Major Range And Test Facility Base (Mgmt Support)
Abstract
The Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) Management Support Project provides for the Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) MRTFB technical and operational capability for proving Department of Defense (DoD) Chemical and Biological (CB) defense materiel, equipment, and systems from concept through production to include associated Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures Development (TTPD) activities. Efforts included in this Project are: (1) Combat Capability Development Command (DEVCOM) Chemical and Biological Center BioTesting Division (BTD-CBC) (2) West Desert Test Center (WDTC) Project provides for the technical and operational capability for testing DoD CB defense materiel, equipment, and systems from concept through production to include associated Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures Development (TTPD) activities at West Desert Test Center (WDTC), and the BioTesting Division (BTD) of the Chemical and Biological Center (CBC), both part of the Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) located at DPG. WDTC and BTD-CBC are the reliance centers for all DoD CB defense testing and provide the United States' the only combined range, chamber, toxic chemical lab, and bio-safety level-3 (BSL-3) test facility. Project provides institutional and overhead funding required to operate WDTC and BTD-CBC in compliance with National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY03 (Public Law 107-314 - December 2002), Section 232, "Objective for institutional funding of test and evaluation facilities." Institutional operating costs were transferred to the consolidated OSD Chemical and Biological Defense Program consistent with Public Law 103-160 Section 1701. WDTC and BTD-CBC use uniquely designed state-of-the-art chemical and life-sciences test facilities and test chambers to perform CB defense testing of protective gear, decontamination systems, detectors, equipment, and non-materiel CB defense solutions while maintaining safety, security, and surety of chemical agents and biological pathogens. WDTC also provides test ranges, to include fully instrumented outdoor ranges, for TTPD activities and testing with simulants that can be correlated to the laboratory testing with live agents to ensure reliable and repeatable data are generated to support acquisition decisions of CB defense equipment. In FY24, Project DW6 realigned from appropriation 0400, PE 0605384BP Chemical & Biological Defense Program (RDT&E Management Support) to the 2040 appropriation, PE 0605601A / Project WD1, West Desert Test Center.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- DW6_0605384BP_6_0400_PB_2025
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