Joint Service Small Arms Program

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) matures and demonstrates advanced technologies that provide greater lethality, target acquisition, fire control, and range at a significantly reduced weight. These technologies lighten the Soldier's load, provide improved battlefield mobility, and reduce logistics burden while maintaining or improving current levels of performance. Efforts in this PE support the Army Science and Technology Lethality Portfolio. In FY18/FY19, work in this PE was related to and fully integrated with the efforts funded in PE 0602623A (Joint Service Small Arms Program), PE 0602624A (Weapons and Munitions Technology) and PE 0602618A (Ballistic Technology). Beginning in FY20, work in this PE is related to, and fully coordinated with PE 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. All FY20 adjustments align program financial structure to Army Modernization Priorities in support of the National Defense Strategy. The work in this PE is performed by the U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC)

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2020
Source ID
0603607A_3_2040_PB_2020
Change Summary Explanation
FY19 congressional add ($16.920 million) for soldier lethality. In FY20, this PE is eliminated due to Science & Technology portfolio financial restructuring.
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Ammunition
  • Battlefields
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Engineering
  • Lethality
  • Logistics
  • Machine Guns
  • Maturation
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Precision
  • Small Arms
  • Target Acquisition
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

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