Institutional and technical history of requirements‐based strategic armor ceramics basic research leading up to the multiscale material by design materials in extreme dynamic environments (MEDE) program. Part I. Brief history of institutional changes and relevant major research programs

History, beginning in the late 1960s during Vietnam war, of institutional changes that took place because various military operations and resulting policies requirements DoD Army: Army Force XXI, DDRE, After Next; this will include evolution personnel vehicle protection materials impact major DARPA programs. The new emphasized light weight basic research approach, which led to approval a Strategic Research Objective (SRO), Armor Materials by Design.” At same time, there were other National planning activities, workshops, conferences advocating for Design vision use “Figures Merit’. Laboratory responded these initiatives initiating an “Enterprise Multiscale Materials” leading funding revolutionary collaborative program on “Materials Extreme Dynamic Environment (MEDE)” role ARL Center Excellence also be included. This article is protected copyright. All rights reserved