Operational Energy Capability Improvement

Abstract

The basic mission of this program element is to fund innovation to improve the Department of Defense’s (DoD) operational effectiveness via targeted operational energy science and technology (S&T) investments. It contains two projects. P455, the Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund (OECIF), incentivizes S&T to promote long term change in DoD capabilities so they are better aligned with the Operational Energy Strategy. OECIF generally fosters innovation to improve operational energy performance and has two key mission aspects. First, to develop, demonstrate and transition into use operational energy technologies and practices that will improve DoD military capabilities and/or reduce 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 start or consolidate promising operational energy programs 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 (HESM), co-sponsored by ASD(R&E) and ASD(OEPP), develops advanced energy storage technologies 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 HESM 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 and used to extend the operational performance and safety for these applications beyond the hybrid storage module baseline design configuration. This program is closely coordinated with the Advanced Management and Protection of Energy-storage Devices (AMPED) program of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E).

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
0604055D8Z_3_0400_PB_2016
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2016 funding increase due to Congressional restoral of funding to FY 2014 levels.
Service Agency Name
Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Department Of Defense
  • Drag Reduction
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Energy Harvesting
  • Energy Storage
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Military Capabilities
  • Military Facilities
  • Operations Research
  • Refueling
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

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