Enhanced Munitions
Abstract
The enhanced munitions effort investigates and develops advanced energetics concepts and explosive and propellant materials to improve the performance, range, speed, and lethality of weapons. Technologies and concepts developed will have the potential to impact multiple munitions types with wide applicability to improve the performance, lethality, speed, range, and survivability of weapons to ensure the U.S. is not outgunned and outranged on the battlefield of the future. The Joint Enhanced Munition Technology Program (JEMTP) exploits technology developments, such as hypersonics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and to accelerate their application to enable next generation kinetic weapons capabilities in the areas of energetic materials, advanced propulsion, warhead effects, enabling fuze technologies, and pioneering targeting technologies with a specific focus on enhancing kinetic weapons lethality, range and resultant effects. The program informs technology investments with broad applicability across the Department. Investments will be informed by a threat-opportunity based analysis that focuses on developing weapons systems that exploit technology dominance to ensure military objectives in Joint Force campaign and operational scenarios. New technology roadmaps for the Joint munition technical areas will guide investments consistent with the National Defense Strategy and inform Service technology investments. In FY 2022, the Joint Fuze Technology Program (JFTP) and JEMTP merged and the program scope expanded to exploit technology developments, such as hypersonics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and to accelerate their application to enable next generation kinetic weapons capabilities in the areas of energetic materials , advanced propulsion, warhead effects, enabling fuze technologies, and pioneering targeting technologies with a specific focus on enhancing kinetic weapons lethality, range and resultant effects. The program will retain tri-Service leadership to inform technology investments accelerating development across the Department. Investments will be informed by a threat-opportunity based analysis that focuses on developing weapons systems that exploit technology dominance to ensure military objectives in Joint Force campaign scenarios. New technology roadmaps for munition technical areas will guide investments consistent with the National Defense Strategy and inform Service technology investments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 076_0602000D8Z_2_0400_PB_2024
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