UNCLASSIFIED Defense Threat Reduction Agency Small Business Innovation

UNCLASSIFIED Defense Threat Reduction Agency Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Mark Flohr Program Manager J-9 ST UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED Topics Covered Research and Development at DTRA SBIR/STTR Programs UNCLASSIFIED 2

UNCLASSIFIED DTRA Research and Development Meeting the most pressing challenges Chemical Weapons High Yield Explosives Nuclear Weapons CBRNE THREATS Biological Weapons Radiological Devices Across the spectrum of C-WMD Nonproliferatio n Basic Research In support of warfighters Counterproliferatio Consequence Management n Advanced Research Development Applied Research UNCLASSIFIED 3

UNCLASSIFIED What’s Unique about DTRA RDT&E Focused Solely on CBRNE Emphasis on Combat Support Within a Combat Support Agency (CSA) Military / Deployable Workforce 24/7 Ops / Reachback Center Unique in-house field test capabilities No indigenous laboratory infrastructure Competitive bids, national labs, industry, academia Nimble and responsive to urgent needs UNCLASSIFIED 4

UNCLASSIFIED Basic Research Focus Foster farsighted, high payoff research focused on the unique challenges to prevent, reduce, eliminate, defeat and mitigate threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Advance the fundamental knowledge and understanding in the sciences used for counter WMD technologies Promote university research to support WMD threat reduction Attract next-generation workforce Facilitate transition of research results to higher levels of S&T maturation Basic research grants (not SBIR/STTR) provide funding of up to 350,000 per year for up to five years toward: Accredited degree-granting colleges, universities, and academic institutions Not-for-profit entities with a portfolio predominantly in research UNCLASSIFIED 5

UNCLASSIFIED Information Sciences and Applications Research, develop, integrate, transition and deploy cutting-edge information science, advanced analytic, and modeling and simulation capabilities, while providing operational, near real-time decision support Advanced Analytics Technical Reachback Hazard and Effects Modeling & Deployment UNCLASSIFIED 6

UNCLASSIFIED Counter-WMD Technologies Research, develop and demonstrate innovative technologies and capabilities to actively counter the full spectrum of CBRNE threats Offensive Weapons Persistent ISR for WMD Test Facilities & Technology Explosive Release of Biological Simulant Biological Simulant Simul “bacillus thuringiensis” ant Advanced Energetics CWMD Terrorism Technology UNCLASSIFIED Sodium Bicarbonate Sodium Bicarbonate Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO) Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO) 7

UNCLASSIFIED Nuclear Technologies Research and develop technologies to enhance the safety, security, survivability, and performance of U.S. assets and facilities in a nuclear environment Nuclear Weapon Effects Nuclear Threat Detection System Survivability, Radiation Hardened Microelectronics, and EMP Protection Nuclear Forensics Treaty Verification Technologies UNCLASSIFIED 8

UNCLASSIFIED Making the world safer. Monocentric Detector Inspection Beam Nuclear Material Bicentric Detector by countering weapons of mass destruction UNCLASSIFIED 9

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