Target Systems Development

Abstract

This Program Element funds aerial and ground target hardware and software development, maintenance, and upgrades. The overall objective is to ensure validation of weapon system accuracy and reliability by developing aerial and ground targets essential for test and evaluation (T&E). These targets are economical and expendable, remotely controlled or stationary, and often destroyed in use. The Army is the Tri-Service lead under the Secretariat Reliance panel for providing rotary wing, mobile ground, towed, and designated targets for T&E. The Army executes development of some service-peculiar target requirements in support of quality assurance, lot acceptance, and training and continues development of service-peculiar and on-going target materiel upgrades to maintain continuity with current weapons technology and trends in modern and evolving Army weapons.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 0604258A_6_2040_PB_2018
• Change Summary Explanation: Fiscal Year (FY) 18 adjustment for High-Speed Aerial Target replacement Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase, Project 238.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Cyber
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Aerial Targets
• Air Defense
• Aircrafts
• Control Systems
• Cruise Missiles
• Department Of Defense
• Emerging Threats
• Ground Support Equipment
• Ground Vehicles
• Life Cycle Management
• Life Cycles
• Reliability
• Test And Evaluation
• United States
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

• Aerospace Test and Evaluation
• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Marksmanship and Weaponry.