Insensitive Munitions Advanced Technology
Abstract
The Enhanced Munitions Advanced Technology effort will demonstrate enabling technologies and perform associated applied research that will improve the performance, range, and lethality of existing and inform development of future weapons systems. This effort will take promising technologies demonstrated at the laboratory scale and transition them into demonstration programs utilizing generic hardware-based munitions relevant environments in the concept and development stages. These demonstrated Enhanced Munitions technologies can then be transitioned, thereby decreasing acquisition program costs and schedule risk. Technologies demonstrated can improve the performance, lethality, and range of weapons to ensure the U.S. is not outgunned and outranged on the battlefield of the future. The Joint Enhanced Munitions Technology Program (JEMTP) investments focus on five Munition Areas: 1) High Performance Rocket Propulsion; 2) Minimum Signature Rocket Propulsion; 3) Blast and Fragmentation Warheads (Area Effects Warheads); 4) Anti-Armor Warheads (Hard Target Effects Warheads); and 5) Gun Propulsion. Munition Area Technology Groups (MATG), under tri-service leadership, have developed technology roadmaps for each Munition Area that guides investments based on goals consistent with the DoD priorities. These technologies, alone or in combination, will be incorporated in hardware, simulating real-world munitions, to demonstrate their utility and feasibility as part of Technology Transition Agreements with Program Executive Offices (PEOs).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 002_0603000D8Z_3_0400_PB_2022