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 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. Activities funded by Program Element 0602718BR implement a wide set of National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD) 17 and emerging Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) guidance for prevention of proliferation of WMD and WMD terrorism. Projects support strengthening nonproliferation, through the development of the Arms Control Enterprise System (ACES) and development of Arms Control inspection training and operational capabilities. Through development of new sensor systems, sensor networks, counterforce and fundamental CWMD research, these programs contribute to securing and interdicting WMD, WMD delivery systems and related materials. Finally, programs in this area fund development and operation of the STRATCOM-DTRA SCC-WMD Technical Reachback center, which supports all GCC, US and Allied Forces, and civil authorities with 24/7 analysis support, enabling force and civilian population protection against WMD attack. The DTRA’s WMD Defeat Technologies program element also supports the National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats priorities. The strategy spells out four focus areas: 1) Promote global health security efforts through building and improving international capabilities to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats, whether caused by natural, accidental, or deliberate events, 2) Establish and reinforce norms against the misuse of the life sciences, 3) Expand our capability to prevent, attribute, and apprehend those engaged in biological weapons proliferation or terrorism, with a focus on facilitating data sharing and knowledge discovery to improve integrated capabilities (Capability Expansion), and 4) Leverage science, technology, and innovation through domestic and international partnerships and agreements to improve global capabilities to respond to and recover from biological incidents (Leveraging Science). There are two of the four focus areas (3 and 4) supported in this program element under projects RA-Information Science and Applications, RL-Nuclear & Radiological Effects, RM-WMD Counterforce Technologies, and RR-Test Infrastructure. Details are provided in the R-2a exhibits. Project RA (Information Science and Application) develops innovative technologies and modeling and simulation (M&S) capabilities and provides Technical Reachback support to create decision advantage for the U.S. and our Allies through improved situational understanding across the complete CWMD mission space. Project RE (Counter-Terrorism Technologies) provides research and development support to Joint U.S. Military Forces, specifically U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), in the areas of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Device Defeat; counter-WMD technologies for warfighters; the USSOCOM Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction – Terrorism Support Program (SCSP); and oversight of counterproliferation (CP) research and development resources sent directly to USSOCOM for warfighter-unique CP technologies. Project RF (Detection and Forensics Technologies) develops technologies, systems and procedures for post detonation nuclear forensics, and to detect, identify, track, tag, locate, monitor and interdict strategic and improvised nuclear and radiological weapons, components, materials, or infrastructure in support of Department of Defense (DoD) requirements for combating terrorism, counterproliferation and nonproliferation, homeland defense, and international initiatives and agreements. Project RG (Defeat Technologies) develops advanced technologies and weapon concepts and validates their applicability as counter WMD weapon systems. Project RI (Nuclear Survivability) 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. Project RL (Nuclear & Radiological Effects) develops nuclear and radiological assessment modeling tools to support military operational planning, weapon effects predictions, and strategic system design decisions. Project RM (WMD Counterforce Technologies) provides (1) full-scale testing of counter WMD weapon effects, sensor performance, and weapon delivery optimization, (2) weapon effects modeling, and (3) the DTRA Experimentation Lab. Project RR (Test Infrastructure) 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 (Fundamental Research for Combating WMD) 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.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: 0602718BR_2_0400_PB_2014
• Change Summary Explanation: The decrease from the previous President’s Budget submission in FY 2012 is due to the internal SBIR transfer. The increase in FY 2014 from the previous President’s Budget submission is predominately due to increased investment in the areas of RG-Defeat Technologies, RI-Nuclear Survivability, RL-Nuclear and Radiological Effects, and RR-Test Infrastructure.
• Service Agency Name: Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Biomedical
• Cyber
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Sensors
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Combatant Commanders
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Control Systems
• Detectors
• Environment
• Explosives
• Information Science
• Military Science
• Nuclear Weapons
• Radiological Weapons
• Reliability
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Unified Combatant Commands
• United States Strategic Command
• Warfare
• Weapons Effects

Readers

• Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
• Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Space