Summer Plenary 2024

Beckman Center, ASB Group Photo

Spring Plenary 2023

Aberdeen Proving Ground, ASB Group Photo

Summer Plenary 2023

Beckman Center, Team EAB

Fall Plenary 2022

AUSA Conference & Event Center, ASB Group Photo

Chair

Michael E. Williamson

Biography

May. 01, 2023

Michael Williamson is the senior vice president for Global Business Development & Strategy at Lockheed Martin...

Vice Chair

Katharina (Katrina) McFarland

Biography

May. 13, 2022

With over 30 years of government service, Katharina (Katrina) McFarland is widely recognized as a leading...

The Army Science Board: Championing Innovation for 70 Years

Army Production Acquisition Division (PAD)

Sept. 21, 2023 | By Courtesy

About Us

The Army Science Board (ASB), organized under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1977, provides the Army with independent advice and recommendations on matters relating to the Army’s scientific, technological, manufacturing, logistics and business management functions, as well as other matters the Secretary of the Army deems important to the Department of the Army.

The ASB provides the Army with a resource of world-class scientists, engineers, technologists and operational experts as well as business, policy and managerial specialists from the private sector, academia, non-DoD government agencies and former senior military officers. Our members and consultants volunteer their expertise and time to address those critical national security challenges for which the Army's leadership seeks independent and unbiased technical advice. The ASB focuses on issues of importance to large segments of the Army, and its products are delivered in a candid and timely manner.

The Board is composed of 20 parent board members and a number of subcommittee members and consultants. Membership is carefully monitored to ensure that diverse disciplines and points of view are represented. The Secretary of the Army appoints the Chair and Vice Chair from the ASB membership. ASB membership is augmented by a small number of consultants who are appointed to provide specialized expertise for ASB studies.

Click here to read A History of Army-Civilian Collaboration in Science; the history of the Army Science Board.