Mob/Wpns Eff Tech
Abstract
This Project investigates, designs, and develops technologies for adaptive and expedient force protection and projection across the range of military operations. Focus areas include force projection and maneuver, including austere port and airfield entry; prediction, definition, avoidance, or defeat of natural and manmade gaps and obstacles to support ground force operations; scalable weapons effects; and high-resolution representation of near-surface terrain and environment for use with sensor models for target detection and unmanned ground systems (UGS) navigation. This research also provides physics-based representations of ground vehicle mobility, obstacle and barrier placement, survivability, and weapons effects in complex and urban terrain modeling and simulation. Work in this Project increases the protection of soldiers and critical assets from conventional, unconventional, and emerging threats and enables maneuver support of ground forces, while reducing their logistical footprint. This Project supports efforts for overcoming critical capability gaps for operations in a number of environments including dismounted Soldiers conducting missions in urban and subterranean environments, distributed small units, and projection and sustainment of forces across an increasing large battlefield. All FY20 adjustments align program financial structure to Army Modernization Priorities in support of the National Defense Strategy. The work cited is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Vicksburg, Mississippi. This work is fully coordinated with and complementary to PE 0603734A (Military Engineering Advanced Technology). Autonomous ground resupply activities are coordinated in collaboration with the Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) through PE 0603005A (Combat Vehicle and Automotive Advanced Tech) / Project 515 (Robotic Ground Systems), PE 0602601A (Combat Vehicle and Automotive Technology) / Project H77 (National Automotive Center), and PE 0602601A (Combat Vehicle and Automotive Technology) / Project H91 (Ground Vehicle Technology). Autonomous Ground Resupply activities are also coordinated in collaboration with the Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) through PEs 0603001A (Warfighter Advanced Technology) / Project 543 (Ammunition Logistics), PE 0604639A (Weapons and Munitions - Advanced Development) / EC3 (Ammunition Logistics Prototyping), and 0605805A (Munitions Standardization, Effectiveness and Safety) / Project 297 (Mun Survivability & Log). Unconventional Countermeasure activities are coordinated with PE 0602720A (Environmental Quality Technology) / Project 835 (Mil Med Environ Crit) and PE 0603728 (Environmental Quality Technology Demonstrations) / Project 03E (Environmental Restoration Technology).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- T40_0602784A_2_2040_PB_2020
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