Landmine Warfare/Barrier - Eng Dev

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) provides for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) and demonstration of networked munitions, countermine systems, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) render safe, and counter improvised explosive device capabilities. This PE also implements the National Landmine Policy to develop alternatives to the non-self-destructing counter mobility anti-personnel landmine systems. The PE contributes to area access and area denial (A2/AD) to support unified land operations and improve soldier survivability. Project 016: Close Combat Capabilities, covers three programs: Next Generation Advanced Bomb Suit (NGABS), Explosive Ordnance Disposal Render Safe (EOD RS) and Enhanced Robotics Payload - Render Safe (ERP-RS). It provides for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) and demonstration of capabilities needed for Explosive Ordnance Disposal. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Render Safe (EOD RS) provides for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) and demonstration of capabilities needed for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams to Render Safe (RS) US and foreign ordnance and improvised explosive devices, enabling ground force commanders to retain freedom of maneuver and secure lines of communications in multi-domain operations (MDO). Technical refresh of capabilities ensures Army 2030 formations maintain overmatch capability. EOD RS-SKO equips EOD teams with low light visual augmentation system, electronic countermeasures, subsurface explosive and hazard detection, dismounted X-ray imager, X-ray generator, trace explosive, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN), and drug detection, unmanned aerial system, power management, gamma and neutron search and detection, and render safe initiation. This project will continue to support cross-service initiatives to increase commonality among information reporting and control systems. Enhanced Robotics Payload - Render Safe is a suite of modular capabilities to provide an increased level of standoff, disruption capability, and dexterity to respond to current and emergent EOD, CBRN and Engineer requirements. The Tech Effects program is in response to Army priorities and guidance to support identified gaps for Army passive defense requirements. Tech Effects executes research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) on passive defense capabilities, next generation devices, and technologies to support Army's ability to meet current and emerging requirements. Tech Effects integrates RDT&E prototypes with component programs for acquisition, sustainment and maintenance. NGABS will increase the Warfighter lethality and mobility by optimizing Soldier protection for EOD personnel, while effectively managing all life cycle aspects of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Warfighter lethality is increased through bomb suit weight reduction utilizing extensive investments in protective material research and development. The result is material solutions that are lighter and are pieced together in a manner which increases Soldier mobility and longevity. EOD Soldier situational awareness and exposure to ballistic threats is enhanced through the NGABS HUD which allows the Soldier increased visibility under various obscurants and low/no-light situations. Project 415: This Project provides for Engineering Manufacturing and Development (EMD) for the next generation of capabilities to detect, identify and neutralize hybrid threats and explosive hazards such as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and landmines. These capabilities are a Family of Systems (FOS) encompassing handheld, vehicle mounted, small robotic mounted, aerial platform mounted and area access, and neutralization systems operating in manned, remotely controlled, semi-autonomous or fully autonomous modes. Continued development of this FOS is necessary to support Route Clearance Platoons located within both Engineer Companies and Brigade Engineering Battalion Brigade Combat Teams. The Husky Mounted Detection System (HMDS) is a counter-explosive device capability that provides standoff detection and marking of metallic encased caches and metallic and low-metallic antitank landmines, unexploded ordnance, trigger mechanisms, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in support of route and area-clearance operations. HMDS is a mission equipment package mounted on the Husky route clearance vehicle. The program was restructured in September 2016 to align with emerging shallow buried Wire Detection (WD) capabilities integrated onto the HMDS Increment A1 configuration (includes Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)). These changes are necessary to adapt to changing IED threats. WD Technology will be fully integrated through Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) at the end of FY20. Prototypes developed under the concluded HMDS Increment A2 effort may be leveraged in development of future capabilities. Future capabilities may include detection of deep buried IEDs and caches, and semi-autonomous control of the Husky vehicle and HMDS from inside a follow-on vehicle. Route Clearance & Interrogation System (RCIS) Type I consists of a semi-autonomous vehicle and includes designated control vehicles and Operator Control Units (OCUs) which provide a standoff capability to detect and neutralize the full spectrum of explosive hazards. Type I integrates a semi-autonomous kit onto a High Mobility Engineering Excavator (HMEE) for remote control from a Buffalo Mine Protected Clearance Vehicle (MPCV). RCIS Type I semi-autonomous kit will be integrated onto the HMEE and be capable of interrogating and classifying explosive hazards. An OCU will be integrated into a Buffalo MPCV for Type I. RCIS capabilities will be fielded to Route Clearance Squads and Engineer Platoons which includes Tele-operation, RADAR-based Follow-Me, LIDAR obstacle detection, onscreen predictive turning map, and customizable camera views in order to achieve the RCIS mission. Project CS2: Project CS2: Explosive Ordnance Disposal Render Safe (EOD RS) provides for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) and demonstration of capabilities needed for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams to Render Safe (RS) US and foreign ordnance and improvised explosive devices, enabling ground force commanders to retain freedom of maneuver and secure lines of communications in multi-domain operations (MDO). Technical refresh of capabilities ensures AimPoint formations maintain overmatch capability. EOD RS-SKO equips EOD teams with low light visual augmentation system, electronic countermeasures, subsurface explosive and hazard detection, dismounted X-ray imager, X-ray generator, trace explosive, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN), and drug detection, unmanned aerial system, power management, gamma and neutron search and detection, and render safe initiation. This project will continue to support cross-service initiatives to increase commonality among information reporting and control systems.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0604808A_5_2040_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: Increase is due to an increased and accelerated need at the Army Service Component Commands (ASCCs) based on increasing and accelerated threat capability. Increase allows accelerated capacity development for program/project management and for the industrial base allowing for accelerated research, development, testing, training, and fielding to the operational forces.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Counter IED (Alumni COI)
• Counter WMD (Alumni COI)
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems
• Kinetic Weapons

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Control Systems
• Detection
• Electronic Countermeasures
• Engineering
• Explosive Devices
• Explosive Ordnance Disposal
• Force Protection
• Improvised Explosive Devices
• Multi-Domain Operations
• Munitions
• National Security
• Networked Munitions
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Procurement
• Product Development
• Protective Equipment
• Test And Evaluation

Readers

• Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• AI & ML
• AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
• AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Microelectronics