Counterproliferation Initiatives - Proliferation, Prevention and Defeat

Abstract

The Proliferation, Prevention and Defeat program reduces Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) proliferation and enhances WMD defeat capabilities through advanced technology development. To accomplish this objective, seven project areas were developed: RA - Systems Engineering and Innovation, RE - Counter-Terrorism Technologies, RF - Detection Technology, RG - Advanced Energetics and Counter WMD Weapons, RI - Nuclear Survivability, RM - WMD Battle Management and RT - Target Assessment Technologies. This revision supports technology requirements in line with the Joint Functional Concepts (Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 3170.01). The missions and plans of these projects are described below in the R-2a Budget Exhibits.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: 0603160BR_3_0400_PB_2011
• Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2009 increase from the previous budget submission reflects the net effect of two reprogramming actions; the FY09-04 PA reprogramming action to accelerate ongoing DTRA efforts for advanced nuclear and radiological detection systems, and the FY 09-26 PA reprogramming in support of higher priority Department needs. The DoD did not estimate FY 2011 cost when the FY 2010 President's Budget was prepared. The FY 2011 Agency’s RDT&E budget reflects increased investment in several areas which respond directly to DoD and Presidential CWMD strategic priorities. The budget adjustments close critical investment and sustainment gaps across the DTRA CWMD spectrum. Specific focus areas are: 1) Counter WMD-Terrorism (CWMD-T), 2) Joint Intelligence Preparation of the Operational Environment (JIPOE), 3) Nuclear Forensics, 4) Arms Control Monitoring, 5) Helium-3 replacement technology, and 6) Counter-WMD Analysis Cell (C-WAC). The CWMD-T develops technologies to enable the warfighter to locate, identify, characterize, and access WMDs and their production and storage facilities. It also focuses efforts to disrupt, delay, degrade, destroy or deny Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear WMDs, all while minimizing risk to U.S. forces. The JIPOE integrates, federates, and analyzes intelligence information to forecast plausible terrorist threats for planning and conducting operations to combat WMD terrorism. Nuclear Forensics increases support post-detonation data collection and analysis to support national decision making. Arms Control Monitoring and Verification Technologies will revitalize arms control technologies to support treaty verification regimes by developing systems to improve capabilities to be more responsive to the new security environment without compromising sensitive U.S. information. Helium-3 Replacement Technology develops technologies and components for systems to reduce reliance on Helium-3 technology. C-WAC will conduct the analysis required to accelerate spiral development and deployment of new modeling capabilities across Nuclear, Biological Warfare (BW) and Chemical Warfare (CW) threat areas, enhancing fusion of R&D and intelligence support for the Combatant Commands. Sustaining these RDT&E budget increases are key to meeting national and DoD CWMD priorities. These increases are partially offset by the internal functional transfer of advisory and assistance services from DTRA’s Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Defense-Wide account to the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account. The transfer to Operation and Maintenance reflects the internal functional realignment of advisory and assistance services and other business-related costs that were formerly captured under DTRA’s Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Defense-Wide account to the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account. As part of DTRA’s continued effort to integrate and refine its functions and activities, this transfer more appropriately aligns this funding to the proper appropriation. At the Agency level, this functional transfer between appropriations will have a zero sum impact to these budget line items. An additional decrease of $1.249 million is associated with changes in the inflation rates and therefore is a price change, not a program change.
• Service Agency Name: Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Autonomy
• Counter WMD
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Sensors
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Force
• Arms Control
• Biological Weapons
• Chemical Weapons
• Counterterrorism
• Detection
• Detectors
• Explosives
• Lessons Learned
• Nuclear Materials
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Unified Combatant Commands
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Warfare
• Weapons Effects
• Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

• Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
• Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.