Conventional Weapons Technology

Abstract

This project develops, integrates, and demonstrates advance ordnance and guidance technologies for air-launched conventional weapons. The effort focuses on conventional ordnance component technologies such as war-heads, 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. Efforts in this project have been coordinated through the Department of Defense Science and Technology Executive Committee process to harmonize efforts and eliminate duplication. In the FY 2021, the Air Force is consolidating its existing thirteen Advanced Technology Development (ATD), Research Development Test and Evaluation (RDT&E), Budget Activity 03 (BA 03) PEs into five new capability focused RDT&E BA 03 PEs to better align with the Air Force Science and Technology (S&T) Strategy signed by the SECAF in April 2019. This consolidation will improve and accelerate delivery of integrated transformational, multidisciplinary, collaborative technology solutions necessary to enable new Air Force warfighting capabilities that support of the National Defense Strategy. This new structure will provide the Air Force and Congress with a clearer understanding and increased transparency of integrated technology solutions and demonstrations key to enabling the Air Force future force design. In FY 2021, the entirety of Project 63670A, Weapon Technology Development will be transferred from PE 0603601F, Conventional Weapons Technology, to PE 0603035F, Next Generation Effects Dev/ Demo. In FY 2021, Project 63670B, Weapon Concept Development, non-Vanguard efforts and activities will be transferred from PE 0603601F, Conventional Weapon Technology, to PE 063035F, Next Gen Effects Dev/Demo. Golden Horde Vanguard activities under this project will be consolidated and transferred in FY 2021 from PE 0603601F, Conventional Weapon Technology to PE 0603032F, Future AF Integrated Technology Demos, Project 630320, Air Force Vanguards. All these transfers detailed above are part of the Air Force RDT&E BA 03 PE consolidation in order to realign technology areas to better support the National Defense Strategy, Air Force Future Operating Concept, and Air Force S&T Strategy, April 2019. This is an administrative realignment and not a new start. This work will continue to be executed by the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Technology Directorate located in Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver science and technology capabilities. The use of program funds in this PE would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0601102F, 0602102F, 0602201F, 0602202F, 0602203F, 0602204F, 0602602F, 0602605F, 0602788F, 1206601SF, and 0602298F. 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2021
Source ID
0603601F_3_3600_PB_2021
Change Summary Explanation
Decrease in FY 2019 in Other Adjustments of $5.850 million is due to realignment of funds to PE 0602212F to support Research and Development Projects, 10 U.S.C. Section 2363, an amendment to PL 110-417, 10 U.S.C. Section 2358 and 10 U.S.C. 2805(d)(1)(B). Decrease in FY 2021 of $206.783 million is due to PE 0603601F, Conventional Weapons Tech, and associated non-Vanguard Projects being transferred to PE 0603035F, Next Gen Effects Dev/Demo. Golden Horde Vanguard activities under Project 63670B, Weapon Concept Development, will be consolidated and transferred in FY 2021 from PE 0603601F, Conventional Weapon Technology, to PE 0603032F, Future AF Integrated Technology Demos, Project 630320, Air Force Vanguards. These transfers are part of the Air Force RDT&E BA 03 PE consolidation in order to realign technology areas to better support the National Defense Strategy, Air Force Future Operating Concept, and Air Force S&T Strategy, April 2019.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Air Launched
  • Control Systems
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosives
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Navigation
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

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

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