Joint Munitions Technology

Abstract

This program addresses applied research associated with improving the lethality, reliability, safety, and survivability of munitions and weapon systems. The goal is to develop joint enabling technologies that can be used by the Program Executive Officers (PEOs) as they develop their specific weapon programs. The program invests in research of technologies from a Joint Service perspective, thus maximizing efficiencies, ensuring the development of technologies with the broadest applicability while avoiding duplication of efforts. Increasing the lethality, range, and performance of munitions, while striving to increase the safety for our warfighters for munitions in procurement and under development guide program investments. Munition Area Technology Groups (MATGs) and Fuze Area Technology Groups (FATGs) have been established for each munition and capability area and are tasked with: 1) coordinating, establishing, and maintaining 2023 and 2028 year technology development plans and roadmaps, 2) coordinating biannual meetings to review technical and programmatic details of each funded and proposed effort, 3) developing and submitting Technology Transition Agreements in coordination with appropriate PEOs for insertion in their Insensitive Munitions (IM) Strategic Plans / Fuze Technology Development Plan, and 4) interfacing with other MATGs / FATGs and IM / fuze science and technology projects as appropriate. The Joint Insensitive Munitions Technology Program (JIMTP) and Joint Fuze Technology Program (JFTP) will utilize a Technical Advisory Board (TAB) and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) (consisting of senior Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Energy (DOE) technology experts and laboratory representatives, plus senior Munitions PEO representatives), to provide program oversight, policy, direction, and priorities during its annual meeting.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 0602000D8Z_2_0400_PB_2020
• Service Agency Name: Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Composite Materials
• Department Of Defense
• Detection
• Energetic Materials
• Explosives
• Fragmentation Warheads
• Gun Propellants
• High Reliability
• Ignition Systems
• Insensitive Explosives
• Materials Laboratories
• Materials Testing
• Munitions
• Propellants
• Rocket Engines
• Rocket Propulsion
• Unexploded Ammunition

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Munitions and Ordnance Engineering