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Homeland Security

DTRA Issues RFI for WMD Aerial Collection System

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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

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Building upon the Chemical Combat Assessment System and Biological Combat Assessment System programs, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) regarding weapons of mass destruction (WMD) aerial collection, retention, and analysis technologies capable of providing an affordable approach to successfully demonstrating WMD Aerial Collection Systems (WACS) to the warfighter community. DTRA notes that offensive operations against an adversary's WMD research and development, production and storage facilities, and mobile WMD targets have the potential for…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

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