CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (ACD&P)

Abstract

Operational forces have an immediate need to survive, safely operate, and sustain operations in a Chemical and Biological (CB) agent threat environment across the continuum of global, contingency, special operations/low intensity conflict, counternarcotics, and other high risk missions. This program element supports the Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P) of CB defensive equipment, both medical and non-medical. DoD missions for civil support operations have recently expanded and have resulted in providing focus to develop technologies to support CB counterterrorism initiatives. Projects within BA4 have been structured to consolidate Joint and Service-unique tasks within four commodity areas: contamination avoidance, force protection (individual and collective), decontamination, and medical countermeasures. ACD&P is conducted for an array of chemical/biological/toxin detection and warning systems providing early warning, collector concentrators, generic detection, improved reagents, and decontamination systems using solutions that will remove and/or detoxify contaminated material without damaging combat equipment, personnel or the environment. In the medical chemical/biological defense area, ACD&P is conducted for improved medical equipment, vaccines, and drugs essential to counteracting lethal and human performance degrading effects of chemical and biological agent threats. Specific items include improvements to nerve agent antidotes, anticonvulsants, biological agent diagnostics, and vaccines to protect against various Biological Warfare (BW) agents. Transformational Medical Technology Initiatives (TMTI) efforts in this area will include the continual build out of both a genomic sequencing and a bio-chemical informatics capability for the DoD. ACD&P also supports the Product Director Test Equipment, Strategy and Support (PD TESS) providing for the development of updated test capabilities to evaluate Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense systems. Also included is the Techbase Technology Transition effort which validates high-risk/high-payoff technologies that could significantly improve Warfighter capabilities. This project also funds development of candidate therapeutic medical countermeasures to mitigate the consequences of exposure to ionizing radiation due to nuclear or radiological attacks. BA4 reductions in support of the DoD Efficiency Initiatives for FY12 include: The Next Generation Chemical Standoff Detector (NGCSD) program, which was deferred as Service requirements/concepts for operation could not be met (-$13.003M); PD TESS efforts reduced in association with program changes (-$1.322M); CBRN MSSKO program delayed by one year as requirements continue to be developed and refined (-1.210M); Program management support reduced (-$2.568M); Service Support Contracts reduced (-$1.007M). This Program Element focuses on efforts associated with advanced technology development used to demonstrate general military utility to include ACD&P in the areas of Non-Traditional Agents (NTA) and chemical/biological defense equipment and is correctly placed in BA4.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Source ID
0603884BP_4_0400_PB_2012
Change Summary Explanation
Funding: FY10 - Realignment between BA4 and BA5 for approved threshold reprogramming to meet FAR guidelines (+$2,000K CA4; +$5,666K CM4; +$12,455K DE4; +$2,305K IP4; +$14,715K IS4; +6,898K MC4); Other program realignments to support CBDP and DoD program initiatives (-$2,297K CA4; +$620K DE4; -$800K IS4; -$5,690K MB4; +$4,300K MC4; +$2,800K MR4; -$1,390K TT4); SBIR Transfer (-$493K CA4; -$1264K MB4; -$118K MC4; -$361K TE4; -$322K TT4). FY12 - Program realignments to support high priority CBDP and DoD program initiatives (+$25,009K CA4; +$14,139K CO4; +$33,068K DE4; +$4,083K IS4; +$7,787K MB4; +$18,059K MC4; -$6,404K TE4; -$15,538K TT4); Economic assumptions (-$52K CA4; -$22K CM4; -$59K DE4; -$11K IS4; -$214 MB4; -$33K MC4; -$9K TE4; -$4K TT4); Reductions to Service Support Contracts in support of the DoD Efficiency Initiatives (-$98K CA4; -$20K DE4; -$56K IS4; -$638K MB4; -$195K MC4).. Schedule: N/A Technical: N/A
Service Agency Name
Chemical and Biological Defense Program

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Biological Sciences
  • Business Administration
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Health Services
  • Information Systems
  • Medical Personnel
  • Situational Awareness
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Therapy
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology

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