MILITARY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

This program element (PE) investigates, evaluates, and matures military engineering technologies for geospatial, atmospheric, and weather characterization and modeling; force protection; force projection; and sustainable, cost efficient and resilient facilities and bases. Research supports special requirements for battlefield visualization, tactical decision aids, weather intelligence products, and capabilities to exploit space assets. Results are tailored to support the materiel development, testing, and operations communities in evaluating the impacts of weather, terrain, and atmospheric obscurants on military materiel and operations (Project 855 and H71). Major research efforts also focus on advanced technologies for adaptive and expedient force protection across the range of military operations; overcoming battlespace gaps; rapid port enhancement; mobility, survivability, and weapons effects in urban terrain modeling and simulation (Project T40). Research efforts to develop technology-enabled capabilities for deployable force protection to support troops operating at remote bases or integrated with local communities are performed in projects T40 and T41 starting in FY11. Facilities engineering efforts include simulation of infrastructure capabilities for force projection, protection, and readiness to improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the training, readiness, and force projection missions in garrison; force sustainment missions in theaters of operation; and critical infrastructure interdependencies (Project T41 and T45). Research in this PE also focuses on impacts of the battlespace environment on platforms, sensors, personnel, and systems (Project T42). The cited work is consistent with the Director, Defense Research and Engineering Strategic Plan, the Army Modernization Strategy, and the Army Science and Technology Master Plan. This work is fully coordinated with and complementary to PE 0602784A (Military Engineering Technology). Deployable force protection activities are coordinated with US Army Research Development and Engineering Command, and the Services. Research is transitioned to PE 0603734A (Military Engineering Advanced Technology), PE 0603125A (Combating Terrorism, Technology Development). The work in this PE is being led, managed or performed by the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, and the Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. Projects T48 and T53 fund Congressional Interest Items.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: 0602784A_2_2040_PB_2012
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Counter WMD
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems
• Sensors
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Advanced Materials
• Boundary Layer
• Composite Materials
• Control Systems
• Detection
• Detectors
• Environment
• Information Processing
• Lidar
• Material Degradation Processes
• Materials Laboratories
• Materials Science
• Materials Testing
• Military Operations
• Situational Awareness
• Unmanned Systems
• Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

• Engineering

Readers

• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• Space