Joint Munitions Advanced Technology

Abstract

This program addresses advanced technology development associated with improving the lethality, range, reliability, safety, and survivability of munitions and weapon systems. The mission seeks to build a more lethal force through technology advancements geared towards performance and readiness. The goal is to develop and demonstrate joint enabling technologies that can be used by the Program Executive Offices (PEO) as they develop their specific weapon programs. The program invests in and demonstrates technologies from a Joint Service perspective, thus maximizing efficiencies, ensuring the development of technologies with the broadest applicability while avoiding duplication of efforts. Increasing the lethality, range, and performance of munitions, while striving to increase the safety for our warfighters for munitions in procurement and under development guide program investments. Munition Area Technology Groups (MATGs) and Fuze Area Technology Groups (FATGs) have been established for each munition and capability area and are tasked with: 1) coordinating, establishing, and maintaining 2018 and 2023 year technology development plans and roadmaps, 2) coordinating biannual meetings to review technical and programmatic details of each funded and proposed effort, 3) developing and submitting Technology Transition Agreements in coordination with appropriate PEO for insertion in their Insensitive Munition (IM) Strategic Plans / Fuze Technology Development Plan, and 4) interfacing with other MATGs / FATGs and IM / fuze science and technology projects as appropriate. The Joint Insensitive Munitions Technical Program (JIMTP) and Joint Fuze Technical Program (JFTP) will utilize a Technical Advisory Board (TAB) and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) (consisting of senior Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Energy (DOE) technology experts and laboratory representatives plus senior Munitions PEO representatives) to provide program oversight, policy, direction, and priorities during its annual meeting.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 0603000D8Z_3_0400_PB_2020
• Service Agency Name: Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Ammunition
• Cluster Munitions
• Department Of Defense
• Explosives
• Fragmentation Warheads
• High Reliability
• Ignition Systems
• Insensitive Explosives
• Materials
• Munitions
• Propellants
• Propulsion Systems
• Rocket Engines
• Rocket Propulsion
• Unexploded Ammunition
• Weapon Systems

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Munitions and Ordnance Engineering