Force Protection
Abstract
This activity investigates new ways and means to protect forces and materiel across all domain threats in all operational settings, from contested maritime, air, and land domains, to include complex urban environments. The portfolio protects against adversaries' challenges such as guided-rockets and missiles, mobile coastal artillery, threat electronic warfare, and counter intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and waterborne threats from ports, harbors, and in the littorals. Mines and obstacles, both in the water and ashore, also complicate amphibious operations. The activity invests in vehicle survivability aspects that are exacerbated due to size, weight, power, and cost constraints inherent to Marine Corps operations and the harsh nature of maritime environments. Technologies addressed can include lightweight armor for ballistic and underbody blast protection, advanced sensors for counter tactical surveillance, active protection, signature management, and exploration of expeditionary undersea warfare capabilities. This activity also considers technology for payloads, packages and sensors that are needed by amphibious vehicles (both manned and unmanned) including mine counter measures; explosive hazard defeat systems; and obstacle and threat detection systems as well as technologies for improved protection for individuals against blast, ballistic and blunt impact threats.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- f8f484e62acf19014cddefb00affdb79