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. TESS test infrastructure products are aligned in four groups to include: (1) Sense Laboratory (Chemical); (2) Sense Laboratory (Biological); (3) Individual Protection, Collective Protection and Decontamination (Shield and Sustain); and (4) Sense (Field). Additionally, TESS supports the analysis of the infrastructure investment opportunities, system engineering processes and business case analyses. (1) Sense Laboratory (Chemical): The products for this area is the Non-Traditional Agent Defense Test System (NTADTS) and improvements to the Dynamic Test Chamber (DTC). The NTADTS provides a new capability to conduct chemical defense testing against current and emerging threat agents. The NTADTS supports testing of decontamination, collective protection, individual protection, and contamination avoidance products. The DTC provides a new capability for testing chemical point detection systems against chemical warfare agents in various environmental conditions. The CBD acquisition programs supported are Dismounted Reconnaissance Sets Kits and Outfits (DR SKO), Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD), Joint Sensitive Equipment Wipes (JSEW), 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), which is currently used for point detection. The JABT and ASC improvements will provide a tech refresh to existing infrastructure and allow for test results to be integrated into the Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) test Data Management System (DMS). The CBD acquisition programs supported are the Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS), and the Joint USFK Point and Integrated Threat Recognition (JUPITR) Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD). (3) Individual Protection, Collective Protection and Decontamination (Shield and Sustain): This product for this area is the Materials Test Capabilities (MTC). The CBD acquisition programs supported is Uniform Integrated Protective Ensemble - II (UIPE- Increment 2) (4) Sense (Field): The product for this area is the Test Grid. The Test Grid effort provides a fully instrumented grid for chemical and biological simulant field test capabilities that integrate referee systems; dissemination equipment; cloud tracking equipment; meteorological equipment; and DPG test Data Management System (DMS). The CBD acquisition programs supported are the Joint Expeditionary Collective Protection (JECP), Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD), Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS), and the Joint USFK Point and Integrated Threat Recognition (JUPITR) Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD).

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2016
• Source ID: TE4_0603884BP_4_0400_PB_2016

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• Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.