WMD Battle Management

Abstract

The Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Battle Management project provides applied research to support full and sub-scale testing required to investigate countering WMD weapon effects, and sensor performance, weapon effects modeling algorithm development, and the set-up of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Experimentation Lab (DEL). 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 of targets increases. The project conducts weapon effects phenomenology (WEP) 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 (IMEA) weaponeering and Vulnerability Assessment and Protection Option (VAPO) force/structure protection. The Advanced Energetics & Counter WMD Weapons Program develops new novel energetic materials and weapon design technology for rapid, directed and enhanced energy release, providing new capability to defeat difficult WMD/HDB targets. The Advanced Energetics Program also develops new high energy systems well above chemical energy levels to defeat WMD targets beyond the reach of traditional high explosive blast/frag warhead technology. 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. The increase from FY 2012 to FY 2013 is predominately due to the reallocation of funds from infrastructure development in Project RR - Test Infrastructure to weapons effects and planning tools in Project RM – Battle Management to properly align mission responsibilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Source ID
RM_0602718BR_2_0400_PB_2013

Entities

Organizations

  • Royal Marines

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Readers

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

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