CONTAMINATION AVOIDANCE (ACD&P)

Abstract

The Contamination Avoidance Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P) Project supports Component Advanced Development and System Integration (CAD/SI) of reconnaissance, detection, identification, and hazard prediction equipment, hardware, and software. Experimentation and demonstration will be used in this phase to reduce risk and inform supporting materiel solutions, Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). Individual efforts are: (1) Enhanced Capability Demonstration (ECD) Integrated Early Warning (IEW), (2) Enhanced Capability Demonstration (ECD) Joint Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Advanced Capability Sets (JCACS), (3) Manned Mounted Platform Radiological Detection System, (4) Reactive Chemistry Orthogonal Surface and Environmental Threat Ticket Array (ROSETTA), (5) Biosurveillance (BSV), (6) Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear, Dismounted Reconnaissance Sets Inc 2 (CBRN DRS Inc 2), (7) Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD), (8) Non-Traditional Agent (NTA) Defense. The Joint Force requires tactical, enhanced, and integrated Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) detection, protection, contamination mitigation, contamination characterization, situational awareness, and hazard understanding early warning capability and decision tools to provide operational commanders time and space to mitigate Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) effects. The Enhanced Capability Demonstration (ECD) Integrated Early Warning (IEW) will demonstrate these capabilities by enabling Joint operators to locate, track, identify, characterize, sample, digitally report, protect against, and mitigate CBRN threats by merging situational awareness to create understanding. The ECD IEW will integrate advanced technologies to provide capability sets of equipment and situational awareness decision tools to protect against and mitigate the effects of contamination when operating in a CBRN environment. The Joint Force requires enhanced and integrated Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) protection, contamination mitigation, contamination characterization, and situational awareness capability sets to mitigate the effects of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). The ECD JCACS will demonstrate these capabilities by enabling Joint operators to locate, identify, characterize, sample, digitally report, protect against, and mitigate CBRN threats. The ECD JCACS will integrate advanced technologies to provide capability sets of equipment and situational awareness tools to protect against and mitigate the effects of contamination during WMD interdiction and site characterization missions. (MMPRDS) provides ruggedized, networkable detectors with a wide operating range of detection, including prompt neutron/gamma, for integration into vehicles, fixed sites, and ships. It replaces the obsolescent UDR-13 and AN/VDR-2 for mounted operations, providing warning and situational awareness for crews and personnel, and enables mounted RN surveillance and reconnaissance for platforms such as the NBCRV. The ROSETTA as a FY18 new start is a chemistry based sensor to provide chemical detection and identification capability to the Warfighter. ROSETTA will provide improved surface hazard detection by developing an array of reactive chemistries onto a sampling ticket format to update the currently fielded M256A2. The M256A2 technology data package will be updated with an engineering change proposal to create a new M256A3 kit. Biosurveillance (BSV) programs provide a set of capabilities that acquire, integrate, and analyze medical, environmental, and incident management data using existing and next generation systems, medical and non-medical sample collection tools and identifiers/diagnostics; and transition hardware/software tools and devices as residuals from the Biosurveillance Joint United States Force Korea (USFK) Portal and Integrated Threat Recognition (JUPITR) Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD). BSV will align the biosurveillance efforts across DoD and national strategies. BSV will scope and influence BSV capabilities as products to meet Warfighter requirements through innovative management of key BSV initiatives. BSV requirements address medical and physical CBRN mission needs spanned in over eleven requirements documents and through Combatant Commander (COCOM) identified needs. BSV supports Joint US Forces Korea (USFK) Portal and Integrated Threat recognition (JUPITR) ATD, JUONS CC-0557, and Analytical Framework which find, demonstrate, transition, and transfer the best operational concepts and technology solutions in support of a holistic approach to countering CB threats from the laboratory to operational use and theater confirmation of a CB Event. JUPITR ATD consists of four legs; Early Warning (EW), Biological Identification Capabilities Sets (BICS), Assessment of Environmental Detectors (AED), and Biosurveillance Portal (BSP). The JUPITR ATD provides the USFK with a holistic biosurveillance capability to provide early warning, detection, collection, identification, and theater confirmation of a CB event. The JUPITR ATD consists of filling capability gaps through information sharing and communication systems and detection/diagnostic systems for the USFK. Outputs will focus on proving component, CONOPS, and subsystem transition into relevant technologies that are currently programs of record (PORs) to include global-BSP, Next Generation Diagnostic System (NGDS), Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS) and CALS. Systems used in Operational Demonstration will be left behind with a two year sustainment plan for continuing use. Whole system live agent test (WSLAT) of AED units will support the Joint Project Manager for Nuclear Biological Chemical Contamination Avoidance business case analysis for maritime and fixed site Point Biological Detection. The CBRN DRS Inc 2 will provide additional capability, not present in CBRN DRS Inc 1, for detection and identification of CBRN threats, personal protective equipment (PPE), and increased situation awareness through networking and communication of the hazard to support follow on technical forces conducting sensitive site assessment and elimination operations. It will enhance the capability fielded in CBRN DRS Inc 1 to conduct dismounted CBRN reconnaissance, WMD detection or denial, characterization of hazardous material events or accidents, and sensitive site elimination. CBRN Inc 2 will allow follow on technical forces to conduct longer duration missions, field confirmatory CBRN identification, and reach back communications. The CBRN Inc 2 configurations will be tailored to meet individual Service mission tasks. The NGCD program is several detection systems for vapor and aerosol monitoring (NGCD 1), location of liquid and solids on surfaces (NGCD 2) and sampling of multiplephases of matter (NGCD 3). NGCD will detect and identify non-traditional agents, chemical warfare agents (CWAs), toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) in the air and on surfaces. The NGCD will provide improved NTA/CWA/TIC selectivity and sensitivity on multiple platforms as well as multiple environments. There are four capability areas, of which three; NGCD 1 Detector Alarm, NGCD 2 Survey Detector and NGCD 3 Sample Analysis are in the Technical Maturation and Risk Reduction Phase. The fourth capability, NGCD 4 Individual Detector - personal chemical detection is still in material solution analysis. These sensors will improve detection, consequence management and reconnaissance, and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) interdiction capabilities. The scope of the project includes detection of chemicals a few feet away from the detector as well as the sampling point of the detector. The NTA Defense program supports chemical and biological (CB) defense acquisition programs throughout entire acquisition process to address emerging threat requirements across the full spectrum of commodities. Dedicated initiatives and projects transition information, technologies, and capabilities into acquisition options/efforts (Programs of Record, Enhanced Capability Demonstrations, and Accelerated Acquisition) that account for the breadth and depth of emerging threats which span the full range of military missions. The NTA Defense program provides essential enablers such as threat understanding; operational impacts of performance trades; and comprehensive, integrated, and layered defense concepts against emerging threats. The program supports a balanced portfolio which targets capabilities to reduce operational and tactical risk from technology gaps inherent from emerging threats. Additional efforts in conducting systems engineering analysis will occur in order to identify and consolidate capability knowledge gaps and prioritize required investments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Source ID
CA4_0603884BP_4_0400_PB_2018

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  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.

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  • Biotechnology
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects

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