Operational Energy Capability Improvement (OECI)

Abstract

The Operational Energy Capability Improvement (OECI) project matures and demonstrates advanced technologies in operational energy across warfighting platforms and domains. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2020, the focus of this project was the culmination, demonstration and transition of all ongoing OECI efforts to service and agency partners. Beginning in FY 2022, OECI will complete projects impacted by lack of funding due to the rescission and competitively award funding to support new projects in DoD Science and Technology Energy Strategy Focus areas of 1) Powering the Force, 2) Electrifying the Battlespace, and 3) Commanding Energy. Competitively awarded projects will continue to focus on multi-year technology maturation efforts. In FY 2022 1-year surge projects and 1-year studies that support OECI operational energy focus area and gap/seam requirements will also be awarded. These one-year efforts speed technologies to the warfighter and allow the OECI program to re-start rotational multi-year efforts. These investments address high priority joint operational energy requirements to ensure best-use of operational energy on the battlefield informed, when and where possible, by climate change mitigation. Projects will increase the joint force’s lethality and agility and reduce logistical burdens. These new capabilities are required to address threats from near peer enemies.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Source ID
0604055D8Z_3_0400_PB_2022
Change Summary Explanation
The $74.300 million increase in FY 2022 is for Energy Science and Technology efforts that improve agility and resiliency in suppling operational energy with advanced power, storage, and distribution technologies.
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
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Energy Harvesting
  • Energy Management
  • Energy Production
  • Energy Storage
  • Fuel Lines
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Logistics
  • Nuclear Fuels
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Solar Cells
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

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