DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS (ACD&P)

Abstract

This Project supports the development of Contamination Mitigation (ConMit) systems utilizing solutions that will remove and/or detoxify contaminated material without damaging combat equipment, personnel, or the environment. ConMit systems provide a force restoration capability for units that become contaminated. Development efforts will provide systems that reduce operational impact and logistics burden, reduce sustainment costs, increase safety, and minimize environmental effects associated with decontamination and contamination mitigation operations. Experimentation and demonstration will be used in this phase to reduce risk and inform supporting materiel solutions, CONOPS and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). The programs supported under this Project include (1) Contaminated Human Remains System (CHRS), (2) Tactical Disablement System (TACDS), and (3) Joint Biological Agent Decontamination System (JBADS). The CHRS is a follow-on to the Contaminated Human Remains Pouch (CHRP). The CHRS will address two capabilities identified within the Contamination Mitigation (ConMit) Initial Capabilities Document: a Contaminated Human Remains Transfer Case (CHRT) packaging solution to safely repatriate chemical, biological, or radiological contaminated human remains to the Continental United States and a sustainable Contaminated Human Remains Decontamination System (CHRDS) to reduce the hazard to warfighters by decontaminating chemical, biological, or radiological contaminated human remains. The CHRT is a containment system which will protect personnel from the hazards associated with transporting human remains that are potentially contaminated with chemical, biological or radiological agents and Toxic Industrial Materials (TIM) without posing additional risk to the handlers or the environment in accordance with federal and international transportation standards. The CHRDS is a system of tents, plumbing, generators, and medical equipment necessary to establish a decontamination site to perform decontamination, identification, and packaging of contaminated human remains for further disposition. The CHRDS will reduce the hazards associated with contaminated human remains through decontamination of remains and enable positive identification of remains for the Armed Forces Medical Examiner before packaging in a CHRT. The TACDS, a new start, shall be designed to meet the warfighters chemical materials of concern (CMOC) destruction needs. This system will provide a new deployable tactical disablement capability for small quantities of chemical and biological warfare materiel in bulk agent containers and munitions, used in an operational environment. DoD's Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Strategy enables early action through pathway defeat, shaping the environment to dissuade actors from pursuing WMD. The strategy also asserts the Department must respond effectively to WMD crises when called upon. The TACDS program will ultimately develop, integrate, test and produce a family of systems (FoS) which enable the Warfighter to Identify, Defeat, Disable, and Dispose of small quantities of Chemical Warfare Materials (CWM) or Biological Warfare Materials (BWM) in both bulk container(s) and assembled munitions. TACDS will consist of two capabilities; (1) Rapid Defeat System - Munitions, and (2) Rapid Defeat System - Agent. The JBADS will provide the capability to conduct biological and chemical agent decontamination of the interior and exterior of aircraft and vehicle platforms. The capabilities will be provided in two increments. Increment I will provide thorough biological decontamination of the interior and exterior of cargo aircraft. The JBADS Increment I is a capability set that will include a shelter to encapsulate an airframe, a decontamination delivery system (e.g. hot-humid air-blower, etc.), environmental control and monitoring system(s), and other ancillary components required to ensure efficacious biological agent decontamination. It will provide the capability to decontaminate biologically contaminated airframes to safe levels and allow more rapid return to service. Increment II will expand upon the Increment I capability set. Increment II will develop multiple decontaminants and modular designs to address various platforms and chemical agent decontamination.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: DE4_0603884BP_4_0400_PB_2018

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• Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.