WMD Defeat Technologies

Abstract

The mission of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is to safeguard the United States and its Allies from Global Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) threats by integrating, synchronizing, and providing responsive expertise, technologies, and capabilities unequalled by our adversaries. This mission directly reflects several national and Department of Defense (DoD) 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. These objectives are: 1)Ensure a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent; 2)Anticipate emerging WMD threats; 3)Provide Combating WMD situational awareness; 4)Assess infrastructure and personnel vulnerabilities; 5)Prevent proliferation and use of WMD; 6)Defend against WMD threats; 7)Defeat WMD threats; 8)Recover from WMD consequences; 9)Synchronize countering WMD activities. A focused and strong threat reduction technology base is critical to meeting these objectives and ultimately achieving DTRA's mission. This technology base is closely tied with the operational support programs that make up DTRA’s 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 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 operational support of the DTRA Technical Reachback analysis center, which supports United States (U.S.) and Allied Forces, interagency and civil authorities with 24/7 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-yield Explosives (CBRNE) event analysis support. Project RA (Information Science and Applications) develops innovative technologies and modeling and simulation (M&S) capabilities; collaborative net-centric CBRNE modeling access and support capabilities between DoD and key interagency and international partners; 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 (EOD) Device Defeat and counter-WMD technologies for warfighters. 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) novel and enhanced weapons energetic materials and structures, full-scale testing of counter WMD weapons effects, weapons effects modeling, and weapon delivery optimization, (2) WMD sensor, surveillance and data processing technologies, and (3) the DTRA Experimentation Lab. Project RR (Combating WMD Test and Evaluation) 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) fosters transition of early applied research into technology development. 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, 2015
• Source ID: 0602718BR_2_0400_PB_2015
• Change Summary Explanation: The decrease in FY 2013 from the previous President's Budget submission is predominately due to Congressional reductions and the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) transfer. The decrease in FY 2014 from the previous President's Budget submission is predominately due to Congressional reductions. The decrease in FY 2015 from the previous President’s Budget submission is predominantly due to reduced investment in concept studies and prototype testing of CWMD defeat technologies and from reduced investment in nuclear weapons targeting support and consequence of execution. Reduced investment impacted RF-Detection and Forensics Technologies, RG-Defeat Technologies, RI-Nuclear Survivability, RL- Nuclear and Radiological Effects, RM-WMD Counterforce Technologies, RR-Combating WMD Test and Evaluation, and RU-Fundamental Research For Combating WMD.
• Service Agency Name: Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Counter WMD
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Bunker Buster Bombs
• Combatant Commanders
• Control Systems
• Data Analysis
• Environment
• Explosives
• Information Science
• Nuclear Weapons
• Prompt Global Strike
• Radiological Weapons
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Unified Combatant Commands
• United States European Command
• 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