BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE
Abstract
(U)DARPA’s Biological Warfare Defense project is budgeted in the Applied Research Budget Activity because its focus is on the underlying technologies associated with pathogen detection, prevention, treatment and remediation. This project funds programs supporting revolutionary new approaches to biological warfare (BW) defense and is synergistic with efforts of other Government organizations. (U)Efforts to counter the BW threat include countermeasures to stop pathophysiologic consequences of biological or chemical attack, host immune response enhancers, medical diagnostics for the most virulent pathogens and their molecular mechanisms, tactical and strategic biological and chemical sensors, advanced decontamination and neutralization techniques, and integrated defensive systems. This program also includes development of a unique set of platform technologies that will dramatically decrease the timeline from military threat detection to countermeasure availability.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- BW-01_0602383E_2_0400_PB_2011
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