*Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Applied Research

Abstract

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Applied Research program element funds the expansion and application of basic scientific knowledge in order to develop novel materials, devices, systems, and methods supporting next generation concepts and technologies that enable advances in WMD surveillance, detection, defeat, prevention, nonproliferation, counterproliferation, consequence management, and treaty verification. This Applied Research portfolio is aligned with strategic planning objectives as well as with Science and Technology (S&T) investment direction which is established annually by DTRA. The objectives directly support policy and planning guidance from the Office of the President, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the broader WMD threat reduction community. The portfolio advances DTRA’s Countering WMD (CWMD) mission by balancing the following imperatives: invest in DTRA’s applied research capabilities and increase the CWMD technology base to maximize future pay-off; capitalize on opportunities to deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions to technical challenges that must be resolved prior to system-specific technology investigations and development; and ensure applied research efforts are directly aligned to mission-specific capability requirements of DTRA, the Military Departments, Combatant Commanders, other DoD and federal agencies, and international partners.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 0602718BR_2_0400_PB_2018
• Change Summary Explanation: The decrease in FY 2018 from the previous President's Budget submission is due to a shift in investment priorities to fund a test and technology capability gap in this program element and incremental Service Requirement Review Board reductions, as part of the Department of Defense reform agenda, for consolidation and reduction of service contracts.
• Service Agency Name: Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Biomedical
• Counter WMD
• Cyber
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Sensors
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Advanced Materials
• Chemical Warfare Agents
• Combatant Commanders
• Communication Systems
• Detectors
• Explosives
• High Explosives
• Information Processing
• Information Science
• Information Systems
• National Security
• Nuclear Weapons
• Test And Evaluation
• United States Strategic Command
• Warfare
• Weapons Effects
• Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Strategic Security Studies