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); (6) Joint Biological Aircraft Decontamination (JBAD) System; and (7) Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP). Experimentation and demonstration will be used in this phase to reduce risk and inform supporting materiel solutions, CONOPS and TTPs. 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 is 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, aircraft, ships, crew-served weapons, and individual weapons that may have been exposed to traditional and non-traditional chemical contamination. CIDAS is a new capability for the Joint Forces that will reduce the 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. General Purpose Decontaminant (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 an non-hostile environments that have been exposed to traditional and non-traditional CB contamination. The Joint Service Equipment Wipe (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 1 g/m2 and non-traditional agents from a starting liquid challenge of 5 g/m2 to less than or equal to 1 g/m2. In addition, the JSEW is intended to be a replacement for the Individual Equipment Decontamination Kit (M295). Follow on increments of JSEW may include biological agent capability and/or use on skin. 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. The JBAD System will provide thorough biological decontamination of the interior and exterior of tactical and cargo aircraft. The JBAD System 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
DE5_0604384BP_5_0400_PB_2016

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Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.

Technology Areas

  • 5G
  • 5G - DoD 5G Program

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