Detection and Forensics Technologies

Abstract

The Detection and Forensics Technologies project under Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation Prevention and Defeat emphasizes the advanced technology development and engineering portion of the overall effort. This project develops technologies, systems and procedures to detect, identify, track, locate, monitor and interdict strategic and improvised nuclear and radiological weapons, components, or materials in support of Department of Defense requirements for combating terrorism, counterproliferation and nonproliferation, homeland defense, and international initiatives and agreements. This project researches, develops, demonstrates, and transitions advanced technologies to improve operational capabilities to detect and identify nuclear and radiological weapons. It supports the attribution process through development, demonstration, and transition of improved post-detonation National Technical Nuclear Forensics (NTNF) capabilities in the areas of materials collection, debris diagnostics and materials analysis, and prompt diagnostics and device reconstruction. Efforts under this project also support international peacekeeping and nonproliferation objectives, on-site and aerial inspections and monitoring, on-site sampling and sample transport, and on- and off-site analysis to meet forensic, verification, monitoring and confidence-building requirements. The increase from FY 2012 to FY 2013 is predominately due to added emphasis on the new Nuclear Threats mission area, and additional resources that were added to determining the military utility of Integrated Stand-off Inspection System (ISIS). The decrease from FY 2013 to FY 2014 is predominately due to decreased investment in Arms Control Monitoring and Verification activities and Advanced Detector Technology due to the completion of two long term projects.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: RF_0603160BR_3_0400_PB_2014

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• Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.