Joint Munitions Advanced Technology

Abstract

This program advances and demonstrates munitions components (warheads, propulsion systems, advanced lethality mechanisms, fuzes and fuze components, etc.) in relevant environments with joint applicability. The goal is to demonstrate joint enabling technologies that increase or improve the lethality, range, reliability, safety, and survivability for existing and future weapons systems. The program invests in research of 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. This munitions based Science and Technology (S&T) program focuses on enhancements in weapon speed, range, and lethality while largely utilizing existing advanced insensitive munitions (IM) technology to maximize weapon safety. US power projection capabilities related to near peer competition are lagging and there is an urgent need to provide our warfighters with increased or new capabilities. The program will strive to develop the most lethal weapons possible and communicating associated risks intelligently, so U.S. warfighters can make informed decisions about their weapon systems capabilities and safe handling requirements. IM compliance requirements remain an important aspect of munitions reliability and readiness and thus will remain a critical characteristic of the program. The 2018 National Defense Strategy denotes that “Challenges to the U.S. military advantage represent another shift in the global security environment. For decades the United States has enjoyed uncontested or dominant superiority in every operating domain. Today, every domain is contested—air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace.” Therefore, the program will invest in technologies that will enable U.S. warfighters to regain the operational and battlefield advantages that technologies can provide through increased performance, range, and lethality to improve the Joint Force military advantages and build a more lethal force. This program is has aligned its investment portfolio to complement and utilize priority technology areas (hypersonics, autonomy, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and microelectronics) defined by the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Munition Area Technology Groups (MATGs) and Fuze Area Technology Groups (FATGs) are established for each technology area and are tasked with: 1) coordinating, establishing, and maintaining 2025, 2030, and 2035 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 PEOs for insertion in their weapons system strategic plans / Fuze Technology Development Plans, and 4) interfacing with other MATGs / FATGs and IM / fuze science and technology projects as appropriate. The Joint Enhanced Munitions Technology Program (JEMTP) and Joint Fuze Technology Program (JFTP) 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2021
Source ID
0603000D8Z_3_0400_PB_2021
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2021 Re-alignment for Higher Priorities: $3.000 million adjustment to fund concept development of follow-on project within the Networked Communications Capabilities PE 0603662D8Z.
Service Agency Name
Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Explosives
  • Fragmentation Warheads
  • High Reliability
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Munitions
  • Propellants
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Unexploded Ammunition

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Cyber
  • Hypersonics
  • Microelectronics
  • Space

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