Detection and Forensics Technologies
Abstract
The Detection and Forensics Technologies project under Counterproliferation Intiiatives - 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 (DoD) 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 2013 to FY 2014 is predominately due to the relative effect of Congressional reductions in FY 2013 causing decreased investment in radiation detection. The decrease from FY 2014 to FY 2015 is predominantly due to reduced investment in novel advanced nuclear/radiological detection technologies and emerging requirements in support of nuclear treaties implementation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- RF_0603160BR_3_0400_PB_2015
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