Ground Protection Concepts and Technologies
Abstract
This Project investigates advanced materials and mechanisms to defeat the most common and most dangerous threats that are expected to be encountered by our ground forces in near-, mid-, and far-term. This Project also designs and develops experimental and computational tools and techniques (high resolution instrumentation to observe impact events, theories, and algorithms to explain these phenomena and numerical implementation of these algorithms) for the development of mass-efficient armor mechanisms. This project designs and develops armor mechanisms that will be integrated to create multi-threat armor technologies and form the building blocks for Adaptive and Cooperative Protection Technologies in the Advanced Concepts for Active Defense Project (Program Element (PE) 0602145A Next Generation Combat Vehicle Technology). Additionally, research will focus on subcomponent/component models to predict performance of early concepts and the means to assess effectiveness on ground platforms. The Project will balance designs and developments of active threat defeat measures with the necessary advanced passive and reactive components that will ultimately provide for full system solutions which meet the requirements of current and next generation ground tactical and combat vehicles. The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project supports the Army Science and Technology Ground and Next Generation Combat Vehicle. Work in this Project is performed by the United States (US) Army Futures Command portfolios. This Project is coordinated with and transition to Projects in PE 0603462A (Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology), PE 0602145A (Next Generation Combat Vehicle Technology), and builds upon weapon target interaction research in PE 0601102A (Defense Research Sciences) / Project AA7 (Mechanics and Ballistics).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- CG7_0602144A_2_2040_PB_2023
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