Weapons and Munitions Advanced Technology

Abstract

This program element (PE) matures weapons and munitions components/subsystems and demonstrates lethal and non-lethal weapons and munitions with potential to increase force application and force protection capabilities across the spectrum of operations. The weapons and munitions include artillery, mortars, medium caliber, tank fired, and shoulder fired. Project 232 focuses on affordable delivery of scalable (lethal to non-lethal) effects. Project L96 matures and integrates critical high energy laser subsystems into a mobile demonstrator to explore and validate system performance in relevant environments. Project L97demonstrates performance of advanced obscurants and delivery of mechanisms and conducts forensic analysis of explosives and hazardous materials to enable detection by Soldier and Small Units. Work in this PE is related to, and fully coordinated with, PE 0602120A (Sensors and Electronic Survivability), PE 0602307A (Advanced Weapons Technology), PE 0602618A (Ballistics Technology), PE 0602622A (Chemical, Smoke, and Equipment Defeating Technology), PE 0602624A (Weapons and Munitions Technology), PE 0602772A (Advanced Tactical Computer Science and Sensor Technology), PE 0602782A (Command, Control, Communications Technology), PE 0603005A (Combat Vehicle and Automotive Advanced Technology), PE 0603008A (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology), and PE 0603313A (Missile and Rocket Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering science and technology priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this PE is performed by the Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ; 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, 2014
Source ID
0603004A_3_2040_PB_2014
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Control Systems
  • Energetic Materials
  • Energy
  • Energy Harvesting
  • Energy Management
  • Energy Storage
  • Explosives
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Munitions
  • Performance Tests
  • Projectiles
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unexploded Ammunition
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Microelectronics
  • Space

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