Weapons and Munitions Advanced Technology

Abstract

The objective of this program element (PE) is to mature and demonstrate advanced lethal and non-lethal weapons and munitions technologies to increase battlefield lethality. This PE supports the maturation and demonstration of enabling components and subsystems which provide: scalable lethal and non-lethal effects (project 232); key subsystems that enable an electromagnetic (EM) gun weapon system demonstrator (project L94); a tactical high energy laser weapon system demonstrator (project L96); and smoke and obscurant technologies to enhance platform and personnel survivability (project L97). Project 43A funds congressional special interest items. Work in this PE is related to, and fully coordinated with, PE 0602624A (Weapons and Munitions Technology), PE 0602618A (Ballistics Technology), PE 0603005A (Combat Vehicle and Automotive Advanced Technology), PE 0602307A (Advanced Weapons Technology), PE 0602120A (Sensors and Electronic Survivability), PE 0602622A (Chemical, Smoke, and Equipment Defeating Technology), and PE 0603313A (Missile and Rocket Advanced Technology). 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. Work in this PE is performed by the Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, in cooperation with the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; the Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC), Warren, MI; the Aviation and Missile Research, Development, Engineering Center (AMRDEC), Huntsville, AL; Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), Edgewood, MD; and the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Center (SMDC), Huntsville, AL.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Source ID
0603004A_3_2040_PB_2012
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Detection
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosives
  • Fire Control Systems
  • High Energy Lasers
  • Lasers
  • Manufacturing
  • Munitions
  • Munitions Testing
  • Tactical High-Energy Lasers
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unexploded Ammunition
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Space

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