Environmental Quality Technology Mgmt Support

Abstract

This program resources environmental quality technology (EQT) related management support functions including support of RDT&E required for EQT technical integration efforts at demonstration/validation test sites, technical information and activities, test facilities and general test instrumentation, and EQT requirement assessments. Funds required to support the management of technology transfer associated with technology demonstrated and validated as part of Army EQT projects are included in this program element. In addition, support to the Army weapon system acquisition community to address generic pollution prevention related requirements are included under the Environmentally Sustainable Acquisition/Logistics Program. The Environmentally Sustainable Acquisition/Logistics project includes the program management for developing acquisition strategies that both achieve system key performance parameters and sustain the environment without permanent and unacceptable change in the natural environment or human health from system concept refinement to disposal. It includes systematic consideration of environmental impacts, energy use, natural resource, installation impacts, economics, and quality of life. It provides support to the system acquisition community; e.g., program and project managers, to integrate environmental quality analyses into system acquisition process. The goal is to resolve environmental quality issues related to weapon systems that are identified during design, development, testing, operation, or support to reduce Army environmental liabilities and total ownership cost and includes the following: efforts to eliminate the use of hazardous and ozone-depleting materials from weapon systems and facilities, and helping to ensure the availability of Halon 1301 to support weapon system fire suppression requirements through the year 2010. The Unexploded Ordnance Detection and Clearance project, beginning in FY 2004, is being overseen by the Army. The project had been overseen by Office of the Secretary of Defense in prior years. This project funds the Unexploded Ordnance Center of Excellence (UXOCOE) to provide for coordination of unexploded ordnance (UXO) technologies across the Department of Defense. The Pollution Prevention Technology Support project will provide management support for the demonstration and validation of reformulated surface coating materials for weapon systems production and maintenance operations. These materials will increase operational sustainment and warfighter training capabilities by reducing soldier health risks, environmental impacts and compliance enforcement actions against installations while increasing coatings performance and standardization across the Army.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: 0605857A_6_2040_PB_2012
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Biomedical
• Human Systems
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Climate Change Adaptation
• Contingency Operations (Military)
• Department Of Defense
• Detection
• Engineering
• Environment
• Explosive Ordnance Disposal
• Explosives
• Greenhouse Gases
• Law
• Life Cycles
• Logistics
• Materials
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Unexploded Ammunition
• Uxo Detection

Readers

• Environmental Engineering.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.