Environmental Quality Technology Mgmt Support

Mission — Environmental Quality Technology Mgmt Support source

This Program Element (PE) funds environmental quality technology related management support functions including support of research, development, test, and evaluation required for technical integration efforts at demonstration/validation test sites, technical information and activities, test facilities and general test instrumentation, and requirement assessments. Funds support the management of technology transfer associated with technology demonstrated and validated as part of Army environmental quality technology related projects. In addition, this PE provides support to the Army weapon system acquisition community to address environmental quality requirements under the Environmentally Sustainable Acquisition/Logistics Program. This PE also funds the Army Executive Agent responsibilities for the Unexploded Ordnance Center of Excellence (UXOCOE). The Environmentally Sustainable Acquisition/Logistics Project includes program management for developing acquisition strategies that achieve system key performance parameters and sustain the environment without permanent and unacceptable change to the natural environment or human health from system concept refinement through disposal. The Project involves systematic consideration of environmental impacts, energy use, natural resources, installation impacts, economics and quality of life. It provides support to the installation and system acquisition community (Program and Project Managers) to integrate environmental quality analyses into the system acquisition process. The goal of the effort is to resolve environmental quality issues related to weapon systems that are identified during design, development, testing, operation, or support to reduce Army environmental liabilities and total ownership costs, including efforts to eliminate the use of hazardous and ozone-depleting materials from weapon systems and facilities. The Environmentally Sustainable Acquisition/Logistics Project also funds Army Executive Agent Responsibilities for the Unexploded Ordnance Center of Excellence (UXOCOE). The UXOCOE centrally coordinates the DoD's Counter Explosive Hazards (C-EH) research and engineering (R&E) investment efforts by collecting, maintaining and sharing C-EH technology information across the DoD enabling the DoD to efficiently, effectively, and economically acquire C-EH technology derived capabilities. In application, the UXOCOE supports, seeks and manages the accuracy, timeliness, availability, and accessibility of scientific, technical, and management information for the DoD Components efforts to address C-EH requirements and operational needs at budget activity levels 1 to 4. It addresses Congressional concern to increase the availability of scientific, engineering, and technical information sharing throughout the DoD's Explosive Hazards Community of Interest, Academia, Industry, and other Federal Agencies The Environmental Quality Technology Support Project funds the management support costs to execute the Toxic Metals Reduction, Airborne Lead Reduction, and American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act compliance environmental quality technology programs, which support Cross Functional Teams and the Army's top modernization priorities by addressing potential obsolescence of legacy materials and current and emerging impacts on human health and the environment. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $0.007 million for civilian personnel to optimize the workforce in compliance with Executive Order 14210, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative."

Mission — Environmentally Sustainable Acquisition/Logistics source

The Environmentally Sustainable Acquisition/Logistics (ESAL) Project provides support to the system acquisition community to integrate environmental quality issues and concerns into the life cycle system acquisition process, including human health risks, life safety, material obsolescence due to regulatory pressures, occupational exposures and energy efficiency. This includes helping the acquisition community address high priority issues associated with hexavalent chromium, cadmium and airborne lead. The focus of ESAL is on improving readiness, enabling mission capabilities, improving acquisition processes, reducing supportability burden, and minimizing total ownership cost. The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment has defined the functions of the ESAL project in coordination with the Army Acquisition Executive and the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology). This Project provides direct support to the Army Installations (maintenance community, Soldier and family health, and surrounding community health and safety) and Army acquisition community to pursue environmental sustainability and comply with legal statutes, policies and regulations during the life cycle of Army materiel. ESAL helps address Army Modernization Priorities, while sustaining readiness and achieving compliance with its installations, weapon systems, industrial base, field and deployed activities directed by international treaties, Federal statutes, Executive Orders, Department of Defense (DoD) and Army policies and regulations. ESAL also reduces exposure to toxic materials to Soldiers, civilians, family members to reduce the possibility of substitution regret. Beginning in FY26 The Environmentally Sustainable Acquisition/Logistics Project will assume Department of Defense Executive Agent Responsibilities for the Unexploded Ordnance Center of Excellence (UXOCOE), in direct support of Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology ASA(ALT). The UXOCOE Project provides central coordination of the DoD's Counter Explosive Hazards (C-EH) research and engineering (R&E) investment efforts by maintaining and openly sharing awareness in order for the DoD to efficiently, effectively, and economically acquire C-EH technology capabilities. The collection and management of this information is critical to achieving the DoD mandate and goals established by OSD and Army Senior Leadership. This UXOCOE is DoD's only federated requirement to acquire accurate and timely technical information that is essential to successfully meeting Warfighter C-EH technology development milestones required by future forces, and allow both DoD Component and Army Science and Technology (S&T) leadership to refine investment strategy and quickly react to emerging opportunities and issues. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Futures Command (AFC), U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM).

Mission — Environmental Quality Technology Support source

This Project provides Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation (RDTE) Management Support for the demonstration and validation of innovative environmental quality technologies to modernize materials and processes required for current and future operational sustainment and warfighter training capabilities. The Project supports technologies that increase life safety, reduce Soldier and worker human health risks, enhance readiness, and enable mission capabilities of the current and future force, while simultaneously increasing performance and standardization across the Army. This Project provides for management of RDTE activities conducted under Program Element 0603779A (Environmental Quality Technology Dem/Val) / Project E21 (Environmental Quality Technology Dem/ Val), which supports the Cross Functional Teams and the Army's top modernization priorities by addressing potential obsolescence of legacy materials and current and emerging impacts on human health and the environment. The Project expedites technology transition from the laboratory to operational use by establishing toxicology assessments to support the demonstration of modern materials and processes fulfilling or surpassing the performance requirements outlined in Material Specifications, Depot Maintenance Work Requirements, Technical Manuals, Drawings, and other technical data. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Futures Command (AFC), U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM).

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