WMD Defeat Technologies

Abstract

The mission of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is to safeguard America and its allies from Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) by reducing the present threat and preparing for the future threat. This mission directly reflects several national and Department of Defense level guidance/vision documents to include the National Security Strategy, Unified Command Plan, National Strategy to Combat WMD, Counterproliferation Interdiction, National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, National Military Strategy, Global Development of Forces, Global Employment of Forces, National Military Strategy for Combating WMD, National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism, Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (including the Nuclear Annex), and Nuclear Posture Review. To achieve this mission, DTRA has identified principal objectives along with strategies and tasks to ensure the objectives are met. Three of these objectives are to deter the use of WMD, reduce the present threat and prepare for the future threat. A focused, strong threat reduction technology base is critical to achieving these objectives and is closely tied with the operational support programs that make up its combat support mission. DTRA has taken the steps to develop this technology base and provide a foundation for transformational activities within the WMD arena. Project RA provides the research and development both for systems engineering and analysis support across all other projects and innovative counterproliferation research and technical reachback support. Project RF develops technologies, systems and procedures to detect, identify, track, tag, locate, monitor and interdict strategic and improvised nuclear and radiological weapons, components, or materials in support of Department of Defense (DoD) requirements for combating terrorism, counterproliferation and nonproliferation, homeland defense, and international initiatives and agreements. Project RG develops advanced technologies and weapon concepts and validates their applicability as counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) weapon systems. Project RI provides the capability for DoD nuclear forces and their associated control and support systems and facilities in wartime to avoid, repel, or withstand attack or other hostile action, to the extent that essential functions can continue or be resumed after the onset of hostile action. Funding in this project reflects a rebalancing of efforts within the program element to augment the Radiation Hardened Microelectronics Program and enabling technologies to enhance Nuclear Weapons Effects (NWE) experimentation capability. Project RL develops nuclear and radiological assessment modeling tools to support military operational planning, weapon effects predictions, and strategic system design decisions. Project RM provides (1) full scale testing of counter WMD weapon effects, sensor performance, and weapon delivery optimization, (2) weapon effects modeling, and (3) the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Experimentation Lab. Project RR provides a unique national test bed capability for simulated WMD facility characterization, weapon-target interaction, and WMD facility defeat testing to respond to operational needs by developing and maintaining test beds used by the DoD, the Services, the Combatant Commanders and other federal agencies to evaluate the implications of WMD, conventional, and other special weapon use against U.S. military or civilian systems and targets. Project RU provides (1) strategic studies to support DoD, (2) Decision support tools and analysis to support combating WMD research and development investments, and (3) early applied research for technology development.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
Source ID: 0602718BR_2_0400_PB_2011
Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2009 increase from the previous budget submission reflects the net effect of two reprogramming actions. The FY09-04 PA reprogramming action to accelerate ongoing DTRA research in active interrogation technologies and to accelerate ongoing efforts to identify and develop the technologies necessary to provide an advanced nuclear weapon neutralization capability and the FY 09-26 PA reprogramming action in support of higher priority Department needs. The DoD did not estimate FY 2011 costs when the FY 2010 President's Budget was prepared. The FY2011 budget reflects an increase for Near Real Time Reachback Support (NRTRS) Demonstration to investigate remote warfighter decision making in WMD Operations using high performance computational tools, visualization, user input and network accessible DTRA Subject Matter Expertise (SME). The demonstration will provide a platform within the Commander's decision cycle time in support of courses of action and tactical decisions related to WMD operations. The FY 2011 increase is offset by the internal functional transfer of advisory and assistance services from DTRA’s Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Defense-Wide account to the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account. This transfer reflects the internal functional realignment of advisory and assistance services and other business-related costs that were formerly captured under DTRA’s Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Defense-Wide account to the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account. As part of DTRA’s continued effort to integrate and refine its functions and activities, this transfer more appropriately aligns this funding to the proper appropriation. At the Agency level, this functional transfer between appropriations will have a zero sum impact to these budget line items. An additional decrease of $1.116 million is associated with changes in the inflation rates and therefore is a price change, not a program change.
Service Agency Name: Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Entities

Organizations

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

WMD Defeat Technologies

Abstract

Document Details

Entities

Organizations

Tags

Communities of Interest

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

Readers

Technology Areas

Related Documents