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 enable timely research that hastens the development of new capabilities for countering global asymmetric threats and emerging technologies.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Source ID
0602134BR_2_0400_PB_2022
Change Summary Explanation
The decrease in FY 2022 from the previous President's Budget is due to 1) the realignment of RDT&E resources from Project JC - Enable Rapid Capability Delivery to Project RA - CWMD Cross-Cutting Technical and Information Sciences in PE 0602718BR for technology-driven CWMD capability development and evaluation activities to develop cross-cutting innovative and agile new technologies that more effectively counter the full spectrum of WMD by anticipating new threats while responding to current and constantly evolving threats, and 2) the realignment of resources from Project JS - Assist Situational Understanding to Project RA - CWMD Cross-Cutting Technical and Information Sciences in PE 0602718BR for strategic research and dialogues program activities in support of National Defense Strategy priorities, 3) the realignment of resources from Project JC - Enable Rapid Capability Delivery to O&M for advisory services in support of cross-cutting research and development activities.
Service Agency Name
Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Communities
  • Department Of Defense
  • Emerging Technology
  • Emerging Threats
  • Environment
  • Explosive Devices
  • Governments
  • Information Science
  • National Security
  • Prototypes
  • Scientific Theories
  • Service Academies
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

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