TEST & EVALUATION (OP SYS DEV)
Abstract
This project provides revitalization of existing instrumentation and technology upgrades to equipment at West Desert Test Center (WDTC) at Dugway Proving Ground (DPG), a Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB), in support of their Chemical and Biological (CB) test mission. Efforts included in the project are: (1) T&E Upgrades (T&E UPGRAD) (2) Biological Test Branch T&E Upgrade (BTB UPGRADE) The T&E Upgrade effort supports upgrades to equipment for the Major Test Chambers Materiel Test Facility (MTF) which house the secondary containment modules (SCMs) for Non-Traditional Agent (NTA) testing, as well as other detector test chambers and Building 4165) at WDTC which houses the small item decontamination (SID) test fixture, swatch test fixtures, as well as several smaller labs (2) the CB Test Grid at WDTC which includes all dissemination, field referee equipment, and support equipment (generators, CP) and will include all upgraded test grid equipment transitioned from PD CCATTI and (3) the Combined Chemical Test Facility (CCTF) which includes the majority of chemical analytical equipment including Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer, Gas Chromatograph (GC), GC-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS), MS triple quads, Miniature Chemical Agent Monitoring System (MINICAMS), GASMETs, Liquid Chromatography MS (LCMS) and the majority of the laboratory hood space at WDTC. BTB UPGRADE supports the MRTFB test mission of the Biological Test Branch (BTB) through instrumentation revitalization and technology upgrades to aging and obsolete equipment. These efforts maintain readiness at the BTB, which is the MRTFB's only laboratory equipped to test with aerosolized biosafety level-3 (BSL-3) agents. The BTB test mission requires cutting-edge biological laboratory and field testing capabilities to ensure the ability of the Department of Defense to test state-of-the-art materiel under development against known and emergent biological threats. Essential instrumentation requiring periodic revitalization and modernization due to technological obsolescence includes dissemination, referee, and support (e.g., generators, collective protection) equipment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- TE7_0607384BP_7_0400_PB_2020
Related Documents
- Root: CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (OP SYS DEV)
- Child Accomplishment: 1) BTB UPGRADE
- Child Accomplishment: 2) WDTC - MRTFB
- Child Accomplishment: 3) WDTC - MRTFB
- Child Accomplishment: 4) WDTC - MRTFB
- Child Cost Item: 320d882c2bc47791c8372c224b88c055
- Child Cost Item: 857173772c6b290f0d85dfb933a7adda
- Child Cost Item: b50093df384e78b3e9177f46e39d3cf0
- Child Cost Item: 3038a95579bdc7ad9628bb5c27466c44
- Child Cost Item: 7fe7a994da8137405606b82d933703f2