Counter-Terrorism Technologies

Abstract

The Counter-Terrorism Technologies project is an over-arching project that develops and transitions a full spectrum of new technologies to counter emergent Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) thus enabling warfighters to improve their ability to detect, disable, interdict, neutralize, and destroy chemical, biological, nuclear production, storage, and weaponization facilities. This project supports Joint U.S. Military Forces, and in particular, the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). This research and development support to USSOCOM is one of the highest priority mission areas in the National Security Strategy, the National Strategy to Combat WMD, the National Military Strategy to Combat WMD, the National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats, the Quadrennial Defense Review, and the Guidance on the Employment of the Force, and therefore a top priority for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). The following efforts are included in this project: Provide oversight for Counterproliferation (CP) research and development resources sent directly to USSOCOM that are used to develop warfighter-unique technologies in support of USSOCOM’s Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation (CT/CP) mission. New CT/CP technologies are developed under USSOCOM management that provides warfighters with the operational capability to counter WMD threats. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Device Defeat effort develops innovative technologies, energetic materials, and software programs to identify, defeat, contain, and mitigate WMD capable Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). DTRA has been delegated the responsibilities and the authority to act as Task Lead on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide leadership, integration, development, and testing as the primary U.S. Government coordinator for the National Implementation Plan WMD-Terrorism Task 5.4.4. The EOD Device Defeat effort adds targeted rapid development of tools, techniques, and procedures for the access and advanced diagnostics and defeat of WMD systems and IEDs. The focus of the activity is prototype development and transition of promising technologies to the warfighters for procurement. The USSOCOM Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction – Terrorism Support Program (SCSP) addresses Commander USSOCOM responsibilities under the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Unified Command Plan (UCP) for integrating and synchronizing Defense-wide operations and activities to prevent terrorists from developing, acquiring, proliferating, or using WMD. The Counter WMD-Terrorism (CWMD-T) technologies program builds upon collaborative efforts with the warfighter. One portion of this program involves a proof of concept and subsequent advancements in research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) and provides multi-mission capabilities that may be applied throughout the entire spectrum of warfare while significantly eliminating collateral damage. The CWMD-T technologies program is developing technologies to enable the warfighter to locate, identify, characterize, and access WMDs, their production and storage facilities, and associated enablers along multiple nodes concurrently or simultaneously within the terrorist pathway to disrupt, delay, degrade, destroy, or deny Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) WMDs while minimizing risk to U.S. forces in support of CT/CP offensive operations. The decrease from FY 2012 to FY 2013 is predominately due to decreased investment for CWMD-T testing and defeat programs.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2013
• Source ID: RE_0603160BR_3_0400_PB_2013

Tags

Readers

• Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
• Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control