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2.2: S&TI Community

Leverage a federated community of defense scientific and technology intelligence (S&TI) capabilities.

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DIA will serve as a hub across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise for the development of S&TI capabilities. The Agency will research, develop, and deploy new MASINT capabilities and other innovative collection technologies aimed at improving the ability to provide early warning. DIA will: • Realize close-access technical collection operations by developing a multilayer/ multi-sensor architecture using comprehensive MASINT data archives and phenomenology, signature, and environmental effects libraries. • Expand the ability of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise to exploit the full range of scientific research in pursuit of national security objectives. • Exploit technological advances and develop countermeasures to mitigate the human and materiel damage caused to US and allied forces by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other irregular warfare weapons.

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