CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (APPLIED RESEARCH)

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) sustains a robust defense program and core science and technology capabilities, which both reduces the danger of a Chemical, Biological, or Radiological (CBR) attack and enables U.S. forces to survive, and continue operations in a CBR environment. In the physical sciences area, Project CB2, focuses on continuing improvements in CB defense materiel, including contamination avoidance, decontamination, and protection technologies, as well as biological weapon/agent surveillance. The medical program, Project TM2, focuses on the development of antidotes, drug treatments, disease surveillance and point-of-need diagnostic devices, patient decontamination and medical technologies management. The program also provides for the Medical Countermeasures Initiative (MCMI), which was established to provide the capability for the advancement of regulatory science and flexible manufacturing of biological MCM to address CBR threats, including novel and previously unrecognized, naturally-occurring emerging infectious diseases. For Non-Traditional Agents (NTAs), Project NT2 consolidates all NTA efforts (both medical and non-medical) including pretreatments, therapeutics, detection, threat agent science, modeling, and protection and hazard mitigation. Efforts under this PE will transition to or will provide risk reduction for Advanced Technology Development (PE: 0603384BP), Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (PE: 0603884BP) and System Development and Demonstration (PE: 0604384BP).

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Source ID
0602384BP_2_0400_PB_2015
Change Summary Explanation
Funding: FY13: Reductions of $16.5M impacted the ability to advance potential solutions for sensing technologies, diagnostics, medical countermeasures, and toxin efforts. FY14: Reductions of $30.0M delay key physical and medical program applied research efforts in threat agent sciences, detection, algorithm development, protection, medical countermeasures, diagnostics, and hazard mitigation technology development. FY15: Reductions of $4.8M slow applied research efforts for medical countermeasures, diagnostic, and modeling efforts. Schedule: N/A Technical: N/A
Service Agency Name
Chemical and Biological Defense Program

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Factors
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Computational Biology
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Health Services
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Manufacturing
  • Medical Personnel
  • Nerve Agents
  • Small Molecules
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Therapy
  • Vaccines
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

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