Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Systems: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)

Abstract

The Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Systems program is researching, developing, integrating, testing, and deploying, a CWMD situational awareness system. This system will enable a comprehensive, global capability for situational awareness of threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) as well as global efforts to counter those threats. This system will enable a shared understanding of the CWMD operating environment and will support planning and decision-making by the U.S. government and its partners. The CWMD mission space is characterized by immense amounts of information, such as the characteristics and location of WMD related facilities and materials, personnel and expertise, and dual-use technologies. The CWMD Systems program comprises next-generation advanced information technologies, coupled with affiliated fusion cells, to locate, gather, access, share, and visualize this WMD-relevant information to facilitate collaboration and decision-making. These solutions will revolutionize CWMD knowledge management, providing decision makers and operational personnel a dynamic, tailorable, and holistic view of the global CWMD operating environment. The diversity and complexity of the CWMD mission requires an integrated approach toward capability development, based on a systems perspective that links strategic objectives with interrelated tasks and associated capabilities. The CWMD mission is intertwined with counter-terrorism and homeland defense and hence system development must leverage and integrate complementary technologies developed to support other mission areas. The CWMD Systems program also will enable international collaboration in countering WMD by breaking down unnecessary data stove-pipes and by enabling the U.S. Government and its partners to access and share knowledge. This program also responds to the strategic needs outlined in the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), the Department of Defense (DoD) Strategy for Countering WMD, the FY2016-2020 Defense Planning Guidance (DPG), and capability requirements approved by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC). The CWMD Systems program will develop and field a global CWMD situational awareness capability to meet the needs of Combatant Commands, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Joint Staff, the Services, and Defense Agencies. Other U.S. Government Departments and Agencies will be able to utilize this capability to support their mission needs and collaborate with the DoD. This program is designed to leverage existing DoD resources and proven approaches to achieve its goals and rapidly deliver an operational capability. The CWMD Systems portfolio is supported by two Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) program elements (0303310D8Z for RDT&E of advanced materiel and non-materiel solutions, and 0607310D8Z for upgrades or improvements to fielded systems), as well as an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) "CWMD Sustainment" line (ORC-2531) for program sustainment and administrative costs associated with analyses, oversight, and portfolio management. This Program Element (PE) will fund travel to support the requirements of this program. This appropriation will finance work, including manpower, performed by a government agency or by private individuals or organizations under a contractual or grant arrangement with the government who conduct research, development and test and evaluation efforts.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2017
Source ID
0303310D8Z_3_0400_PB_2017
Change Summary Explanation
Increase necessary to transfer emerging capabilities from the Build 1 Developmental Prototype (DP1) to the Build 0 Operational Testing of New Technologies in FY17.
Service Agency Name
Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Counterterrorism
  • Cross Domain
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Homeland Defense
  • Information Systems
  • Knowledge Management
  • Network Protocols
  • Situational Awareness
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Central Command
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • United States Strategic Command
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

  • Space

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