Operational Energy Capability Improvement
Abstract
The basic mission of this program element is to fund innovation that will improve the Department’s operational effectiveness via targeted operational energy science and technology investments. It contains two projects. P455, the Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund (OECIF), incentivizes science and technology to promote long term change in the Department's capabilities to be better aligned with the Operational Energy Strategy. It generally fosters innovation to improve operational energy performance. This mission has two key aspects. First, to develop and/or demonstrate, and rapidly transition into, use operational energy technologies or practices that will improve the Department’s military capabilities and/or reduce its costs. Second, to establish within the military Services sustainable, institutional capacity to continue to research, develop and adopt operational energy innovations. OECIF funds serve as “seed money” to consolidate or start promising operational energy programs, directions or changes to be sustained by the Services; accordingly, OECIF generally emphasizes supporting or establishing programs, rather than one-off projects. P456, the Hybrid Energy Storage Module, co-sponsored by ASD(R&E) and ASD(OEPP), develops advanced technology in energy storage to maximize performance and reliability, and enable future high power weapons and sensor systems on legacy and next generation vehicles, aircraft and ships. The goals of this program are to (1) demonstrate energy storage systems with high power and energy densities, scalable to all power levels, that reduce total logistics demand, increase platform ability to sustain operations during engagement, and (2) reduce maintenance. Once demonstration is complete, this technology will be sustained by the Services. This program is closely coordinated with the Advanced Management and Protection of Energy-storage Devices (AMPED) program of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). AMPED technology will be used to potentially extend the operational performance benefits and safety for these applications beyond the hybrid storage module baseline design configurations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- 0604055D8Z_3_0400_PB_2015
- Change Summary Explanation
- Service Agency Name
- Office of Secretary Of Defense
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