Echidna
Abstract
The Echidna effort will develop additive capability and additive capacity which is classified. It will explore new mine development, to include improved sensing for a highly complex environment and target, improved lethality, endurance and power technologies, cost-effective additive manufacturing subcomponent technologies, and flexible, platform-agnostic engineering design (to include safe & arming device) to allow for novel and adaptable concepts of employment (CONEMP) The efforts described in this Project address the Applied Research associated with concept of a "Seedling". These "Seedling" efforts are short duration applied research efforts to explore technology concepts which have the potential to provide revolutionary and/or disruptive warfighting capability. As a "Seedling" concept matures, a determination is made whether or not a continuing INP effort is warranted or appropriate. "Seedlings" are typically one to two year efforts and use applied research to analyze the feasibility of technology and subsystems to assess if the technologies can be proposed as an INP. They will research lower TRL technologies to explore technology concepts and lay preliminary groundwork for an INP proposal to continue technology development and full-scale technology/operational demonstrations. The Activity identified in this Project Unit specifically addresses Applied Research in support of the Echidna INP effort.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- f63269a1eecc99d81f8dbc77c8b932fb