Ammunitions Logistics Prototyping

Abstract

Project EL9 Ammunitions Logistics Prototyping supports the future force by improving the distribution, management, reliability and survivability of ammunition through the advanced development, integration, and demonstration of logistics system enablers. These enablers will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of ammunition operations, to include retrograde, while reducing the logistics footprint on the battlefield. Technology areas addressed include handling, distribution, and management (strategic and tactical), prognostics, diagnostics, and asset visibility, explosives safety, and adaptive and environmentally friendly packaging and palletization. The efficient deployment and sustainment of reliable ammunition is vital to success on the battlefield. This project enhances the operational effectiveness of the ammunition logistics system to ensure the distribution of reliable ammunition to the warfighter. Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 funding will continue integrating the munitions health monitoring system with additional ammunition items, improve health monitoring survivability, and conduct qualification tests and continue to integrate passive time/temperature exposure sensors with additional ammunition items and conduct qualification testing. All research and development initiatives will be supporting the cross functional teams and the multi domain operations modernization objectives through deployment of prototypes for user evaluation.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: EL9_0604802A_5_2040_PB_2021

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• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
• Munitions and Ordnance Engineering