Improvised Threat Reduction Applied Research

Abstract

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Improvised Threat Reduction Applied Research 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, 2023
Source ID
0602134BR_2_0400_PB_2023
Change Summary Explanation
There is no change from the previous President's Budget.
Service Agency Name
Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Communities
  • Department Of Defense
  • Emerging Technology
  • Emerging Threats
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Information Science
  • Project Management
  • Prototypes
  • Scientific Theories
  • Small Business
  • Threats
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • 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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