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 Vapor Chemical Agent Detector (CVCAD), (2) Biosurveillance (BSV), (3) Enhanced Capability Demonstration - Integrated Early Warning (ECD IEW), (4) CBRN Support to Command and Control (CSC2), (5) Enhanced Capability Demonstration Joint Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Advanced Capability Sets (ECD JCACS), (6) Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Sensor Integration on Robotics Platforms (CSIRP), (7) Non-Traditional Agent Defense (NTA DEFENSE), and (8) Advanced Emerging Threat Defense (AET DEFENSE) CVCAD 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 ground system operations to enable timely personnel protective action and other force protection decisions. In FY22 CVCAD will conduct and complete Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) Evaluation and Down Select to support transition into EMD. The BSV program provided analytical capabilities and integration of environmental monitoring solutions and incident management reporting for Commanders' situational awareness. Capabilities delivered and lessons learned from BSV will be applied to the CSC2 enduring effort. BSV effort completed in FY20. The ECD IEW program integrates 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 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. ECD IEW efforts will transition to CBRN IEW (Project Information Systems (IS4)) in FY21. CSC2 is the continuation of the ECD IEW (Project CA4) and CBRN IEW (Project IS4) efforts that are renamed CSC2 in FY22. CSC2 is predicated on rapidly deploying CBRN situational awareness and understanding capabilities to the Joint Force through Capability Development Packages (CDPs). CSC2 will pull technology from S&T partners as well as integrate mature technologies into a baseline framework that enables risk based decision making. IEW Campaign Plan Lines of Effort are the driving bodies for service requirements and rapid capability development and deployment. Applicable technologies within the CBDP will be experimented, integrated, networked, and deployed through rapid acquisition methods. In FY22 CSC2 will initiate and conduct integration of the CBRN sensor portfolio through a common sensor management system and conduct automated warning and reporting/analysis to support operations, planning & execution. 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. The robotics efforts will enhance these missions and will transition over to CSIRP in FY21. CSIRP is a prototyping and fielding effort that will focus on repackaging and integrating modular 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 artificial intelligence, 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. CSIRP transitions to EMD starting in FY21 to continue efforts on robotic integration. The AET DEFENSE program, formerly known as the NTA DEFENSE program, continues to address the highest priority CBRN gaps and supports the Chemical Biological Defense Program (CBDP) Strategic Line of Effort to meet current and emerging threats by anticipating CB hazards and developing capabilities to counter emerging and future threats. The AET Defense program collaborates with the Joint Services, interagency, and international partners to align RDT&E resources to determine readiness against emerging threats, to include NTAs, such as Novichoks and Pharmaceutical-Based Agents (PBA) (e.g. synthetic opioids), emerging biological threats, and other advanced and emerging threats as they are identified across the entire CBDP enterprise portfolio. NTA DEFENSE efforts transition to the AET DEFENSE program in FY22 to better align with strategic guidance and expand to threats beyond those identified specifically as NTAs. In FY22, AET Defense activities continue to focus on demonstrating and evaluating technologies to assess performance against emerging threats.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- CA4_0603884BP_4_0400_PB_2022
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- Child Accomplishment: 1) Compact Vapor Chemical Agent Detector (CVCAD)
- Child Accomplishment: 2) Biosurveillance (BSV)
- Child Accomplishment: 3) Enhanced Capability Demonstration Integrated Early Warning (ECD IEW)
- Child Accomplishment: 4) ECD IEW
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