*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 and Science and Technology (S&T) investment direction 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2019
Source ID
0602718BR_2_0400_PB_2019
Change Summary Explanation
The increase in FY 2019 is due to the net effect of increased investment to counter Improvised Explosive Device/small Unmanned Aerial Systems (IED/sUAS) (i.e., Tier 1 and 2 UAS, including rotary and fixed winged), a realignment of funding to program element 0603160BR for CWMD terrorism support, a realignment to DTRA's Operations and Maintenance portfolio in support of the Defense Threat Reduction Analysis Center (DTRIAC), and lower economic assumptions for inflation. The funding level in this program element continues to reflect the impact of 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
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Counterterrorism
  • Data Analysis
  • Detectors
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Mobile Phones
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Strategic Command
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Strategic Security Studies

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