Air Armament SymposiaMunitions

Col Arnie BunchDirector

Munitions DirectorateAir Force Research Laboratory

5 Oct 2005AAC/PA 09-28-05-376

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AFOSR

oneAFRLResearch Sites

MATERIALS & MFG

SENSORS

PROPULSION

HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS

AIR VEHICLES

Information

WRIGHT-PATT

Space Vehicles

Sensors

HANSCOM

Sensors

INFORMATION

ROME

EGLINMUNITIONS

TYNDALLMaterials & Mfg

BROOKSHuman Effectiveness

KIRTLAND

SPACE VEHICLES

DIRECTED ENERGY

EDWARDSPropulsion

MESAHuman Effectiveness

MN MISSION:Lead the discovery, development, integration and transition of affordable munitions technologies for our air and space force

Powered Low Cost AutonomousAttack System (PLOCAAS)

Hard Target Smart Fuze (HTSF)

Small Smart Bomb (SSB) Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-OffMissile (Jassm)

GBU-28 “Bunker Buster”

Powered Standoff Weapon AGM-130

Laser Guided Munitions

Advance Unitary Penetrator (AUP)

AMRAAM

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

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Munitions Directorate Organization

Executive OfficerCapt Rod Bass

Chief ScientistDr Bob Sierakowski

Adv Guidance DivisionMs Sandra Lefstad

DirectorCol Arnold Bunch

Corp DevelopmentMs Mary Perry

Int & Ops Division / CIOMr. Dale Palmer

Ordnance DivisionMr Scott Teel

Assess & Demo DivisionCol Chuck Wolfe

Associate DirectorDr. John Pletcher, Jr.

FinancialMr Paul Higgins

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ContractingMaj Wayne Register

Deputy DirectorMr. George Mooney

Senior IMACol Mark Koch

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FY05 AF S&T Budget

BY BUDGET ACTIVITY

BYDIRECTORATE / TECH AREAS

DirectedEnergy

$188M (10%)

Munitions$80M (4%)

Propulsion$300M (17%)

BasicResearch

$254M (14%)

Sensors$196M (11%)

SpaceVehicles

$211M (12%)Materials& Mfg

$208M (11%)

HumanEffectiveness$120M (7%)

Air Vehicles$125M (7%)

Information$129M (7%)

Dual Use$5M (<1%)

6.1$254M

14%

6.2$904M

50%

6.3$657M

36%

TOTAL: 1.815BNumbers May Not Add Due to Rounding

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AFRL/MN Budget Totals FY 04-05

AppropriatedS&T$88M

Customer$65M

$153 Million

FY04

AppropriatedS&T$80M

Customer$78M

$158 Million

FY05

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Current MN Investments in theIndustrial Base

TOTAL CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL BASE$ 407M

$127M

$93M$78M

$76M

$33MMajor Defense Contractors

Other Large Business

SBIR/STTR

Other Small Business

Universities

FY02-05 OBLIGATED $

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MN Investments in theIndustrial Base (Future)

$567M FUTURE INVESTMENT FY05-11 GROWS CORE COMPETENCY TECH BASE & ENABLES FUTURE

DEMONSTRATIONS

6.2 Funding ($M)

$84

$51

$50$49

$31

$49

$13

$91

6.3 Funding ($M)

$3

$27

$29

$10$22

$58

Assessments

Explosives

Fuzes

Warheads

Navigation & Control

Seekers

Signal & ImagingProcessing/AlgorithmsMunition Integration

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Munitions DirectorateRole in Acquisition Process

IntegratingConcepts

Tech Analysis & Trade Offs

Time PhasedTechnology

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Joint Vision

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MN Capability BasedTechnology Visions

Area Dominance

Area Dominance

Irregular & Catastrophic

Threat Neutralization

Irregular & Catastrophic

Threat Neutralization

Battlespace Access

Battlespace Access

Air SupremacyAir Supremacy

Facility Neutralization

Facility Neutralization

Revolutionary TechnologiesRevolutionary Technologies

LRSLRS

Counter CBRNECounter CBRNE

Urban Ops/CASUrban Ops/CAS

• Disrupt/Degrade CBRNE Targets• Soft/Hardened/Mobile• Limited-Target Based

Collateral Effects• Engineering Predictive Models

• F2T2EA Of GWOT Targets• Accurate Delivery• Limited-Weapon Based

Collateral Effects• Miniaturized Local Area

Delivery• Real Time Targeting

• Quick Response Time

Eliminate Irregular, Catastrophic & Disruptive Threats While Minimizing

Collateral Damage

Eliminate Irregular, Catastrophic & Disruptive Threats While Minimizing

Collateral Damage

Near Term

0 –5 yrs

Mid Term Attributes

6 – 15 yrs

Far Term

16 – 25 yrsCrashPAD P3I

Shredder P3I

BATCAM Spirals

HardSTOP P3ISTOP

CrashPAD

Shredder

BATCAM/SOFTNET

HardSTOP

LCD 500lb Bomb • Neutralize CBRNE Targets• Effective Against All Agent

Types• Post Impact Verification Of

Neutralization• Model VV&A

• Total Defeat Of GWOT Target War fighting Capability

• Total Local Area Dominance• Air Delivered Tracking With

Selective Lethal Options• No Collateral Effects• Immediate Response Time

• Defeat/Destroy CBRNE Targets• Minimum Target Based

Collateral Effects• Alternate Fills/Payloads• Bio/Chem Decomposition• Less Damaging Delivery

System• 1st Principle Predictive Model

• GWOT Target Neutralization• Precise Delivery• Minimum Weapon Based

Collateral Effects• Embedded Local Area

Dominance• Rapid Response Time

Agent Defeat Weapon

GWOT Dominance Weapon

Irregular & Catastrophic Threat Neutralization Vision

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• Defeat/Destroy CBRNE Targets• Minimum Target Based

Collateral Effects• Alternate Fills/Payloads• Bio/Chem Decomposition• Less Damaging Delivery

System• 1st Principle Predictive Model

• GWOT Target Neutralization• Precise Delivery• Minimum Weapon Based

Collateral Effects• Embedded Local Area

Dominance• Rapid Response Time

• Disrupt/Degrade CBRNE Targets• Soft/Hardened/Mobile• Limited-Target Based

Collateral Effects• Engineering Predictive Models

• F2T2EA Of GWOT Targets• Accurate Delivery• Limited-Weapon Based

Collateral Effects• Miniaturized Local Area

Delivery• Real Time Targeting

• Quick Response Time

Eliminate Irregular, Catastrophic & Disruptive Threats While Minimizing

Collateral Damage

Eliminate Irregular, Catastrophic & Disruptive Threats While Minimizing

Collateral Damage

Near Term

0 –5 yrs

Mid Term Attributes

6 – 15 yrs

Far Term

16 – 25 yrsCrashPAD P3I

Shredder P3I

BATCAM Spirals

HardSTOP P3ISTOP

CrashPAD

Shredder

BATCAM/SOFTNET

HardSTOP

LCD 500lb Bomb • Neutralize CBRNE Targets• Effective Against All Agent

Types• Post Impact Verification Of

Neutralization• Model VV&A

• Total Defeat Of GWOT Target War fighting Capability

• Total Local Area Dominance• Air Delivered Tracking With

Selective Lethal Options• No Collateral Effects• Immediate Response Time

Agent Defeat Weapon

GWOT Dominance Weapon

Irregular & Catastrophic Threat Neutralization Vision

Years to System

Development &

Demonstration (SDD)

Initiation

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Shredder

• Sled Test Video– Date: 23 June 2005

– Purpose: demonstrate the survivability of the Shredder design and the ability to function correctly. The test was conducted against a 4 foot thick, reinforced concrete target, at > 1000 ft/s.

• Arena Test Video– Date: 27 July 2005

– Purpose: Collect fragmentation data to be used in the agent defeat modeling codes to better model the effectiveness of the Shredder warhead

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EnablingEnablingTechnologyTechnology

WeaponWeaponConceptsConcepts

Test Beds & Test Beds & OtherOtherCapabilitiesCapabilities

WMD Counterforce Technologies

PAW Agent Denial Weapon

WPMBAD Bio Plume Test Bed

Chem/Bio Production

CrashPAD Shredder

Real Agent BL-3 Labs

PredictiveModels

DiagnosticDevelopment

Thermobaric AD Payloads

Taggants

GSI-033

IM Shredder High Speed Weapon Payload

Arena Testing BaselineComparisons

DenialTest-Beds

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AFRL/MNAV Major Counter-CBRNE Activities FY05

• Supported ACC/DRMA in writing Capabilities Decision Document (CDD) for an Agent Defeat Weapon, Apr-Jun 05

• Primary S&T support for AFMC/EN I-Summit activities, direct participation and with AAC/XR, APR-Present

• AFMC-DTRA Strategic Corporate Board Meeting, May 05, Kirtland AFB...AAC/EN-AAC/XR-AFRL/MN-DTRA/TDS, Munitions Steering Group SES, O-6 Meeting, Eglin AFB Apr 05. Similar meetings held in Oct and Dec 04 respectively.

• AFRL-USSTRATCOM Technology Focus Days, Combating WMD, Jul 05

• AFRL/MN Counterforce Munitions brief to Dr. Barna, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts, Apr 05

• Co-Chair for the Test, Technology, and Demonstration Working Group for the Agent Defeat Initiative sponsored by Dr. Klein, ASD for NBC and Dr. Sega DDR&E

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Urban OPs

2 sizes

HardSTOP

Low CollateralDamage Warhead

Small Attack Weapon Micro Air Vehicles

TMD ResupplyVehicle

Dominator

Facility Neutralization Vision

Put Enemy’s Warfare Supporting Facilities at Risk

Near Term

0 – 5 yrs*

Mid Term Attributes

6 – 15 yrs*

Far Term

16 – 25 yrs*

• Defeat Difficult Facilities• Hard & Deeply Buried

• High Velocity Impact Survivability

• Engineering Predictive Models

• Tunnel Defeat• Extreme Over-Pressure Blast• Precise Time Of Arrival

• Accurate Delivery• Improved Target BIA

• Weapon Health/Status• Initial Target Damage

• Address Soft, Hardened, Urban, Deep & Transportable Facilities

• Hard & Deeply Buried• Hyper Velocity Impact

Survivability & M&S• Functionally Deny, Disrupt,

Destroy, Degrade, & Defeat• Access Denial• Real Time BIA/BDA

• Transmit Weapon Function/Target Attributes

• Multiple Delivery Methods• Controlled Emplacement

• Precise Delivery• Low Collateral Damage

HTIF

Functional Defeat WeaponNovel Approaches

• Innovative Techniques to Exploit Target Vulnerabilities

• Deep Digger• Micro Robotics• Creative Approaches

• Eliminate Target Warfighting Capability Through Destruction of Critical Nodes

• Hard & Deeply Buried• Engineering Predictive Models

• No Collateral Damage

MOPMOAB

Tunnel Defeat Weapon

High Speed Penetrator

*Years until SDD initiation

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High Speed Penetrator (HSP)Technology Investment Schedule (FY)

05Prior 04

• Ordnance which survives and functions correctly after a 4000 fps impact into 5000 psi reinforced concrete

Technology• Stable and erosion resistant case• Explosive system surviving impact• Fuze mounting assembly for the Multiple Event

Hard Target Fuze (MEHTF) which allows fuze to survive and function

Preliminary Design

Final Design/Fabrication

Full Scale Tests

Technology AvailableHSP

Concept Definition

4600 lb version: ~ 60” long

• Compatible with employment conditions of high speed weapon systems• Supersonic or Hypersonic Cruise Missile• ICBM• Boosted Penetrator

• Greater depth of penetration than GBU-28

Benefits to the WarfighterDescription

Area Dominance Vision

Defeat a Broad Spectrum of Ground Mobile Targets in High Clutter Environments (Urban

Terrain)

Near Term

0 – 5 yrs*

Mid Term Attributes

6 – 15 yrs*

Far Term

16 – 25 yrs*

Dominator Munition

• Deny Enemy Operations Over Large Areas with Persistence

• Persistent Cooperative Munition Constellation

• Deployable Micro-platform IUGS

• Effective in Multiple Mission Areas• Real Time BDI/BDA

• Weapon Data Link to GIG• LADAR/Video Imagery

• Improved Non-Coop Target ID• Post Launch OITL Decision• Multi Kills/Weapon• High A/C Load Out• Reduced Collateral Damage • Effective on Moving and CCD

Targets• Operate in GPS denied environment

• Deny Enemy Operations in All Environments

• Dominate Vertical Dimension• Layered Weapons/Sensors

Array• Effective in Urban Environment

• Compact Focused Lethality W/Hs• Variable Yield • Directional• Advanced Energetics

• Improved Target ID• Identify Friend or Foe

• Countermeasure Robustness

Total Urban Dominance

Layered System (TUDLS)

PLOCAAS

• Search & Destroy Moving Targets over wide area

• High Loadout Miniature Munition• Standoff Outside Point Defense• Low False Target Attack Rate• Two-Way Data Link Operator-in-

the-Loop (OITL) Engagement• ISR Asset to Refine Network

Centric Target Location & ID• Multiple Munition Cooperative

Search & Attack Capability• Affordable and reliable

*Years until SDD initiation

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Area Dominance TechnologiesEfficient

PropulsionNon-CooperativeTarget Identification

Miniature Low Collateral Damage Warheads

Flash LADAR Seeker

M1A1 T-72

Compact Light Weight High L/D Airframe

ULTRA-TIGHT

COUPLING

MEMS IMU1deg/hr

1 W

SAASM GPS

Guidance /Body Masking

Digital AJASIC

Miniature Anti-Jam GPS

JBIBMC4I System Via JBI

SATCOMGateway

NanoEnergetics

Advanced Sensors

Data Link

Collective VisionCooperative Control

Battlespace Access Vision

• High Leverage Munition Capability Supporting Near Term GSTF CONOPS

• Multiple Kills Per Pass/Sortie

• Standoff Outside Point Defenses

• Improved Accuracy (Better Than JDAM)

Rapid Decisive Forced Entry Into High Threat EnvironmentsRapid Decisive Forced Entry

Into High Threat Environments

Near Term

0 –5 yrs*

Mid Term Attributes

6 – 15 yrs*

Far Term

16 – 25 yrs*

Low Cost Mini Cruise Missile

JASSM P3I

SDB• Rapid Defeat of Time Critical Anti-

Access Targets• Hypersonic Cruise Missile Option

• Subsonic Global Attack Capability from International Air Space

• Numerous Kills/Munition• Lethal Micro Munitions against

expanded target set• Non-Lethal Directed Energy

Payloads• Selectable Lethality from Non-Lethal

to Large Lethal Footprint

• Long Range Internal Carriage (F-22) Munition

• Reduced Platform Attrition• Flexible Carriage Enabled by

Miniaturization• Multiple Kills Per Munition

• Defeat Mobile and Fixed Targets• Smaller More Lethal Warhead• Multiple Dispense of Guided Micro-

Munitions• Minimal Collateral Damage

• Munition Borne BIA• Compatible with Global Info Grid• Operate in GPS denied environment• Low Logistics Footprint

High Speed Standoff Munition

Very Long Standoff Cruise Missile

*Years until SDD initiation

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LCMCM Enabling Technologies

Body shaping for boundary layer control

CG control using fuel management

Deployable base flare for launch stability

Smart Wing• High AR• Composite layup• Piezoelectric wing

twist actuation• Wing deployment

tip-airfoil & brake

Efficient Turbofan

Control fin provisions• 2-axis • Deployable • All movable

Modular submunition dispenser

Multi-fuel provisions• JP-10 for maintainability• Slurry Fuel for performance

2-axis thrust vectoring

Simulation-based design process

Survivable, High L/D, Compressed–Carriage Airframe

Smart Submunition

Advanced Reactive Materials &High Energy Density Explosives

Miniature AJ GPS IMU

Wide Area Search SAR Seeker

Integration into C2ISR Network

FPA LADAR Seeker

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High Speed Cruise MissileWTA:Precision Lethal Weaponry

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System Design

6.2 Subsystem maturation

6.3 Subsystem demo’s

Propulsion Integration

System level integration

Flight Test

Technology Availability

• Rapid decisive response• Standoff attack (1000nm)• Reduce platform attrition• Multiple Kills Per Sortie • Survivable in a jammed environment

Benefits to the War FighterDescription

Technology

• High Speed (Mach 4+) Precision guided weapon capable of attacking time-critical targets with Standoff (1000 NM)

• Aeroheating dissipation• Controllability at high mach numbers• In flight retargeting• High Speed dispense of submuitions• Efficient propulsion

Air Supremacy Vision

• Basic Research & Enabling Technology Development leading to Mid & Far Term Goals

• Propulsion• Airframe agility• Warhead• Fuzing

• Multi-Range Capability• Long & Short Range

• Multi-Role Capability• Small Missile Defense• SEAD

• Defeat Small Targets (Size & RCS)• Defeat Highly Maneuverable Tgts• Improve Target Discrimination / ID• Increase Off-Axis Intercept• Increase Average Velocity• Reduce Missile Size

• Propulsion & Warhead

Dramatically ImproveWeapon EngagementEnvelopes & System

Effectiveness to Gain TotalControl of the Airspace

Dramatically ImproveWeapon EngagementEnvelopes & System

Effectiveness to Gain TotalControl of the Airspace

Near Term

0 – 5 yrs*

Mid Term Attributes

6 – 15 yrs*

Far Term

16 – 25 yrs*

Increase Missile

Agility and Endgame

Dynamics

DE

MNJoint Dual Role Air Dominance

Missile (JDRADM)

• Self Protection Weapon• Defeat of Cruise Missile

*Years until SDD initiation

• One Munition For All Targets• Affordable & Reliable• Extremely Long Range & Endurance

• 24/7 Loiter Capability for 30 Days• High Agility (Air & Space)• Immediate Effect On Target• Total Situation Awareness• Countermeasure Robust• Tailorable Warhead Effects

• Buried, Surface, Air, & Space Targets

• Multiple Effects Payload Options• Gamma, Electromagnetic Pulse,

Blast/Frag, Micro Air Delivered Warheads

• No Collateral Damage

Single Munition Against All Targets & Scenarios

Near Term

0 – 5 yrs*

Mid Term Attributes

6 – 15 yrs*

Far Term

16 – ? Yrs*

• Emerging Cross-Cutting Technologies

• Micro Air Vehicle• Air Delivery• Multi-Mode Mobility• Multi-Functionality• Transition from Open to Interior Environment

• Miniaturized Power• Facility Mapping• Real Time Connectivity

• Revolutionary Employment Of Emerging Munition Technology

Ordnance

Guidance

Micro Air Vehicles (MAV) Mobility Demo

Micro Platform Mapping Demo

Revolutionary Technologies Vision

• Transformational Basic Research• Power / Energy• Fabrication• Situational Awareness • Logic/Data Processing• Systems Integration• Semi-Autonomous & Autonomous Mobility/Navigation

• Micro-Munition• Nano-Explosives• Micro-Communication• Context Awareness

• Revolutionary Employment of Existing Munition Technologies

Revolutionary

Technologies

*Years until SDD initiation

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Directed EnergyTechnical Capabilities

Force Protection w/net centric integration

Protect air and ground troops and assets during forward deployments

with shields of directed energy to thwart intrusions increasing

survivability and effectiveness of total force

Long Range Strikew/speed of light delivery

Extend range of airborne and ground-based laser weapon and communication systems with high altitude relay mirrors enabling real-time support for total force anywhere in the world

Precision Engagement / Electronic Attackw/controlled effects

Surgically target enemy assets and tailor effects from disrupt to destroy reducing collateral damage and reconstruction costs

Space Controlw/logistical advantage

Monitor near and deep space objects for seamless situational awareness of space activities enabling more efficient strategic and tactical planning of military assets

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Interaction Slide

Air ForceSBIR/STTRCelebrating 100 Yearsof Air & Space Innovation

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)27 Topics Anticipated in FY05 SolicitationAnticipate 36-38 Phase I Awards - Anticipate 25-27 Phase II Awards

DoD Solicitation Released - Oct 05Proposals - Jan 06 / Phase I ($100K Max) Contract Awards – Apr 06 / Phase II ($750K Max)Contract Awards – Feb 07

POC: Jill Barfield, MNOB (850) 882-8591 X1204 EMAIL: jill.barfield2@eglin.af.mil

Broad Area Announcements (BAA)Purpose is to Provide for Research in All Areas of Munitions Technology

BAA Issued June 2002, Open Until Superceded. Updated BAA Published in October 2003 Ground Rules:

Prior to Formal Proposal, 2 to 3 Page White Paper is REQUIRED, i.e. Contact the Appropriate Munitions Directorate ScientistProposals May Be Submitted at Any Time and Will Be Evaluated as ReceivedNo Inherent Funding Attached to the BAA-participating Munitions Directorate, Scientists will Draw Funds from Other Sources

POC: Marty Kradlak, Contracting Officer, Phone (850)882-4294 x3402, Email marty.kradlak@eglin.af.mil

Other Cooperative Efforts - Dual Use R&D (DUS&T); Cooperative R&D Agreements (CRADA); Patents & Licensing; Technology Investment Agreement (TIA); Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA); Commercial Test Agreements (CTA)POC: Jill Barfield, MNOB (850) 882-8591 X1204 EMAIL: jill.barfield2@eglin.af.mil

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Munitions DirectorateSummary

• Munitions technology investment gives high ROI

• AFRL/MN relies on industry partnering to achieve our mission– R & D contracts goal: 50% budget– Strong SBIR Program– Growing Revolutionary Technology Initiatives– BAA Allows for Good Ideas from Industry to be Funded

without Long Lead Time

• Mid term munitions outlook characterized by– Increased lethality (per munition and airframe)– Persistence– Network centric– Cooperative control

Irregular & Catastrophic Threat Neutralization

Irregular & Catastrophic Threat Neutralization

Battlespace AccessBattlespace Access

Air SupremacyAir Supremacy Facility NeutralizationFacility Neutralization

Revolutionary TechnologiesRevolutionary Technologies

Area DominanceArea Dominance

Urban Ops/CASUrban Ops/CAS

Long Range StrikeLong Range StrikeCounter CBRNECounter CBRNE

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Weapons Technology for Any Target