MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

This program element is budgeted in the Applied Research Budget Activity because its objective is to develop material, biological and energy technologies that make possible a wide range of new military capabilities. 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, functional materials and devices, and materials that enable new propulsion concepts for land, sea, and space vehicles and low distortion optical lenses. 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, 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. The Tactical and Strategic Energy Technology project is focused on the unique challenges facing the DoD in developing and demonstrating advanced power generation and energy storage technologies. It will address critical military needs for improved energy efficiency and availability to support a range of military missions that include individual warfighter and small unit operations.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2013
• Source ID: 0602715E_2_0400_PB_2013
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2011: Decrease reflects reductions for the Section 8117 Economic Adjustment, unsustained growth, internal below threshold reprogrammings, rescissions and the SBIR/STTR transfer. FY 2012: Decrease reflects reductions for excessive growth and Section 8023(f) FFRDC reduction. FY 2013: Decrease reflects the end of energy programs such as Vulcan and Tactical Advanced Power. .
• 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

• Aircrafts
• Carbon Fibers
• Control Systems
• Energy Management
• Energy Storage
• Gradient-Index Optics
• Manufacturing
• Material Degradation Processes
• Materials
• Materials Laboratories
• Materials Processing
• Materials Science
• Materials Testing
• Refractive Index
• Surface Plasmon Resonance
• Test Methods
• Turbines

Readers

• Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Nanocomposite Materials Science

Technology Areas

• Biotechnology
• Space