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. After FY 2022, the Chemical Biological Defense Program (CBDP) RDT&E Projects were restructured to align with the CBDP portfolio construct. CA4 efforts in FY 2022 progress to Project UN4. This restructuring provides standardization and alignment across CBDP research, development and acquisition efforts. Efforts included in this Project are: (1) Advanced Emerging Threat Defense (AET DEFENSE) **Progresses to UN4 in FY2023**, (2) CBRN Support to Command and Control (CSC2) **Progresses to UN4 in FY2023**, and (3) Compact Vapor Chemical Agent Detector (CVCAD) **Progresses to UN4 in FY2023** The AET 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. CSC2 is the overarching System of Systems (SoS) that provides for the interoperability and integration of CBRN and Non CBRN sensors to achieve needed situational awareness and understanding to accomplish CBRN integrated layered defense, interdependent with Service and Mission Partner Common Operating Environments and Computing Environments (CoE/CE). This is not achievable in current Command and Control constructs. CSC2 addresses this objective by establishing a Service and Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) compatible CBRN CoE architecture and deployment environments. This consolidates CSC2 with Modernization CBRN Information Systems (MOD CBRN IS) in order to gain efficiencies of managing funding and programmatic efforts under one line. Additionally, it allows the consolidation of continuous engineering for the currently deployed legacy CBRN information systems (Joint Effects Model (JEM)/Joint Warning and Reporting Network (JWARN), CBRN Information System (CBRN IS)). This maintains the stopgap capability for CBRN warning, reporting, and effects modeling while setting conditions for the sun setting of the legacy capabilities replaced by CSC2 capabilities beginning in FY27. The approach to consolidate simplifies software BA7 management under one line (like the BA7 in other CBDP commodity areas) and synchronizes the sunset of legacy JEM and JWARN capabilities as replacement capabilities are deployed through CSC2. 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 (less than 2 lbs.) 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 FY24 after milestone B decisions competing prototypes will undergo down selects based on performance and a Technology Readiness Assessment and execute engineering manufacturing and development phase and conduct development and operational testing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- CA4_0603884BP_4_0400_PB_2024
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