Advanced Energetics & Counter WMD Weapons

Abstract

The Counter WMD Weapons & Capabilities project provides applied research supporting defeat of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) targets (including facilities with biological and chemical agents) while minimizing collateral damage and release of those agents when using air, land and sea assets brought to the theater by the warfighters. The effort integrates disruptive payloads and technologies into existing and next generation weapon systems, develops a Hard and Deeply Buried Target (HDBT) Defeat capability against targets in deeply buried facilities and tunnels to provide an over ten times increase in capability to propagate weapon effects in tunnels compared to the current inventory weapons capability by FY 2017 and provides residual and transition support of these products. These objectives will be accomplished by a combination of developing and/or maturing technologies, weapon systems, weapon concepts and methods. Supported products are: (1) advanced counter WMD weapons, fuzing technology, and autonomous systems; (2) agent defeat weapons and methods; and (3) disruptive payloads and delivery systems. The Advanced Energetics & Counter WMD Weapons Program, transferred from RG to RM between FY11 and FY12, develops new novel energetic materials and weapon design technology for rapid, directed and enhanced energy release, providing new capability to defeat difficult WMD/HDB targets. The Advanced Energetics Program also develops new high energy systems well above chemical energy levels to defeat WMD targets beyond the reach of traditional high explosive blast/frag warhead technology. The decrease from FY 2011 to FY 2012 is predominately due to the transfer of Advanced Energetics effort to RM-Battle Management to properly align organizational responsibilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Source ID
RG_0602718BR_2_0400_PB_2012

Tags

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs

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