Conventional Weapons Technology
Abstract
This program develops, integrates, and demonstrates advanced ordnance and guidance technologies for air-launched conventional weapons. The program focuses on conventional ordnance component technologies such as warheads, fuzes, and explosives, as well as munition guidance component technologies such as navigation and control systems and seekers. Technologies to be developed, demonstrated, and integrated into system concepts will address blast, fragmentation, penetration, low-collateral damage, variable depth/location fuzing, precise guidance, and high performance and insensitive explosives. This program is in Budget Activity 3, Advanced Technology Development because this budget activity includes development of subsystems and components and integration of these subsystems and components into system concepts for field experiments and/or tests in a simulated environment. Efforts in this program have been coordinated through the Department of Defense (DoD) Science and Technology (S&T) Executive Committee process to harmonize efforts and eliminate duplication.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- 0603601F_3_3600_PB_2017
- Change Summary Explanation
- Decrease in FY 2016 due to Congressional Directed Reduction for improving funds management: forward financing. Increase in FY 2017 due to increased emphasis on distributed fuzing technologies, long range strike weapon technology demonstrations, and missile technology demonstrations.
- Service Agency Name
- Air Force
Entities
Organizations
- United States Air Force
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