Test & Evaluation (Op Sys Dev)

Abstract

This project provides revitalization of existing instrumentation and technology upgrades to equipment at West Desert Test Center (WDTC) and BioTesting Division (BTD) Chemical Biological Center (CBC) 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) BioTesting Division T&E Upgrade (BTD UPGRADE) (2) T&E Upgrades (T&E UPGRADE) BTD UPGRADE supports the MRTFB test mission of the BioTesting Division (BTD) Chemical Biological Center (CBC) at DPG through instrumentation revitalization and technology upgrades to aging and obsolete equipment. These efforts maintain readiness at the BTD, which is the MRTFB's only laboratory equipped to test with aerosolized biosafety level-3 (BSL-3) agents. The BTD 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, analytical, and lab and field instrumentation/equipment (e.g. field fluorescence aerosol particle sizing, next generation genomic sequencing, time of flight mass spectrometer, and lab entry control system upgrades). The T&E Upgrade effort supports upgrades to equipment for field testing, the major test chambers Materiel Test Facility (MTF), and the Combined Chemical Test Facility (CCTF). Field test equipment includes all dissemination and field referee equipment and will include all upgraded test grid equipment transitioned from advanced development. The MTF houses chambers and fixtures for chemical agent and non-traditional agent (NTA) testing, including the secondary containment modules (SCMs) and chemical agent vapor (CAVs) chambers. The Combined Chemical Test Facility (CCTF) is a laboratory campus that houses labs and chambers for chemical agent and non-traditional agent testing. Laboratories are equipped with chemical analytical equipment, including a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, gas chromatographs (GC), GC-mass spectrometers (GC-MS), MS triple quads, Miniature Chemical Agent Monitoring System (MINICAMS), and liquid chromatographs MS (LCMS). The majority of the laboratory hood space at WDTC is in the CCTF. The CCTF houses test fixtures such as the small item decontamination (SID) fixture, mask, boot and glove, filter and swatch test fixtures.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: TE7_0607384BP_7_0400_PB_2021

Tags

Readers

• Aerospace Test and Evaluation
• Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.

Technology Areas

• Space