MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

(U)This program element is budgeted in the Applied Research Budget Activity because its objective is to develop technologies related to those materials and biological systems that make possible a wide range of new military capabilities. (U)The major goal of the Materials Processing Technology project is to develop novel materials, materials processing techniques, mathematical models, and fabrication strategies for advanced structural and functional materials and components that will lower the cost, increase the performance, and/or enable new missions for military platforms and systems. Included in this project are efforts across a wide range of materials including: structural materials and devices, smart materials and actuators, functional materials and devices, and materials that are enabling for improvements in logistics. (U)The Biologically Based Materials and Devices Project acknowledges the growing and pervasive influence of the biological sciences on the development of new materials, devices and processes, as well as the commensurate influence of materials, physics and chemistry on new approaches to biology and biochemistry. Contained in this project are thrusts in the application of biomimetic materials and devices for Defense, the development of biochemical materials to maintain performance, the use of biology’s unique fabrication capabilities to produce structures that cannot be made any other way, the application of magnetic materials in biological applications, and the development of manufacturing tools that use biological components and processes for material synthesis. It also supports a major thrust that will revolutionize the development of prosthetics for the wounded soldier.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: 0602715E_2_0400_PB_2011
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2009 Decrease reflects Omnibus Reprogramming action for the H1N1 vaccine development, Section 8042 rescission of the FY 2010 Appropriations Act, internal below threshold reprogramming and SBIR/STTR transfer. FY 2010 Increase reflects the congressional adds (as identified above) offset by reductions for the Section 8097 Economic Assumption, execution delays and FY 2010 new starts. FY 2011 Not Applicable
• Service Agency Name: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Air Platforms
• Autonomy
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Chemical Synthesis
• Chemistry
• Composite Materials
• Energy
• Energy Storage
• Manufacturing
• Material Degradation Processes
• Materials Laboratories
• Materials Processing
• Materials Science
• Materials Testing
• Mechanical Properties
• Polymer Matrix Composites
• Renewable Energy
• Turbines

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Nanocomposite Materials Science

Technology Areas

• Biotechnology