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JIEDDO Looks For Solutions For Future R&D Capability Gaps

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

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The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) this week issued its Strategic Plan 2012-2016, enumerating seven future research and development (R&D) capability gaps it wants to fill to stay ahead of the threat with “timely and effective” C-IED solutions. Those gaps are: pre-detonation, counter-threat network, detection, counter-device, homemade explosives, information integration and fusion and weapons technical intelligence. “While we are never going to stop all IEDs, a holistic, decisive, whole-of-government approach will significantly impact the effect the IED has…

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