring Freedom and [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]. Although long-term basic research traditionally represented the crux of ARL's work, heavy pressure from Army leadership redirected much of the laboratory's attention towards quick-fix solutions in response to urgent problems faced by troops in theater. Examples include the [[Armor Survivability Kit]] for the [[M998 HMMWV]], the [[Mine Resistant Ambush Protected]] (MRAP) vehicles, the [[Rhino Passive Infrared Defeat System]], and the M1114 HMMWV Interim Fragment Kit 5. During this period of warfare, the laboratory strongly endorsed cross-directorate projects and funded high-risk, collaborative, and multi-disciplinary research in a bid to formulate more innovative science and technology capabilities that exceeded the Army's mission needs.<ref name=":9" /> | ||