DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS (EMD)
Abstract
This project provides System Development and Demonstration (SDD) for: (1) the Contaminated Human Remains Pouch (CHRP); (2) the Decontamination Family of Systems (DFoS); (3) Contamination Indicator Decontamination Assurance System (CIDAS); (4) General Purpose Decontaminant (GPD); (5) Joint Service Equipment Wipe (JSEW); and (6) Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP). The Contaminated Human Remains Pouch (CHRP) program will provide the capability to protect personnel handling and processing human remains contaminated with Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear (CBRN) contamination. The CHRP is a body bag designed to contain chemical, biological, or radiological contaminated fluids and gasses from contaminated remains. The CHRP will fulfill gaps as described in the Mortuary Affairs (MA) Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) for safe intra-theater handling and transport of contaminated human remains (CHR). The CHRP will provide protection by containing CHR during recovery and transport from the point of fatality to the MA Activity. The CHRP will contain fluid and vapor CBRN hazards associated with the CHR to reduce the spread of contamination and reduce the hazard to personnel handling the CHR and the environment. Successful development and procurement of the CHRP will provide Warfighters with the capability to safely handle, transport, and temporarily store or inter CHR in a theater of operations. The Decontamination Family of Systems (DFoS) program facilitates the rapid transition of mature Science and Technology (S&T) research developments to existing Decontamination or Contamination Mitigation ICD Programs of Record and guides S&T community efforts toward meeting the needs of the Warfighter. DFoS will develop a Family of Systems (FoS), to include equipment, to improve decontamination processes, and decontaminant solutions to meet the capability gaps for decontaminating Non-Traditional Agents (NTA) and chemical and biological (CB) warfare agents from personnel, equipment, vehicle interiors/exteriors, terrain, and fixed facilities. CIDAS will provide a contamination indicator/decontamination assurance technology; it will consist of an indicator and an applicator, for which there will be three configurations. The indicator will be sprayed on tactical vehicles, shipboard surfaces, crew-served and individual weapons in hostile and non-hostile environments that may have been exposed to traditional and non-traditional chemical contamination. CIDAS is a new capability for the Joint Forces that will reduce logistics burden of decontamination by indicating presence and location of traditional (Nerve and Blister) and non-traditional chemical agents on militarily relevant surfaces pre- and post-decontamination. GPD is a liquid decontaminant that will provide thorough decontamination capabilities for tactical vehicles, shipboard surfaces, crew-served weapons, and individual/personal weapons in hostile and non-hostile environments that have been exposed to traditional and non-traditional CB contamination. JSEW is a decontamination wipe that will provide immediate/operational decontamination capabilities for sensitive and non-sensitive equipment in hostile and non-hostile environments that have been exposed to chemical agents/contamination and shall decontaminate Nerve and Blister agents from a starting liquid challenge of 10 g/m2 to less than or equal to 1g/m2 and non-traditional agents from a starting challenge of 5 g/m2 to less than or equal to 1g/m2. In addition, the JSEW is intended to be a replacement for the Individual Equipment Decontamination Kit (M295). The Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) Trail Boss provides a single access point to the full spectrum of CBRN expertise and support weapon system programs integration of CBRN Survivability into Department of Defense (DOD) programs designated as CBRN Mission Critical and those requiring CBRN capabilities. MDAP projects across the FYDP promote consistency of CBRN defense capabilities and systems' architectures across Services. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Decontamination System MDAP project will develop an integrated decontamination containment system and decontaminant delivery system to support the JSF Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT&E) to satisfy specific F-35 decontamination requirements through aircraft-unique interfaces and demonstrate the aircraft's ability to meet CB decontamination and survivability requirements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- DE5_0604384BP_5_0400_PB_2015
Related Documents
- Root: CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (EMD)
- Child Accomplishment: 1) CHRP
- Child Accomplishment: 2) CHRP
- Child Accomplishment: 3) DFoS - JSF Decon
- Child Accomplishment: 4) DFoS CIDAS
- Child Accomplishment: 5) DFoS CIDAS
- Child Accomplishment: 6) DFoS GPD
- Child Accomplishment: 7) DFoS GPD
- Child Accomplishment: 8) DFoS JSEW
- Child Accomplishment: 9) DFoS JSEW
- Child Accomplishment: 10) MDAP - JSF DECON