The Defeat the Device line of operation enhances freedom of maneuver and safe operations for coalition forces, focusing on providing defensive technologies to detect IEDs, neutralize them before they can be detonated or mitigate the effects of detonation.

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Detection systems seek to identify IEDs and/or the people operating them before they detonate. Detect ground systems seek to detect person-borne, vehicle-borne and buried IEDs, as well as suspicious activity associated with IED emplacement. These systems include persistent threat detection, persistent group surveillance systems and handheld ground-penetrating radar systems. Detect air systems allow the warfighter to better predict where and how the enemy is employing IEDs and reveal the nature and location of enemy IED networks through aerial detection.

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Neutralize systems use technological solutions to deny the enemy the ability to trigger IEDs. Systems such as ultra lightweight reconnaissance robots and line charges provide warfighters capability to identify and neutralize IED systems before they detonate.

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Mitigate systems seek to minimize effects of IED blasts on people, equipment and facilities by pre-detonation and providing standoff distances. This is done through JIEDDO-funded counter-IED initiatives such as mine rollers, ground detection and armor protection. Rollers mitigate the effects of victim-operated IEDs by pre-detonating them from a safe distance, thus reducing casualties and vehicle damage.

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JIEDDO develops and delivers counter-IED capabilities within three-to-24 months – a third of the time of normal development programs. Responding to a U.S. Central Command joint urgent operational requirement, the JIEDDO Tandem Husky was developed and delivered within eight months to the Afghanistan theater. To move quickly, JIEDDO mitigates risk by pursuing multiple capabilities at the same time.