20) Technical Surprise - Biodefense Improvement Program
Abstract
Technical Surprise assesses technological advancements for potential implications to the threat space, including agent use and release. Technical Surprise includes horizon scanning to identify potential areas of concern as well as conducts technical assessments of emerging technological advancements (e.g. biotechnology, artificial intelligence, machine learning, quantum computing). This program develops capabilities to evaluate and assess technical enhancements that may alter the nature or magnitude of a threat agent. The technical surprise program will be evaluating technologies and convergence of technologies that improve the ease of threat use and make threats more likely to survive being released. The program will identify the limitations and barriers associated with synthetic biology and assess the implications. And finally, these efforts will identify and assess former technology hurdles that have been lowered or overcome and assess implications of increasing potential threat. These funds support the Biological Defense Improvement Program (BDIP).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 8caa0a9a4b9d53edbaf128d762ce8c59