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CBRN
August 2023
JUST IN: Strengthening Biodefense Capabilities Critical to National Defense Strategy, Official Says
By Allyson ParkTo ensure preparedness for a potential Indo-Pacific conflict, the United States must continue to strengthen its biodefense capabilities, which are critical to successfully implementing and upholding the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy, a Defense Department official said. -
CBRN
December 2022
Postures, Policy For Low-Yield, Disruptive Weapons
By James Giordano and Bob WilliamsDiscriminate use of even the lowest yield chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons would be highly disruptive beyond the battlefield and would loosen norms and weaken U.S. leadership of the international order. -
CBRN
September 2022
The Time to Prepare for Next Pandemic Is Upon Us
By William E. King IVThe Joint Force and military industrial complex is at an inflection point during what will be a decisive decade. -
Chem Bio Protection
August 2022
Office Pursues New Ways to Protect Warfighters from WMD
The Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense has a lot on its plate. There are currently 93 acquisition programs in the pipeline with $807 million annually to pay for them all, its leader Darryl J. Colvin said at the National Defense Industrial Association’s CBRN Defense Conference and Exhibition held in Baltimore. -
CBRN
July 2022
JUST IN: Pentagon Biological Defense Programs at ‘Pivot Point’
BALTIMORE — The Defense Department will invest an additional $300 million per year over the next five years to guard against known and emerging biological threats, a senior Pentagon official said July 28. -
CBRN
March 2022
Chem-Bio Office Working Through Supply Chain Issues
By Yasmin TadjdehThe pandemic-fueled supply chain crisis that has clobbered industries across the nation is also affecting a key Pentagon office tasked with countering biological threats, limiting its ability to surge critical technologies if needed. -
Chem Bio Protection
February 2022
Augmented Reality Tech Maps Chem-Bio Threats
Future warfighters could know where chemical, biological and radiological threats are located without ever stepping foot on the battlefield. -
Chem Bio Protection
October 2021
Pentagon Reexamining How It Addresses Chem-Bio Threats
By Yasmin TadjdehBALTIMORE — The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — ... -
Chem Bio Protection
July 2021
Teledyne FLIR to Develop Wearable Chemical Detector
By Mandy MayfieldThe Pentagon is contracting with industry to develop a “mass-wearable” device for U.S. troops that will better protect them from chemical and biological threats on the battlefield. -
Chem Bio Protection
August 2019
Chem-Bio Defense Office Reorganizes to Take on New Threats
By Yasmin TadjdehWILMINGTON, Del. — The Pentagon’s joint program executive office for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense — which is tasked with protecting the military from some of the world’s most dangerous pathogens and nerve agents — is emerging from a major reorganization that officials believe will better position it to meet new threats.
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