JOINT SERVICE SMALL ARMS PROGRAM

Abstract

This program element (PE) matures and demonstrates advanced technologies that integrate into individual and crew served weapons for all Services. This PE supports the maturation and demonstration of Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT) that offer significantly reduced weight over the currently fielded weapons and ammunition. All efforts are based upon the Joint Service Small Arms Master Plan (JSSAMP), the Joint Capabilities Integration Development System's Small Arms Analysis, and the resulting Capabilities Development Documents for the Services. Work in this PE is related to and fully integrated with the efforts funded in PE 0602623A (Joint Service Small Arms Program) and PE 0603001 Warfighter Advanced Technology (Warfighter Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Director, Defense Research and Engineering Strategic Plan, the Army Modernization Strategy, and the Army Science and Technology Master Plan. Work in this PE is performed by the US Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: 0603607A_3_2040_PB_2012
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Ammunition
• Army
• Caseless Ammunition
• Fires
• Grenade Launchers
• Guns
• Lethality
• Lightweight
• Machine Guns
• Maintenance Costs
• Projectiles
• Propellants
• Small Arms
• Target Acquisition
• Target Tracking
• Test And Evaluation
• Weapons

Readers

• Marksmanship and Weaponry.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.