The Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) and the NASA Software, Robotics, and Simulation Division have partnered to assist with CTTSO’s mission of expanding bomb squad focus and capabilities development to meet special threat areas.  More specifically, the partnership addresses the CTTSO Improvised Device Defeat/Explosives Countermeasures (IDD/EC) subgroup’s focus area of robotics and remote means, which seeks to develop or enhance platforms, systems, and technologies to remotely conduct activities related to the neutralization or rendering safe of IEDs, unexploded ordnance (UXO), homemade/improvised explosives and their precursors, and enhanced hazard devices containing chemical, biological, or radiological materials. 

NASA is proud to partner with CTTSO to effectively use the scientific and engineering resources of the United States.  Partnering with CTTSO also allows NASA to explore robotic means of inspection and manipulation in unknown and harsh environments.