Conventional Munitions

Abstract

This program investigates, develops, and establishes the technical feasibility and military utility of guidance and ordnance technologies for conventional air-launched munitions. The program supports core technical competencies of fuze technology; energetic materials; damage mechanisms; munitions aerodynamics, guidance, navigation, and control; terminal seeker sciences; and munition systems effects. Technologies to be developed include blast, fragmentation, penetrating and low-collateral damage warheads, hard-target fuzing, precise terminal guidance, and high performance and insensitive explosives. Efforts in this program have been coordinated through the Department of Defense (DoD) Science and Technology (S&T) Executive Committee process to harmonize efforts and eliminate duplication. In FY 2018, a portion of HQ AFRL S&T civilian manpower in PE 0602602F, Conventional Munitions, was transferred to PE 0602298F, Science and Technology Management - Major Headquarters Activities, to provide increased transparency to Congress on personnel in Major Headquarters Activities (MHA). This program is in Budget Activity 2, Applied Research because this budget activity includes studies, investigations, and non-system specific technology efforts directed toward general military needs with a view toward developing and evaluating the feasibility and practicality of proposed solutions and determining their parameters.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Source ID
0602602F_2_3600_PB_2018
Change Summary Explanation
Increase in FY 2016 reflects reprogramming to support Research and Development Projects, 10 U.S.C. Section 2358. Decrease in FY 2018 is due to realignment for autonomy and laser weapons systems priorities and transfer of some HQ AFRL civilian manpower to PE 0602298F, Science and Technology Management - Major Headquarters Activities.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Air Force
  • Airframes
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosives
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Guidance
  • Information Processing
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Munitions
  • Navigation
  • Radio Frequency
  • Reliability

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

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