Army Science Board - Providing a Half Century of Scientific Advice and Guidance

From: Army AL & T | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Haraburda, Scott S | Copyright information

For more than 50 years, the Army Science Board (ASB) has served as the Army's senior scientific advisory board. When it was chartered as a Federal Advisory Committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act in 1977, the ASB replaced the Army Scientific Advisory Panel (ASAP). Both the ASAP and the ASB grew out of the need for Army-specific guidance on scientific research and development (R&D) and the Army's desire to maintain its strong technical advantage over other nations.

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