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 the two projects described below: 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 operational energy technologies and practices that will improve DoD military capabilities and possibly reduce costs. Second, to establish within the military Services institutional momentum to continue those innovations. OECIF funds serve as “seed money” to start or consolidate promising operational energy innovation 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 the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (ASD(R&E)) and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment (ASD(EIE)), 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/energy densities, scalable to all power levels, that reduce total logistics demand, (2) increase platform ability to sustain operations during engagement, and (3) reduce maintenance. Once demonstration is complete, this technology will be sustained by the Services and will be 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, 2017
Source ID
0604055D8Z_3_0400_PB_2017
Change Summary Explanation
FY 17: Baseline program was reduced to realign funds for higher priorities and achieve efficiencies within the Department of Defense.
Service Agency Name
Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Drag Reduction
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Harvesting
  • Energy Storage
  • Heat Recovery
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Power Equipment
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.

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