CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (ATD)

Abstract

The projects in this program element (PE) demonstrate technologies supporting transition to advanced component development for physical capabilities which cover biological and chemical detection, situational awareness and effects modeling, and protection and hazard mitigation. Other major efforts support enhanced chemical detection capabilities for aerosols and non-traditional agents, expanded capabilities for early warning in pathogen detection and diagnosis, and pretreatments and therapeutics against a broader set of chemical and biological agents. Medical capabilities (pretreatments, therapeutics, diagnostics capabilities, and drug manufacturing and regulatory science technologies) include capabilities against non-traditional agents. Individual projects include: - Chemical Biological Defense (CB3): demonstrations of CB physical science defense technologies including biological detection, chemical detection, digital battlespace management, protection, and decontamination. - Emerging Threats (ET3): identify and develop scientific solutions, or to modernize capabilities, that allow for a more rapid response to emerging threats. - Non-Traditional Agents (NTA) Defense (NT3): supports all efforts (both medical and non-medical) including chemical diagnostics, medical pretreatments, therapeutics, detection, and protection and hazard mitigation. Starting in FY21, a portion of the NTA lines have been merged into RDT&E Projects CB3, Chemical Biological Defense, and TM3, Techbase Medical Defense. The administrative change is intended to improve S&T budget agility and transition efficiency. - Techbase Medical Defense (TM3): aims to produce biological diagnostic assays and reagents, diagnostic device platforms, pretreatments and therapeutics for bacterial, viral, and toxin threats as well as for chemical threats, and medical devices, as countermeasures for CBR threat agents. Specific areas of medical investigation include: prophylaxis, pretreatment, antidotes and therapeutics, personnel and patient decontamination, and medical management of casualties. - Technology Transition (TT3): validates high-risk/high-payoff technologies, concepts-of-operations, and a Joint Combat Developer concept development and experimentation process to significantly improve Warfighter capabilities in preparation for transition of mature chemical and biological (CB) defense technologies to advanced development programs. The CBDP S&T Advanced Technology Development stakeholders: The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC), United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD), United States Army Natick Soldier Systems Center, Naval Research Lab (NRL), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), among others. The intent is to maintain strategic partnerships with the DoD Service communities for mission success across the enterprise through collaborative planning and programming maintaining budget assurance. Work conducted under this PE will transition to and will provide risk reduction for Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (PE 0603884BP) and System Development and Demonstration (PE 0604384BP) activities.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Source ID
0603384BP_3_0400_PB_2022
Change Summary Explanation
Funding: FY20 (+$35.163 Million): Internal Reprogramming (FY20-31 IR) for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (+$26.300 Million); below threshold reprogramming increase for COVID-19 SARS CoV-2 vaccine development project (+$5.404 Million), and medical defense pretreatments efforts (+$3.459 Million). FY20 (-$1.099 Million): Transfer of funding to support Small Business Innovative Research/Small Business Technology Transfer efforts. FY21 (+$3.000 Million): Congressional Add for High Air Flow Chemical Biological (CB) Filtration System Enhancement. FY22 (+$9.345 Million): Increase for 1) Emerging Threat Rapid Response Capabilities, 2) COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development, and 3) to accelerate efforts to develop and deliver nerve agent medical countermeasures (+$12.111 Million). Departmental inflation/travel adjustments (-$2.766 Million). Schedule: N/A Technical: N/A
Service Agency Name
Chemical and Biological Defense Program

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biological Factors
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Covid-19
  • Detectors
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Health Services
  • Immunogenicity
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Materials Testing
  • Medical Personnel
  • Situational Awareness
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vaccines
  • Viruses

Readers

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

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