Pacific Disaster Center

Abstract

The Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) has been in operation since February 1996. The PDC is a public/private partnership managed by the University of Hawaii (UH) under a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense. It is functionally within the organization of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) (OUSD(A&S)) and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The PDC is a world-recognized authority and leader in science and information technology applications relating to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR). PDC develops new and innovative technologies to operate an (unclassified) integrated multi-hazard monitoring, early warning and decision support system, called DoD RAPIDS, for the Department.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
0708012S_7_0400_PB_2023
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President’s Budget request did not include out-year funding.
Service Agency Name
Defense Logistics Agency

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Organizations

  • Defense Logistics Agency

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Agreements
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Disasters
  • Environmental Security
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • National Security
  • Program Management
  • Security
  • Situational Awareness
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unified Combatant Commands

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  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

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