Friday, March 12, 2010

DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael L. Oates, Director, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), who discussed JIEDDOs current efforts to rapidly provide comprehensive counter-IED support to deployed warfighters and its direct support of the surge in Afghanistan. Topics will include JIEDDOs coordination with the Pentagons senior integrators; its unique role as a risk-tolerant organization; its whole-of-government approach and its work with international partners; its approach to counter-IED training methodology and integration; its development of detection technologies, airborne sensors; its application of information fusion to disrupt threat networks employing the IED; and current challenges across its mission areas.

Learn more about JIEDDO here.

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