SOF Munitions

Abstract

This program element provides for the advanced engineering operational system development and qualification efforts related to Special Operations Forces (SOF) peculiar munitions and equipment. Funding supports development of Insensitive Munitions (IM) technology and evaluation, in accordance with statutory requirement set forth in U.S. Code, Title 10, Chapter 141, Section 2389 (December 2001). (Including bullet impact, fast cook off, fragment impact, slow cook off, sympathetic detonation, and shaped charge test.) Testing is in accordance with the United States Special Operations Command IM Strategic Plan. Funding also supports efforts to develop and improve Stand-Off Precision Guided Munitions (SOPGM); including the development and integration of improved warheads, seeker, guidance navigation and control systems operational flight software and missile delivery to meet SOF requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Source ID
1160481BB_7_0400_PB_2015
Change Summary Explanation
Funding: FY 2013: Decrease of $0.169 million is due to sequestration reductions ($0.121 million), Congressional rescission ($.002 million) and a transfer of funds to Small Business Innovative Research ($0.046 million). Schedule: None. Technical: None.
Service Agency Name
United States Special Operations Command

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Special Operations Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Ammunition
  • Detonations
  • Engineering
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Munitions
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Shaped Charges
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Standards
  • Sympathetic Detonations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

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