Counter Improvised-Threat Advanced Studies

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) executes applied research into novel methods for detecting and defeating Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) through the application of emerging technologies as well as research into emerging IED threats to evaluate potential methods of defeat. The goal of this research is to increase the ability of deployed forces to positively identify IEDs with minimal false alarms and positively neutralize or mitigate the effects of IEDs with minimal collateral damage through the systematic identification and maturation of technologies capable of defeating IEDs. This PE is executed by the Army Futures Command (AFC) in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD/R&E) and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). Work in this PE was previously conducted under PE 0602134BR, Improvised Threat Reduction Applied Research.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0602134A_2_2040_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: This PE is realigned in FY21 from PE 0602134BR Improvised Threat Reduction Applied Research as a result of the transfer of Counter-IED (C-IED) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDTE) activities to the Army and is fully coordinated with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD/R&E) and Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Chemistry
• Collateral Damage
• Computer Science
• Department Of Defense
• Detection
• Emerging Technology
• Engineering
• Explosive Devices
• Explosives
• False Alarms
• Identification
• Improvised Explosive Devices
• Maturation
• Simulations
• Test And Evaluation

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Munitions and Ordnance Engineering