WMD Defeat Technologies

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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 to prepare for the future threat. A focused and 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 systems engineering and analysis support across all other Projects, innovative counterproliferation research, and technical advisory reachback support on Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) effects and consequences. Project RE provides initial funding for the Joint Intelligence Preparation of the Operational Environment (JIPOE) process to forecast plausible terrorist WMD threats for planning and conducting operations to combat WMD terrorism. Follow-on funding for this project can be found in the Proliferation Prevention and Defeat; 0603160BR, budget exhibit. 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 RT provides the Combatant Commands and the Intelligence Community with technologies and processes to find and characterize hard and deeply buried targets and then assess the results of attacks against those 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.

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Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
Source ID: 0602718BR_2_0400_PB_2012
Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2010 decrease from the previous President’s Budget submission is due to the internal SBIR reprogramming and the FY 10-11PA reprogramming action in support of higher priority Department needs. The FY 2012 decrease is predominately attributed to the net effect of a Departmental direction for increased efficiency in the area of Advisory & Assistance Services and other contractual services, an increased investment to build international partner capacity to combat weapons of mass destruction, and a realignment of 0603160BR funds to 0602718BR to better reflect the nature of the Radiation Hardened (RadHard) Microelectronics efforts in the RI-Nuclear Survivability budget project. RadHard efforts are developmental and involve the transition of promising basic research outputs into solutions for broadly defined military needs, short of major development projects, with a view towards development and evaluation of technical feasibility. Additionally, there is an increased investment and consolidation of key nuclear weapons effects functions in the Nuclear Weapons Effects Center (NWEC) for first-principles nuclear weapon effects modeling and analysis capability contributing to the National Effects Enterprise.
Service Agency Name: Defense Threat Reduction Agency

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