Joint Service Small Arms Program

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) investigates individual and crew-served weapon designs and technologies that enhance the fighting capabilities and survivability of the dismounted Warfighter in support of all of the Services. All work is led by the Joint Service Small Arms Program (JSSAP) and is based upon the Joint Service Small Arms Master Plan (JSSAMP) and the Joint Capabilities Integration Development System's Small Arms Analyses. In FY18/FY19 work in this PE is related to, and fully coordinated with, efforts in PE 0601102A (Defense Research Sciences), PE 0602624A (Weapons and Munitions Technology), PE 0603607A (Joint Service Small Arms Program), and PE 0602618A (Ballistic Technology). Beginning in FY20, work in this PE is related to, and fully coordinated with PE 0601102A (Defense Research Sciences), PE 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology), and PE 0602141A (Lethality Technology) The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. The work in this PE is performed by the United States Army Futures Command (AFC).

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 0602623A_2_2040_PB_2020
• Change Summary Explanation: FY20 decrease related to Science & Technology financial restructuring.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Ammunition
• Department Of Defense
• Energy Consumption
• Engineering
• Hit Probabilities
• Lethality
• Munitions
• Muzzle Velocity
• Projectiles
• Small Arms
• Small Arms Ammunition
• Survivability
• Test And Evaluation
• United States
• Weapon Systems
• Weapons

Fields of Study

• Education

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.