Enhanced Munitions Advanced Technology
Abstract
The Enhanced Munitions Advanced Technology effort will demonstrate enabling technologies and perform associated applied research that will improve the performance, range, and lethality of existing and future weapons systems. This effort will take promising technologies demonstrated at the laboratory scale and transition them into demonstration programs utilizing generic hardware based munitions in the concept and development stages. Mature demonstrated Enhanced Munitions technology can be transitioned, thereby decreasing the PEO’s program costs and schedule risk, facilitating spin-offs to other non-compliant munitions within their portfolios. Technologies demonstrated seek to improve the performance, lethality, and range of weapons to ensure the U.S. is not outgunned and outranged on the battlefield of the future. The Joint Enhanced Munitions Technology Program (JEMTP) investments focus on five Munition Areas: 1) High Performance Propulsion - Alternative propulsion designs and systems for increased range, e.g. rotating detonation engines, solid fuel ramjets, highly loaded grain technology, etc.; 2) Minimum Signature Propulsion – new propellant compositions and hybrid propulsion for reduced time to target/increased range; 3) Area Effects Warheads – high performance explosives, reactive materials, multiphase blast, etc.; 4) Hard Target Effects Warheads – improved penetration for shaped charge jets, lethality enhancements for area effects munitions; and 5) Gun Propulsion – novel ignition schemes, advanced propellant design, etc. Munition Area Technology Groups (MATG), under tri- service leadership, have developed technology roadmaps for each Munition Area which are used to guide investments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 077_0603000D8Z_3_0400_PB_2021
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