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Press Release | Sept. 19, 2025

WRAIR hosts review of DARPA’s Alert WARfighter Enablement program

In June 2025, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research hosted the six-month review of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Alert WARfighter Enablement program, commonly referred to as the “AWARE” program.

Managed in the DARPA Biological Technologies Office, the AWARE program aims to develop a new product that can help service members who haven’t received enough sleep to safely and effectively improve their alertness and cognitive function on extended operations. The six-month review was an opportunity for all the performers, stakeholders, and teams working on the project to come together, discuss progress, and plan the way forward.

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