Counter Improvised-Threat Advanced Studies

Abstract

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Counter Improvised - Threat Advanced Studies program element (PE) funds technology outreach to produce studies that will drive earlier understanding of technologies and scientific theories for future programs to enhance the Department of Defense’s ability to effectively counter asymmetric threats. Asymmetric threats are characterized by an environment in which an adversary employs a combination of conventional weapons, irregular tactics, and/or terrorism to obtain their objectives. The end-state of the PE is to evaluate the feasibility and practicality of research projects, taking the most promising proposals and translating them into practical prototypes for use against asymmetric threats. Activities within this PE are driven by efforts to understand, anticipate, illuminate, isolate, and mitigate asymmetric threat networks and enable timely research that hastens the development of new capabilities for countering global asymmetric threats, their associated networks, and emerging technologies.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2021
Source ID
0602134BR_2_0400_PB_2021
Change Summary Explanation
The increase from FY 2020 to FY 2021 reflects the net impact of: (1) a realignment of funds from PE 0604134BR (Counter Improvised-Threat Technology Demonstration, Prototype Development, and Testing) to increase investment in developing materials, devices, and methods for eventual transition to Advanced Technology Development, and (2) Defense-Wide Review (DWR) reduction of -$2.000 million resulting from the transfer of C-IED programs to the Army to better align RDT&E efforts with the C-IED mission holder. The Army assumes executive agent responsibilities for C-IED R&D programs effective 1 October 2020.
Service Agency Name
Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Communities
  • Department Of Defense
  • Emerging Technology
  • Emerging Threats
  • Environment
  • Explosive Devices
  • Governments
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Prototypes
  • Scientific Theories
  • Threats
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Vulnerability
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Strategic Security Studies

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