Joint DOD/DOE Munitions Technology Development

Abstract

The mission of the Department of Defense (DoD)/Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Munitions Technology Development Program (JMP) is to develop new and innovative warhead, advanced and disruptive explosive, fuzing, weapons effects, and lifecycle technologies and tools to enable significant improvements in conventional munitions. The JMP supports the development and exploration of advanced munitions concepts and enabling technologies that precede Service-specific system engineering. A Memorandum of Understanding signed in 1985 by DoD and DOE provides the basis for the cooperative effort and for cost-sharing the long-term commitment. The DoD JMP funds budgeted in this justification are matched, at a minimum, dollar for dollar by DOE funds. Through this interdepartmental cooperation, DoD’s relatively small investment leverages DOE’s substantial investments in intellectual capital and highly specialized skills, advanced scientific equipment and facilities, and computational tools not available within DoD. Under the auspices of the JMP, the integration of DOE technologies with Joint and Individual Services’ needs has provided major advances in warfighting capabilities over many years and continues to play a crucial role in the exploration, development, and transition of new technologies needed by the Services. The JMP has established a successful collaborative community of DoD and DOE scientists and engineers that develop technologies of interest to both Departments within a structured framework of technical reviews and scheduled milestones. The JMP is administered and monitored by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) and reviewed annually by the Munitions Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), which is comprised of munitions laboratory technical directors and senior executives from the Army, Navy, Air Force, OUSD, DOE, and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Projects are organized in five Technology Coordinating Groups (TCG) that bring together the disciplines necessary to properly evaluate technical content, relevance, and progress. The TCGs conduct semi-annual technical peer reviews of JMP projects and plans. DoD Service laboratory technical experts lead each of the TCGs to ensure that the technologies under development address high-priority DoD gaps, needs, and challenges. The The JMP is a focal point for collaborative work by nearly 600 DoD and DOE scientists and engineers. Technical leaders from both Departments consider the JMP a model of cooperation, both within their respective departments and between departments. The highly challenging technical objectives of the 30 current projects require multi-year efforts and sustained, long-term investments to achieve success.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2021
Source ID
0603225D8Z_3_0400_PB_2021
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Service Agency Name
Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Department Of Defense
  • Energetic Materials
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Equations Of State
  • Explosives
  • Material Modeling
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Munitions
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thin Films
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects

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

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