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The Army’s New Chemical Defense Testing Lab

by Global Biodefense Staff
March 28, 2016
Non-Traditional Agent Defense Test System

Non-Traditional Agent Defense Test SystemThe U.S. Army has developed a one-of-a-kind ‘Non-Traditional Agent Defense Test System’ laboratory, a collection of specialized test chambers designed to test chemical agent protection, detection and decontamination equipment under operational conditions.

Development and construction of the testing facility was a multi-year effort with support from across the U.S. Defense Department’s Chemical and Biological Defense Program. The lab is operated by the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), and was stood up in partnership with the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

The lab became fully operational in January 2016, and is the only facility in the world that allows an entire system―rather than individual components―to be fully immersed in chemical agent while under test.

See also: Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Non-Traditional Agent Defense Test System

Next Generation Chemical Detector

Among the facility’s first customers is the Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD), a program of record executed by the Joint Project Manager for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Contamination Avoidance.

The program will field four new chemical detection capabilities to warfighters across the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. It is the first-ever system designed to detect all phases of matter: solid, liquid, vapor and aerosol.

The NGCD is now in the “brassboard” testing phase, with contractors bringing mature prototypes to the Non-Traditional Agent Defense Test System to be tested against a variety of chemicals and conditions. Testing will continue throughout 2016.

“I am delighted that this capability now resides here at the Center,” said Joseph Corriveau, Ph.D., director of Edgewood Chemical Biological Center. “This facility expands our capabilities to ensure that the safest and best equipment gets into the hands of the warfighter.”

Specialized Chambers for Unique Tests

The facility’s test chambers have the inherent flexibility to address the rapidly changing threat environment that warfighters face on the battlefield.

Lab components include:

  • Primary Containment Module – an environmentally controlled chamber for testing large systems and equipment
  • Test Chamber Module – a double glove box chamber to house test fixtures
  • Aerosol Test Facility – a chamber specifically designed to handle aerosol toxicological and detector testing
  • Control Room
  • Surety Laboratory
  • Agent Storage Facility
  • Ingress and Egress Rooms

In addition to supporting the Army’s chemical defense mission requirements, the testing facility will support other federal partners in the homeland security and intelligence community, as well as international allies.

Tags: Chemical Detection

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