TEST & EVALUATION (ACD&P)
Abstract
This funding supports the Chemical Biological Defense Portfolio (CBDP) Test Equipment, Strategy, and Support (TESS) efforts. TESS provides test infrastructure products for testing and evaluating chemical and biological defense systems throughout the life cycle acquisition process in support of the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA), Joint Project Managers, and the Test and Evaluation (T&E) community. TESS test infrastructure products are aligned in three groups to include: (1) Sense Laboratory (Chemical); (2) Sense Laboratory (Biological); (3) Individual Protection, Collective Protection and Decontamination (Shield and Sustain); and (4) Field Simulant (Sense). (1) Sense Laboratory (Chemical): The product for this area is the Non-Traditional Agent Defense Test System (NTADTS). The NTADTS provides a new capability at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) to conduct chemical defense testing using new, emerging threat agents. The NTADTS supports testing of decontamination, collective protection, individual protection, and contamination avoidance products. The CBD acquisition programs supported are Dismounted Reconnaissance Sets Kits and Outfits (DR SKO), Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD), Decon Family of Systems (DFoS), and Common Analytical Laboratory System (CALS). Future efforts will include the development of test methods and methodologies for additional classes of agents. (2) Sense Laboratory (Biological): The product for this area is the Joint Ambient Breeze Tunnel (JABT) and the Active Standoff Chamber (ASC). The JABT and ASC improvements will provide a tech refresh to existing infrastructure and allow for test results to be integrated into the Test Grid data management system. (3) Individual Protection, Collective Protection and Decontamination (Shield and Sustain): The product for this area is the Chemical Biological Agent Resistance Test Fixture (CBART). Defense Threat Reduction Agency is continuing to mature this technology prior to transition to the T&E community. Projected location for this T&E capability is Dugway Proving Ground (DPG), Utah. CBART provides a state of the art material swatch test fixture for individual and collective protection systems. (4) Field Simulant (Sense): The product for this area is the Test Grid. The Test Grid capability demonstrates test methodologies for chem and bio aerosols and advanced technologies. The Test Grid effort provides a fully instrumented 20 km by 40 km field chemical and biological simulant test capability that integrates cloud tracking equipment; meteorological equipment; and test data network. The CBD acquisition programs supported are the Joint Expeditionary Collective Protection (JECP), Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD), Joint Biological Point Detection System (JBPDS) and the Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- TE4_0603884BP_4_0400_PB_2015
Related Documents
- Root: CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (ACD&P)
- Child Accomplishment: 1) TESS - Non-Traditional Agent Defense Test System (NTADTS)
- Child Accomplishment: 2) TESS - Joint Ambient Breeze Tunnel (JABT)
- Child Accomplishment: 3) TESS - Active Standoff Chamber
- Child Accomplishment: 4) TESS - Chemical Biological Agent Resistance Test Fixture (CBART)
- Child Accomplishment: 5) TESS - Test Grid