MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

The Materials and Biological Technology Program Element is budgeted in the Applied Research Budget Activity because its objective is to develop materials and biological 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, fabrication and processing techniques, models, devices 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 technology areas including manufacturing, electronics, sensors, optics, and complex and autonomous systems. The Biologically Based Materials and Devices project will leverage the growing application space of the biological sciences for the development of new DoD capabilities in materials development, threat detection, and warfighter performance. Contained in this project are thrusts that apply biology's unique synthesis capabilities to source DoD-relevant materials and overcome current limitations in accessing, scaling, and distributing critical resources to achieve overmatch. Programs in this project also enable in situ and stand-off detection and mitigation of biological, chemical, traditional, and emerging threats against the warfighter, the food supply, and other targets. This project also includes efforts to develop novel biological technologies for maintaining human combat performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2021
Source ID
0602715E_2_0400_PB_2021
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2019: Decrease reflects reprogrammings and the SBIR/STTR transfer. FY 2020: Decrease reflects congressional reduction. FY 2021: Increase reflects minor program repricing.
Service Agency Name
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Sciences
  • Biosensors
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Construction
  • Detection
  • Fabrication
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Gamma Rays
  • Health Services
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Medical Personnel
  • Therapy
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Microelectronics
  • Space

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