MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

The efforts described in this Program Element (PE) address the Applied Research associated with the Materials and Biological Technology Program that is focused on developing materials and biological technologies that make possible a wide range of new military capabilities. This PE also supports innovation and robust transition planning in the technology cycle by working with entrepreneurs to increase the likelihood that DARPA funded technologies take root in the U.S. and provide new capabilities for national defense. 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 to improve the sustainability of warfighters, and operational platforms in varied environments. This project will develop solutions for critical resource processing, materials development, threat detection and characterization, environmental remediation, and warfighter resilience to infectious disease and environmental stressors. The materials developed through this project will protect and sustain warfighters and operations in austere environments. This project supports innovation and robust transition planning in the technology cycle by working with entrepreneurs to increase the likelihood that DARPA-funded technologies take root in the U.S. and provide new capabilities for national defense.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0602715E_2_0400_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2022: Decrease reflects SBIR/STTR transfer offset by reprogrammings. FY 2023: Decrease reflects a Congressional reduction to Reduce Growth. FY 2024: Increase reflects initiation of the Turning Upcycled Waste into Novel, Sustainable Materials, Signal Processing and Communication with Biotechnology and Strengthening Resilient Emotions and Nimble Cognition Through Engineering Neuroplasticity (STRENGTHEN) programs.
• Service Agency Name: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Biomedical
• Engineered Resilient Systems (Alumni COI)
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems
• Kinetic Weapons
• Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Biosensors
• Biotechnology
• Construction
• Detection
• Earth Orbits
• Engineers
• Environment
• Environmental Health
• Genetics
• Health Services
• Materials Processing
• Materials Science
• Medical Personnel
• National Security
• Sea Level Rise
• Synthetic Biology
• Traumatic Stress Disorder

Readers

• Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Microelectronics
• Space