Completing Destruction of U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile
The United States was required by treaty to destroy declared stockpiles of chemical weapons that had been safely maintained at Army depots for over 50 years. The primary mission of the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA) was to safely eliminate the final 10% by September 30, 2023, and ensure that the public, the personnel conducting the effort and the environment were protected from contamination. ANSER provided strategic planning, technical analysis and financial modeling to the PEO ACWA program, facilitating successful execution of this critical mission. On July 7, 2023, the last munition was destroyed, achieving 100% elimination of these chemical weapons and fulfilling the United States’ commitment to the global community.
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Ecuador – Saving Lives and Property
In late 2023, ANSER applied its complex problem solving skills to develop a disaster mitigation strategy in Ecuador. Underwater erosion of a waterfall formed by a lava dam on the Rio Coca River, collapsed, causing a natural disaster that impacted one-third of Ecuador’s total power supply. At the request of the Ecuadorian government, the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) was engaged to map the Rio Coca and the rapidly escalating environmental catastrophe. ANSER analysts supporting NGA’s Warfighter Support Office began planning this complex mission. The austere operating environment and the rapidly changing landscape of the affected area meant only small man-portable UAVs (sUAVs) could execute this operation. ANSER analysts deployed under Project Condor to the Ecuadorian jungle and used sUAVs to get high-resolution imagery and elevation data to support the critical erosion investigation. The data gathered during this remote deployment greatly aided the successful mitigation strategies saving countless lives and minimizing property destruction.
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Rapidly Developing New Warfighter Capabilities and Prototypes
ANSER experts working within the Defense Department’s Innovation and Modernization Office assist innovators in putting their national defense-related emerging technologies in the hands of warfighters to rapidly mature new ideas through direct feedback from end-users. This office provides avenues to explore new technologies, such as a recent discovery session held at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. In this venue, called Thunderstorm 24-2 “Persistent Sensing,” ANSER personnel worked side-by-side with national labs, academia, and DoD Service-level intelligence teams to analyze and explore exciting new sensor and enabling technologies to enhance the surveillance capabilities of operational U.S. military forces.
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Ecuador – Saving Lives and Property
In late 2023, ANSER applied its complex problem solving skills to develop a disaster mitigation strategy in Ecuador. Underwater erosion of a waterfall formed by a lava dam on the Rio Coca River, collapsed, causing a natural disaster that impacted one-third of Ecuador’s total power supply. At the request of the Ecuadorian government, the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) was engaged to map the Rio Coca and the rapidly escalating environmental catastrophe. ANSER analysts supporting NGA’s Warfighter Support Office began planning this complex mission. The austere operating environment and the rapidly changing landscape of the affected area meant only small man-portable UAVs (sUAVs) could execute this operation. ANSER analysts deployed under Project Condor to the Ecuadorian jungle and used sUAVs to get high-resolution imagery and elevation data to support the critical erosion investigation. The data gathered during this remote deployment greatly aided the successful mitigation strategies saving countless lives and minimizing property destruction.
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ANSER Impact in the Pacific
ANSER strategy and planning experts advise and assist the U.S. Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC) Commander on organization, training, planning, and operational deployment of MARFORPAC forces within the Pacific Theater. Hawaii-based experts provide significant impact across four task areas: Partner Nation Amphibious Development, theater area Joint/Combined Training and Joint Exercise Event Life-Cycle Planning, Force Protection Planning and Technical Support of the Global Command and Control System–Joint, and Programs of Record for Tactical Combat Operations. The ANSER team advises on planning efforts and initiatives for joint and multilateral interoperability; joint, combined, and Service-level exercises; research and analysis, the integration of Force Protection requirements into USINDOPACOM operation plans/concept plans, and provides onsite support.
Completing Destruction of U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile
The United States was required by treaty to destroy declared stockpiles of chemical weapons that had been safely maintained at Army depots for over 50 years. The primary mission of the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA) was to safely eliminate the final 10% by September 30, 2023, and ensure that the public, the personnel conducting the effort and the environment were protected from contamination. ANSER provided strategic planning, technical analysis and financial modeling to the PEO ACWA program, facilitating successful execution of this critical mission. On July 7, 2023, the last munition was destroyed, achieving 100% elimination of these chemical weapons and fulfilling the United States’ commitment to the global community.
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Ecuador – Saving Lives and Property
In late 2023, ANSER applied its complex problem solving skills to develop a disaster mitigation strategy in Ecuador. Underwater erosion of a waterfall formed by a lava dam on the Rio Coca River, collapsed, causing a natural disaster that impacted one-third of Ecuador’s total power supply. At the request of the Ecuadorian government, the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) was engaged to map the Rio Coca and the rapidly escalating environmental catastrophe. ANSER analysts supporting NGA’s Warfighter Support Office began planning this complex mission. The austere operating environment and the rapidly changing landscape of the affected area meant only small man-portable UAVs (sUAVs) could execute this operation. ANSER analysts deployed under Project Condor to the Ecuadorian jungle and used sUAVs to get high-resolution imagery and elevation data to support the critical erosion investigation. The data gathered during this remote deployment greatly aided the successful mitigation strategies saving countless lives and minimizing property destruction.
Next
Rapidly Developing New Warfighter Capabilities and Prototypes
ANSER experts working within the Defense Department’s Innovation and Modernization Office assist innovators in putting their national defense-related emerging technologies in the hands of warfighters to rapidly mature new ideas through direct feedback from end-users. This office provides avenues to explore new technologies, such as a recent discovery session held at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. In this venue, called Thunderstorm 24-2 “Persistent Sensing,” ANSER personnel worked side-by-side with national labs, academia, and DoD Service-level intelligence teams to analyze and explore exciting new sensor and enabling technologies to enhance the surveillance capabilities of operational U.S. military forces.
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At the Forefront of Strengthening the Defense Industrial Base
ANSER is the lead analytical contractor for the DoD’s Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program that monitors the sustainability of the defense industrial base (DIB). ANSER subject matter experts track a vast array of projects related to or impacting military operations in areas like, hypersonics, microelectronics, kinetic capabilities, critical chemicals and minerals, rare earth elements, batteries and energy storage. The company’s organizational and manufacturing experts also analyze and recommend federal investments in products and processes that will enhance the DIB “workforce.” This includes projects that enable industrial workforce development in necessary trade skills like welding, advanced machining, and precision optics. This skilled tradesman effort has a direct impact on the U.S. capability to produce and maintain land, air, sea and space-based platforms.
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ANSER Impact in the Pacific
ANSER strategy and planning experts advise and assist the U.S. Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC) Commander on organization, training, planning, and operational deployment of MARFORPAC forces within the Pacific Theater. Hawaii-based experts provide significant impact across four task areas: Partner Nation Amphibious Development, theater area Joint/Combined Training and Joint Exercise Event Life-Cycle Planning, Force Protection Planning and Technical Support of the Global Command and Control System–Joint, and Programs of Record for Tactical Combat Operations. The ANSER team advises on planning efforts and initiatives for joint and multilateral interoperability; joint, combined, and Service-level exercises; research and analysis, the integration of Force Protection requirements into USINDOPACOM operation plans/concept plans, and provides onsite support.