Nuclear and Conventional Physical Security, Nuclear Forensics, Resilience, Survivability

Abstract

This program supports the Department's initiatives to Deter Aggression, Defend the Homeland, Provide Nuclear Deterrence, and Build Sustainable and Long-Term Advantage. Nuclear and Conventional Physical Security/Nuclear Forensics, Resilience, and Survivability addresses the need to defend and deter against weapons of mass destruction threats and to safeguard personnel, prevent unauthorized access to equipment, installations, material, and documents, and to safeguard the foregoing against espionage, sabotage, damage, and theft. This program oversees advanced engineering development and rapid fielding throughout the DoD for an integrated and systemic approach to develop material solutions. Public Law, Presidential, and DoD guidance, and Combatant Command and Service requirements drive the priorities for these programs. The Physical Security Enterprise and Analysis Group (PSEAG) is responsible for avoiding duplication of effort, ensuring systems integration, and promoting interoperability and sustainability. The material solutions either (a) lead to a Program of Record, (b) become technology insertions into existing programs; or (c) advance to being a certified Commercial/Government off-the-shelf product. Per National Security Presidential Memorandum 35, the DoD provides the U.S. Government (USG) post-detonation National Technical Nuclear Forensics (NTNF) capability. Per DoD Directive S-2060.04, the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)) is the office responsible for developing and leading the DoD’s NTNF capabilities. The DoD mission to collect and analyze post-detonation nuclear debris is critical ensuring the USG can identify the source of nuclear material and hold those responsible for an attack is critical to our national defense and security. Internal and independent assessments indicate new capabilities are needed to sustain an effective deterrent against an unattributed nuclear attack and meet the challenges of future threats. This PE is the only DoD RDT&E program focused on Advanced Component Development and Prototypes for post-detonation NTNF capabilities. This PE can fund travel to support the requirements of this program. This appropriation will finance work, including staffing, performed by a government agency or by private individuals or organizations under a contractual or grant arrangement with the government who conduct research, development, and test and evaluation efforts.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0604161D8Z_5_0400_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2024 decrease is to realign funding to support DoD Headquarters program management, oversight, and other support functions.
• Service Agency Name: Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Counter WMD (Alumni COI)
• Engineered Resilient Systems (Alumni COI)
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Command And Control
• Decision Support Systems
• Explosives
• Gas Chromatography
• Materials
• National Security
• Nuclear Forensics
• Nuclear Materials
• Nuclear Weapons
• Physical Security
• Product Development
• Security
• Standards
• Test And Evaluation
• Unified Combatant Commands
• Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

• Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
• Cybersecurity.
• Defense Acquisition Program Management