WMD Battle Management

Abstract

The WMD Battle Management project provides applied research to support full and sub-scale testing required to investigate countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) weapon effects, sensor performance, and weapon delivery optimization; weapon effects modeling algorithm development; and the set-up of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Experimentation Lab. This project provides combatant commanders the prediction capability and the attack options to engage Hard & Deeply Buried Targets (HDBTs) as the proliferation and hardness of this class target increases. It develops new and enhanced capabilities at DTRA’s WMD National Test Beds for integrating WMD defeat testing Department of Defense (DoD) wide and supports tests and demonstrations of new capabilities for the countering WMD offensive operations mission area. It develops, tests, and demonstrates innovative and optimized HDBT Defeat weapon delivery methods, leading to the Services implementation of optimized conventional weapon Tactics, Techniques and Procedures into warfighter operations. The project conducts weapon effects phenomenology tests, analyzes data, conducts high performance computer simulations, and creates/modifies software to more accurately model cratering effects, fragmentation (both primary & secondary), internal air blast, equipment/container damage, structural response, and penetration. These efforts will lead to advanced modeling capability in the countering WMD tools, Integrated Munitions Effects Assessment (weaponeering) and Vulnerability Assessment and Protection Option (force/structure protection). The DTRA Experimentation Lab Capability is an Agency-wide capability that assures the timely acquisition, synchronization, correlation and delivery of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) consequence management and mitigation data necessary in combating WMD. The DTRA Experimentation Lab will be the “key enabler” allowing the Agency to transform successfully into an interoperable DoD Science and Technology environment. Through the use of the DTRA Experimentation Lab, DTRA will be able to shape and improve military situational awareness independent of time or location, effectively shorten decision cycles in a CBRNE event, and extend DTRA’s knowledge base externally through collaborative technologies. Changes from FY 2009 to FY 2010 reflect a realignment of funds that were realigned from this project to fund the 6.1 Basic Research program at the DoD investment goal of 10-12% of Total Obligation Authority. Efforts in this project were rebalanced to increase corporate capabilities within Project RA - Systems Engineering and Innovation. Subprograms impacted are Weapons Effects Planning Tools, WMD Technology, and Counter WMD Weapons Effects modelingesting. Planned tests supporting blast mitigation projects and recapitalization of test beds are delayed. Risk reduction testing is scaled back and technology demonstrations are reduced.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: RM_0602718BR_2_0400_PB_2011

Entities

Organizations

• Royal Marines

Tags

Readers

• Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Explosive Engineering.