Contamination Avoidance (ACD&P)
Abstract
The Contamination Avoidance Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P) Project supports reconnaissance, detection, identification, and hazard prediction equipment, hardware, and software. Efforts included in this project are: (1) Compact Chemical Vapor Agent Detector- CVCAD (formerly Wearable Chemical Agent Detector- WCAD) (2) Biosurveillance (BSV) (3) Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Sensor Integration on Robotics Platforms (CSIRP) (4) Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear, Dismounted Reconnaissance Sets (CBRN DRS) (5) Enhanced Capability Demonstration Integrated Early Warning (ECD IEW) (6) Enhanced Capability Demonstration Joint Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Advanced Capability Sets (ECD JCACS) (7) Non-Traditional Agent (NTA) Defense, and (8) Reactive Chemistry Orthogonal Surface and Environmental Threat Ticket Array (ROSETTA). The CVCAD formerly known as WCAD is designed to be an unobtrusive, low-profile chemical detection capability that will continuously, and autonomously, monitor and alert general and specialized units to an unsafe environment without further burdening the warfighters payload or interfering with the primary mission. The small form factor is amenable to both man-worn and unmanned aerial or unmanned ground systems operations in order to enable timely personnel protective action and other force protection decisions. BSV efforts 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. BSV will address medical and physical CBRN mission needs spanned in over eleven requirements documents and through Combatant Commander (COCOM) identified needs. BSV supports the Capabilities to Enable NBC Threat Awareness, Understanding, and Response (CENTAUR) effort, and immediate operational needs, 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. CENTAUR serves as the baseline configuration for ECD IEW which will be renamed CBRN IEW and merged to RDT&E Project IS4, Information Systems in FY21. CSIRP is a prototyping and fielding effort that will focus on repackaging and integrating modular CBRN sensor solutions to enhance Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) and Unmanned Ground Systems (UGS) Programs of Record (PORs) to provide situational awareness across the echelons of command in order to enable freedom of maneuver and action on the battlefield. An integrated CSIRP capability will exploit advances in machine learning and autonomy, sensing and communication capabilities that enable timely and accurate detection, warning and reporting of CBRN hazards for increased risk reduction opportunities at tactical and operational echelons in mounted and dismounted configurations. CSIRP gives the Joint Force an opportunity to enhance capabilities and maintain operational advantage in a lethal and sophisticated operating environment. The CBRN DRS supports Dismounted Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and CBRN Sensitive Site Assessment missions which enables more detailed and near real-time CBRN information flow for the Warfighter. The CBRN DRS will provide an Advanced Capabilities Set to meet emerging requirements for the follow-on technical forces to conduct more in-depth dismounted CBRN reconnaissance, sensitive site assessment, characterization of WMD/hazardous materials, events, or accidents, and sensitive site exploitation/elimination. The Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear, Dismounted Reconnaissance Sets Advanced Capability Set will provide more sensitive and reliable detection and identification of CBRN threats, enhanced personal protective equipment (PPE) for longer duration missions, and increased situation awareness through networked communications of the hazard. The CBRN DRS configurations will be tailored to meet individual Service mission tasks. The technology upgrade and refresh effort for CBRN DRS transitions from CA4 to CA7 for implementation starting in FY20. The ECD IEW will integrate advanced technologies and currently fielded capabilities into a common architecture with situational understanding decision tools to facilitate effective (timely) decision making, so the force can continue military operations or assist partners or civilians in a Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) environment. The Joint Force requires tactical, enhanced, and CBRN detection, protection, contamination mitigation, contamination characterization, situational awareness, and hazard understanding early warning capability and decision tools to provide operational commanders time, space, and confidence for decisions that enable mission success. ECD IEW will demonstrate these capabilities by focusing on the complex integration of currently disconnected and disparate battlefield systems to enable a Joint Integrated Early Warning Capability for all phases of operations. The ECD JCACS demonstrated new technologies to enhance the ability of 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. In FY20, ECD JCACS will focus on the use of robotics to enhance these missions. FY20 is the last year of funding and the ECD JCACS robotics efforts will transition over to CSIRP in FY21. NTA Defense program works with the Joint Services, interagency, and international partners to focus RDT&E resources to determine readiness against Pharmaceutical Based Agents (PBA) and other emerging threats. Program provides support to the CBDP Enterprise by assessing technology and equipment to enable rapid fielding options for all users. The ROSETTA is a modernization effort to provide a higher confidence chemical liquid hazard detection ticket in the currently fielded M256A2 kit for the Warfighter to make timely decisions. These decisions will reduce casualties and improve the combat effectiveness of troops engaged in conflicts involving the use of chemical warfare agents. ROSETTA is based on colorimetric technology and will be eye-readable. In addition, the ROSETTA ticket will provide improved hazard detection performance with reduced false alarm rate, potential for increased number of chemicals detected, reduced detection time especially for certain compounds of interest, and potential for integration onto unmanned platforms especially micro-sized unmanned aerial sensors. In FY20, ROSETTA will be testing vendor prototypes to develop technical data packages using BA5 funding.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- CA4_0603884BP_4_0400_PB_2021
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- Root: CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (ACD&P)
- Child Accomplishment: 1) Wearable Chemical Agent Detector (WCAD)
- Child Accomplishment: 2) Compact Vapor Chemical Agent Detector (CVCAD)
- Child Accomplishment: 3) Biosurveillance (BSV)
- Child Accomplishment: 4) BSV
- Child Accomplishment: 5) CBRN Sensor Integration on Robotic Platforms (CSIRP)
- Child Accomplishment: 6) CBRN Dismounted Reconnaissance Sets (CBRN DRS)
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- Child Accomplishment: 10) ECD JCACS
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