JUST IN: Pentagon Shifting Approach to Chem-Bio Defense
8/19/2021
By Yasmin Tadjdeh
BALTIMORE, Md. — The Defense Department is rethinking chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense as officials face new and emerging threats, according to a Pentagon official.
“The department is changing our approach to CBRN,” said Brandi Vann, deputy assistant secretary of defense for chemical and biological defense programs. “The administration has directed us to do a number of things, including relooking at our legacy processes, our legacy systems and really reinvesting our focus and our funding into capabilities for the future.”
Much of the traditional thinking within the Pentagon in regard to CBRN is shifting, she said Aug. 18 during the National Defense Industrial Association’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Conference and Exhibition in Baltimore. There are new opportunities to take advantage of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing, she noted.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2021/8/19/pentagon-shifting-approach-to-chem-bio-defense
