Advanced Materials for Weapon Systems

Abstract

This program develops and demonstrates materials technology for transition into Air Force systems. The program has four projects which develop: hardened materials technologies for the protection of aircrews and sensors; non-destructive inspection and evaluation technologies; transition data on structural and non-structural materials for aerospace applications; and airbase operations technologies including deployable base infrastructure, force protection, and fire fighting capabilities. Efforts in the program have been coordinated through the Department of Defense Science and Technology Executive Committee process to harmonize efforts and eliminate duplication. This program is in Budget Activity 3, Advanced Technology Development because this budget activity includes development of subsystems and components and efforts to integrate subsystems and components into system prototypes for field experiments and/or tests in a simulated environment.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2016
• Source ID: 0603112F_3_3600_PB_2016
• Change Summary Explanation: Decrease in FY16 due to higher DoD priorities.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Sensors
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Advanced Materials
• Air Force
• Department Of Defense
• Detectors
• Directed Energy Weapons
• Engineered Materials
• Fire Fighting
• Force Protection
• Hardening
• Infrared Detectors
• Laser Countermeasures
• Materials
• Materials Science
• Semiconductors
• Short-Wavelength Infrared Radiation
• Weapons

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• Space