Combat Vehicle and Automotive Technology

Abstract

This PE researches, designs, and evaluates combat and tactical vehicle automotive technologies that enable the Army to have a lighter, more survivable, more mobile and more deployable force. Project C05 (Armor Applied Research) investigates, researches, and evaluates advanced ground vehicle design and occupant protection technologies in such areas as armor concepts, ballistic defeat mechanisms, blast mitigation, survivability modeling and simulation (M&S), hit avoidance, kill avoidance, safety, sensors, counter measures, instrumentation, and survivability packaging concepts to achieve superior survivability/protection for Soldiers and military ground vehicles. Survivability technologies will be designed for integration into/with the Modular Active Protection System (MAPS). Project H77 (National Automotive Center), which was chartered by the Secretary of the Army to conduct shared government and industry, or "dual use", technology programs to leverage commercial investments in automotive technology research and development for Army ground combat and tactical vehicle applications. Project H91 (Ground Vehicle Technology) designs, matures, and evaluates a variety of innovative and enabling technologies in the areas of electrical power, thermal management, propulsion, mobility, power for advanced survivability, vehicle diagnostics, fuels, lubricants, water purification, intelligent systems, autonomy enabled systems, and other component technologies to enhance the mobility, power and energy, and reduce the logistic chain of combat and tactical vehicles. This PE executes the Army's Combat Vehicle Prototyping (CVP) program to mature, integrate, and demonstrate ground vehicle leap ahead technologies in support of future combat vehicles. In FY18/FY19 work in this PE is related to, and fully coordinated with, PEs 0602105A (Materials Technology), 0602618A (Ballistics Technology, Robotics Technology), 0602705A (Electronics and Electronic Devices), 0602716A (Human Factors Engineering Technology), 0603005A (Combat Vehicle and Automotive Advanced Technology), 0603125A (Combating Terrorism Technology Development), 0603734A (Military Engineering Advanced Technology), and 0708045A (Manufacturing Technology). Beginning in FY20, work in this PE is related to, and fully coordinated with PE 0602145A (Next Generation Combat Vehicle Technology) and PE 0603462A (Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology). Work in this PE is coordinated with the United States Marine Corps, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, and other ground vehicle developers within the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Departments of Energy, Commerce, and Transportation. The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. The Ground Portfolio technology investments are creating a layered vehicle protection suite including Active Protection (Hard-Kill and Soft-Kill) capabilities supported by robust advanced armor (Enhanced Survivability).

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0602601A_2_2040_PB_2021
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Advanced Materials
• Autonomous Systems
• Combat Vehicles
• Composite Materials
• Cost Overruns
• Electronics
• Energy Storage
• Ground Vehicles
• Heat Energy
• Intelligent Systems
• Power Electronics
• Renewable Energy
• Situational Awareness
• Unmanned Ground Systems
• Unmanned Ground Vehicles
• Unmanned Systems
• Warfare

Fields of Study

• Engineering

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• AI & ML
• AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
• AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Microelectronics