Conventional Weapons Technology

Abstract

This program develops, demonstrates, and integrates ordnance and advanced guidance technologies for air-launched conventional weapons. The program includes development of conventional ordnance technologies including warheads, fuzes, and explosives; and development of advanced guidance technologies including seekers, navigation and control, and guidance. Technologies to be developed, demonstrated and integrated include blast, fragmentation, penetration, low-collateral damage warheads, variable depth/location fuzing, precise guidance, and high performance and insensitive explosives. Efforts in this program have been coordinated through the Reliance 21 process to harmonize efforts and eliminate duplication. This program is in the Budget Activity 3, Advanced Technology Development, since it develops and demonstrates technologies for existing system upgrades and/or new system developments that have military utility and address warfighter needs.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: 0603601F_3_3600_PB_2012
• Change Summary Explanation: NOTE: Increase in FY12 is due to an increase in Air Force priority for a hard target defeat capability.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Defense
• Air Force
• Air Launched
• Concrete
• Data Rate
• Demonstrations
• Detection
• Energetic Materials
• Explosives
• Guidance
• High Performance Concrete
• Insensitive Explosives
• Laser-Based Detection
• Moving Targets
• Munitions
• Targets
• Weapons

Readers

• Explosive Engineering.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Missile Defense Systems.