TEST & EVALUATION (EMD)

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 two groups to include: (1) Laboratory; (2) Field. (1) Laboratory: The products for this area are 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) Field: The products for this area are the Test Grid, the Mobile Test Infrastructure (MTI), the Joint Ambient Breeze Tunnel (JABT) and the Active Standoff Chamber (ASC). The Test Grid effort provides a fully instrumented grid for chemical and biological simulant field test capabilities that integrate referee systems; dissemination equipment; real-time cloud tracking capability; meteorological equipment; a wireless network; and a Data Management System (DMS) software to track and display the cloud health and status of all of the equipment in the network anywhere in Dugway Proving Ground (DPG). The MTI is an all-inclusive mobile management service functioning wirelessly. MTI is capable of integrating, controlling, commanding and managing all assets required to conduct transportable testing. It provides algorithms and graphical user interfaces for automating real-time visualization, raw data, computation, hosts data collection and indefinite storage that can go to any Major Range Test Facility Base (MRTFB) for CB Testing. 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 (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, 2017
• Source ID: TE5_0604384BP_5_0400_PB_2017

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• Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.