Title: American Association for Engineering Education Forum, February 25, 2002
1American Association for Engineering Education
Forum, February 25, 2002
Translating Science and Technology Into
Operational Capabilities
Anna Johnson-Winegar, Ph.D. Deputy Assistant to
the Secretary of Defense (Chemical and
Biological Defense)
2Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP)
Vision
- Ensure U.S. military personnel are the best
equipped and best prepared force in the world
for operating in future battlespaces that may
feature chemically and biologically contaminated
environments.
3Emerging Directions
- Homeland Security Roles and Missions
- Installation Force Protection
- Acceleration of CB Defense Technologies
- Transition to Civilian Applications
- Cooperation with HHS on Vaccine Development and
Deployment
4The Chemical and Biological Agent Threat
- First, chemical and biological agents, when
properly prepared, are extremely toxic or potent
and could be disseminated to incapacitate or kill
thousands of individuals. - Second, chemical and biological agents, in
contrast to other destructive means, are suitable
to attack large areas. - Third, because chemical and biological agents may
be disseminated over such a large area, they are
indiscriminate. Effects can be particularly
insidious in that they can be delayed, the onset
occurring even after the person believes they are
in a safe area. Chemical and biological agents
are truly terror weapons. - Fourth, chemical and biological agents are
relatively inexpensive and available. In
addition to the classic agents, many toxic
industrial chemicals may be acquired either
through legitimate means or by theft and used as
terror weapon.
5The Civilian vs. Military Threat
- The very nature of a civilian population
especially in a free and open democratic society
makes chemical or biological agents both very
effective and very deadly. - Civilian populations, in contrast to the
military - are unorganized and have no chain of command,
- have no special equipment for detection,
protection, or warning, - have no specific training, and hence may be
unaware of the threat or symptoms indicating an
attack has occurred (especially for biological
agents), - are highly diverse, representing all ages, social
and ethnic groups, sick and healthy, - may be susceptible to agent delivery through a
variety of means, including through building
ventilation, food or water, or dispersal in
enclosed areas.
6The Military Response
- At the outset of military operations, the
military has three broad goals - If possible, prevent an adversarys use of
chemical or biological (CB) weapons in the United
States or abroad, - Provide rapid and uninterrupted force preparation
and deployment in the face of CB threat or use, - Provide comprehensive force protection while
accomplishing the mission. - Focus is a prepared and ready military Force.
7The Civilian Response
- In the civilian setting, use of chemical or
biological agents would be interposed upon the
mission of daily life. The civilian goals
would be - Rapidly respond to, and care for initial
casualties, - While protecting the First Responders,
- Quickly identify the nature and extent of the
attack, - Minimize spread of contamination and further
casualties in order to, - Return to business as usual.
- Focus is a prepared and ready Response Force.
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9Three Principles of Chemical Biological Defense
- No one technology or set of procedures is
sufficient to counter the threat of chemical and
biological weapons. - The military response is based on a system of
systems, which are organized according to three
principles - Contamination avoidance
- Protection
- Decontamination
- These three basic principles are supported by a
variety of tools - Modeling and Simulation
- Warning and Reporting
- Command and Control
10Science Technology PartnershipsChemical
Detection
- Warfighter Operational Needs
- Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD)
- Toxicology of Chemical
- Warfare Agents
- Joint Service Lightweight Standoff Chemical Agent
Detector (JSLCAD)
DoD CBDP / DARPA
Advanced Technology Development
Academia
Technology Transition
Basic Research
Applied Research
Industry
International Allies
- Lowest Observable Adverse Effect (LOAEL)
- Surface Imprinted Silicates
- Lowest Observable Effect (LOEL)
- Domestic Preparedness
- Consequence Management
- Ceramic / Polymeric Materials
Common Technologies Different Goals
11Science Technology PartnershipsBiological
Detection
- Warfighter Operational Needs
- Pathogen Genomic
- Sequencing
- Toxicology of Bio-
- active Compounds
- Biological Sample
- Preparation System
- Bio Time of
- Flight Mass Spec
- Fluorescent polymer/
- binding agent complexes
- Force Amplified
- Biosensor
DoD CBDP / DARPA
Advanced Technology Development
Academia
Technology Transition
Basic Research
Applied Research
Industry
International Allies
- Hand-held Nucleic
- Acid Analyzer
- Autonomous
- Pathogen Detector
- System
- Rapid Polymerase
- Chain Reaction
- Domestic Preparedness
- Consequence Management
Common Technologies Different Goals
12Military vs. Civilian Approach
Military
Civilian
Similarities
Hazardous Material Response
Contamination Avoidance
- Defense environmental security and disaster
preparedness programs - Operations Other Than War and in Urban Terrain
- Defense preparations at forward installations,
air and sea port areas, and logistics nodes - Installation, force protection, and family force
protection
- Military can move away from contaminated area
- Specific intelligence on limited agents
delivery options - Trained personnel--specialists and general
service - Specialized technology available
- Detect to protect
- Command and control systems well defined
Communication protocols well established
- Cities cant move away
- 100s of possible agents (including toxic
industrial chemicals, radiological materials, and
biologicals) - Unclear threat information
- Unprepared civilians
- Detect to treat/clean-up
- Forensics/epidemiology key
13Science Technology PartnershipsIndividual
Collective Protection
- Warfighter Operational Needs
- Pressure Swing Adsorption
- Joint Service Protective Mask
- Temperature Swing Adsorption
- Selectively-permeable Membranes
DoD CBDP / DARPA
Advanced Technology Development
Academia
Technology Transition
Basic Research
Applied Research
Industry
International Allies
- Rapidly Deployable Collective Protection
- Domestic Preparedness
- Consequence Management
Common Technologies Different Goals
14Military vs. Civilian Approach
Military
Civilian
Similarities
Personal Protective Equipment
- Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program
- Specialized Response Teams WMD-CSTs, CBIRF,
C/B-RRT, USAR Recon and Decon Teams, Augmented
MEUs - Domestic Preparedness Program
- Operations Other Than War and in Urban Terrain
Individual Protection
- All personnel trained and provided with specific
operational protection - Protection standards focused on military
operations - Materiel stockpiles available
- General population lacks protection and training
- Protection requirements must
- meet specific standards NIOSH, OSHA, NFPA, etc.
. . - Only specialized responders
- have adequate protection and training
- Limited materiel stockpiles available for
distribution
15Military vs. Civilian Approach
Military
Civilian
Similarities
HVAC Filtration
- Operations Other Than War and in Urban Terrain
- Defense preparations at forward installations,
air and sea port areas, and logistics nodes - Hasty shelters post-attack
Collective Protection
- Temporary/expedient measures added to existing
facilities and portable shelters - Modular equipment
- Trained personnel
- Limited to hospitals, research facilities, and
high-value targets - Must be built into public
- infrastructure to be effective
- Expense a significant factor for both new
construction and retrofit
16Science Technology PartnershipsMedical
Countermeasures
- Warfighter Operational Needs
- Improved Nerve Agent Antidote
- 2nd Generation Anticonvulsant
DoD CBDP / DARPA
Advanced Technology Development
Academia
Technology Transition
Basic Research
Applied Research
Industry
International Allies
- Anti-vesicant countermeasures
- Neuroprotective compounds
- Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program
- Domestic Preparedness
- Consequence Management
Common Technologies Different Goals
17Military vs. Civilian Approach
Military
Civilian
Similarities
Medical Countermeasures
Medical Response
- Countermeasures rely on understanding of agent
effects - Medical products require US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) licensure - Difficulties of using pre-exposure
countermeasures absent an obvious, immediate
threat
- Broad medical research efforts for diagnostics,
prophylaxis, and therapies - Medical prophylaxis and treatments available
developed to counter specific threat agents - Pre-exposure prophylaxis or immunization possible
- Studies in support of licensure limited to
healthy adults (18-55) of both sexes
- Limited medical protection research efforts,
products not commercially viable - Diversity of threat precludes specific
countermeasures - Pre-exposure medical countermeasures not
warranted from a classic benefit-to-risk
perspective - Potentially diverse population male, female,
young, old, sick and healthy
18Science Technology PartnershipsDecontamination
- Warfighter Operational Needs
DoD CBDP / DARPA
Advanced Technology Development
Academia
Technology Transition
Basic Research
Applied Research
Industry
International Allies
- Immobilized Cholinesterase
- Domestic Preparedness
- Consequence Management
Common Technologies Different Goals
19Military vs. Civilian Approach
Military
Civilian
Similarities
Mass Decontaminationand Remediation
- Operations Other Than War and in Urban Terrain
- Operations at large logistics installations, air
and sea port areas, command and control
facilities - Military equipment and civilian responder
technical decon
Decontamination
- Focused on immediate
- and expedient solutions for use on a
battlefield to bring units back to operational
status - Decontamination standards focused on military
operations - Standard military decontaminants
- are destructive to the environment and materiel
- Focus on elimination of hazard
- Risk--averse standards, need to reduce
contamination to the General Population Limit
(GPL) - Significant economic impact
- Urban environment complexities may require
removal and disposal of soil and structural
materials - Requires specialized personnel for monitoring and
planning
20Science Technology PartnershipsModeling and
Simulation
- Warfighter Operational Needs
- Knowledge-Based Temporal Abstraction
- Validation, Verification, and Accreditation
DoD CBDP / DARPA
Advanced Technology Development
Academia
Technology Transition
Basic Research
Applied Research
Industry
International Allies
- Domestic Preparedness
- Consequence Management
Common Technologies Different Goals
21Military vs. Civilian Approach
Military
Civilian
Similarities
Modeling and Simulation
Modeling and Simulation
- Hazard and downwind prediction modeling
- Accurate weather data
- Validated source-terms
- Limited automated field capabilities, mostly
hand-calculated downwind hazard analysis for
evacuation purposes - Planning tools focused on fixed hazardous
material storage sites - Environment poorly represented without high
computational complexity, slow results
- Multi-faceted applications for protection/maneuver
, planning, and development
22Science Technology PartnershipsWarning,
Reporting, Command Control
- Warfighter Operational Needs
DoD CBDP / DARPA
Advanced Technology Development
Academia
Technology Transition
Basic Research
Applied Research
Industry
International Allies
- Medical Support Scenarios
- Domestic Preparedness
- Consequence Management
Common Technologies Different Goals
23Military vs. Civilian Approach
Military
Civilian
Similarities
Command and Control
Command and Control
- Rapid communication of nature and location of
the CB threat is essential
- Multiple command and control channels and layers
of authority add complexity and potential for
confusion - Limited automated field capabilities
- Exposed personnel may be resistant to orders or
instructions
- Unity of command identified command structure
- Common communications platforms
- Exposed personnel and / or casualties responsive
to orders
24Key DoD Chemical and Biological Defense
Laboratories
- Army
- Soldier, Biological Chemical Command (SBCCOM)
- Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC)
- Natick Soldier Systems Command
- Medical Research and Material Command
- US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious
Diseases (USAMRIID) - US Army Medical Research Institute for Chemical
Defense (USAMRICD) - Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)
- US Army Research Institute of Environmental
Medicine (USARIEM) - Dugway Proving Ground
- Navy
- Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
- Naval Research Laboratory
- Naval Medical Research Center
- Air Force
- Brooks AFB (Human Systems Center)
- Air Force Research Laboratory
25DoD Chemical and Biological Defense Laboratories
Unique Capabilities
26DoD Combating Terrorism Technology Task Force
- Purpose
- Provide DoD a coordinated technology plan for
combating terrorism - Scope
- Technologies to address potential terrorist
threats from - Chemical,biological, nuclear, radiological and
high explosives - Technologies to improve situational awareness and
options for DoD action - Looking at near, mid, and long-term options
- Organization 4 Working Groups
- Deterrence and Indications and Warning
(Protection) - Survivability and Denial (Prevention)
- Consequence Management and Recovery (Response)
- Attribution and Retaliation (Response)
- Initial Approach
- Early emphasis on very near-term technologies
available - Longer-term tech evaluations will include
coordination with outside experts (industry,
advisory boards,)
27Submitting Unsolicited ProposalsBroad Agency
Announcements (BAAs)
- U.S. Army Soldier Biological and Chemical Command
http//www.sbccom.apgea.army.mil/RDA/baa01.htm
- U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
http//mrmc-www.army.mil/ - Air Force Research Laboratories
http//extra.afrl.af.mil/bus-opps.htm - Naval Surface Warfare Center http//www.nswc.na
vy.mil/dahl.htm - Marine Corps Systems Command http//www.marcors
yscom.usmc.mil/BusOpps.htm - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
http//www.darpa.mil (Especially SPO and DSO) - Technical Support Working Group
http//www.tswg.gov
28Limitations on Military Material Support for
Civilians
- Concepts of Operations (or lack thereof) may not
support civilian use of medical or other CB
defense technologies, even if available. - In the United States, the Department of Defense
does not have the lead responding to or managing
a chemical or biological event involving the
civilian population. - The process to develop civilian requirements has
not been formalized. - No research and development specific to needs at
the state and local levels. - Many civilian requirements will be different
- A unique civilian requirement is the need to
collect and identify chemical or biological
agents for forensic purposes - Civilian equipment must comply with occupational
safety and health regulations. This often
requires protective equipment that includes
self-contained breathing, not just filtered air. - Civilian standards for decontamination will be
more stringent.
29Limitations on Military Material Support for
Civilians
- Material designed to meet warfighter requirements
may not be suitable for civilian use. - Medical products must be fully licensed by the
Food and Drug Administration and / or used with
individual informed consent. - Military medical CB defense products assume a
healthy adult population. - Some CB defense vaccines, pretreatments, and
treatments may confound other medical treatments. - Classic benefit-to-risk decisions are not
likely to support pre-exposure immunization of
large populations against biological agents. - Voluntary compliance cannot be guaranteed for a
large population.
30Critical Needs Remain in Supporting Civilian
Organizations
- Develop a rationale and comprehensive civilian
risk analysis (see Biological and Chemical
Terrorism Strategic Plan for Preparedness and
Response. CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report (MMWR), April 21, 2000 / Vol. 49 / No.
RR-4). - Develop credible chemical and biological exposure
scenarios. - Recognize the distinctly different properties of
chemical versus biological agents. - Develop appropriate doctrine, training and
procedures on the initial identification,
assessment, triage, and immediate response to a
chemical or biological event.
31Cross-cutting CB Technology Needs
- Chemical agent detectors that provide real-time
quantitative vapor concentrations in the Lowest
Observable Effects Level (LOEL) to Immediately
Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) range. - A close-standoff / non-contact technology for
identifying liquid chemical agent surface
contamination (e.g., M8 / M9 paper replacement). - Actual (vs. extrapolated) in vivo low-level
chemical agent toxicity studies. - Real-time or near-real-time biological
detection that is not dependent upon
wetchemistry consumables (e.g., solid-state
detection). - Validated biological markers of chemical or
biological agent exposures - (e.g., animal surrogate markers and clinical
human specimens). - Validated chemical and biological agent
dispersion and effects models for post-attack
hazard prediction.
32What Next?
- Weve come a long way from the simple recognition
that "Its not a matter of if, but when. - The challenge for all of us now is to more
thoroughly anticipate and address the rest of the
questions the whos, wheres, whats and whys
behind any adversarys (to include terrorists)
decisions to use chemical or biological agents.
33Additional Slides
34Emerging Chemical and Biological Defense
Technologies
- Chemical Detection
- Biological Detection
- Individual Protection
- Medical Countermeasures
- Decontamination
- Modeling Simulation
- Warning, Reporting, Command Control
35Emerging Chemical and Biological Defense
Technologies Chemical Detection
- Joint Service Lightweight Standoff Chemical Agent
Detector (JSLSCAD) - Detects nerve, blister blood agent vapor clouds
- Mounts on land, sea air platforms
- Provides 360 x 60 on-the-move coverage
- Provides 5 km detection range
- Automatic Warning/Reporting through JWARN
- No operator required
36Emerging Chemical and Biological Defense
Technologies Biological Detection
- Joint Biological Point Detection System (JBPDS)
- Fully Automated
- Improved Aerosol Sample Collection
- 12 Hour Continuous Operation
- 15 Minute Identification upon Detection
- 10 Agents
- Sample Isolation
- lt 30 Minute Set-Up
Common Suite for all Services
37Emerging Chemical and Biological Defense
Technologies Individual Protection
- Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit
Technology (JSLIST) - Provides improved chemical protection, including
overgarments, boots, gloves - 45 day protection and launderable
- Planned improvements include new materials
(selectively permeable membranes) to reduce
weight and thermal stress and improved closures
to prevent leaks - Multipurpose Overboot
- Wet weather and CB protection
- JSLIST Glove Upgrades
- Replace butyl rubber gloves
- Improved dexterity
- CB aviation glove
- Liner or all-in-one glove
38Emerging Chemical and Biological Defense
Technologies Medical Countermeasures
- Chemical Agent Prophylaxes
- A genetically engineered human cholinesterase for
use as a pretreatment for nerve agent exposure. - Protein-based bioscavengers were identified that
protect against five LD50s of nerve agent in
animal models without additional therapy or
operationally significant physiological or
psychological side effects.
39Emerging Chemical and Biological Defense
Technologies Decontamination
Joint Service Sensitive Equipment Decontamination
- Block I Requirement Decon sensitive equipment
without adverse effects to the decontaminated
items - Sensitive equipment includes electronics,
avionics, environmental control systems, and
life-support systems - Objective Transportable system able to process
electronic and night vision equipment rapidly for
immediate re-use
- Block II Requirement Decon aircraft / vehicle
interiors and cargo without affecting aircraft
/ vehicle / cargo operation or service life - C/B agents may penetrate porous materials,
presenting residual agent off-gassing problems
requiring periodic decon - Objective System which can be equipped on or
with all existing airframes / vehicles for
on-demand Decon operations
- Block III Requirement Decon aircraft / vehicle
interiors and associated cargo On-the-Move - On-demand decon operations without adverse
effects on crew, mission, or platform performance - Objective Block II upgrade which is capable of
safe operation in-flight
40Emerging Chemical and Biological Defense
Technologies Modeling Simulation
CBW Computational Fluid Effects Model General
Description
- Capabilities
- Full 3D Navier-Stokes equations (coupled
- flow field and transport)
- Multi-phase flow with full diffusion
- equations
- Droplet evaporation, surface deposition
- and weathering effects
- Uses
- CB threat studies and analyses (shipboard,
- urban environments)
- Detector placement
- Contamination of external structure
- surfaces
- Validation tool for less complex
- methodologies
41Emerging Chemical and Biological Defense
Technologies Warning, Reporting, Command
Control
Information Systems Technology Battle Management
Thrust
- Objectives
- Sensor integration
- Information management
- Data fusion
- Communications interfaces
- Visualization approaches
- Panel of experts meeting is planned to
refine/develop program objectives
42Medical Biological Defense Current Capabilities
Vaccines
- Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed
- Approved by the FDA in 1970 (Only licensed BD
vaccine) - Cell-free filtrate, produced by a strain of
anthrax that does not cause disease. - Safely and routinely administered to at-risk wool
mill workers, veterinarians, laboratory workers,
and livestock handlers in the United States - Manufactured by BioPort Corporation
- Currently requires 6 shots annual booster to
maintain full immunity - Study underway to investigate fewerdoses in
series (reduce to 3-4 shots)
Why vaccinate? After three-years of study it was
found that vaccination was the safest way to
protect a highly mobile military against a threat
from anthrax spores that are 99 lethal for
unprotected persons
43Medical Biological Defense Current Capabilities
Therapeutics
- Therapeutics
- Various antibiotics for treatment of exposure to
bacterial agents - Ciprofloxacin
- Doxycycline
- Tetracycline
Cell wall destroyed by antibiotic
44Medical Biological Defense Current Capabilities
Identification
- Key Capabilities
- Simple, antibody based assay used to identify BW
agents - Presumptive detection, not an FDA-licensed
diagnostic system - Inexpensive (4.00 ea.), highly specific,
sensitive and very reliable - Identifies one agent per assay (currently 8
different BW threat and 4 simulant agents) - Used in Southwest Asia, Operation Desert Thunder
(3,000 assays, lt.05 Percent False Positive) - Read visually or incorporated into automated
detection devices (e.g., Portal Shield, Joint
Biological Point Detection System). - Not for analysis of soil samples, or dirty,
heavily dust laden surfaces - Dispose of all used HHAs as medical waste.
- Continued Development Critical Reagents Program
(CRP) - Critical reagents and HHAs will be developed
against the BW threat agents listed in the
International Task Force 6 (ITF-6) list. This
list defines the threat for all biological
detection systems in the US, UK and Canada.
45Medical Chemical Biological Defense Current
Capabilities Training Education
- Medical Management of CB Casualties
- Basic training, knowledge, and treatment
strategies - Resident courses (Thousands trained)
- Satellite courses (10s of Thousands trained)
- Medical response to chemical warfare terrorism
- http//ccc.apgea.army.mil/
- Medical response to biological warfare
terrorism - http//www.biomedtraining.org
- Partnered with Centers for Disease Control
Prevention
IMPACT Equips medical personnel to manage
chemical and biological agent casualties
46Medical Chemical Defense Current Capabilities
- Pre-treatment
- Pyridostigmine Bromide (NAPP)
- Inhibits aging of GD
- Treatment
- Atropine (Mk I)
- Blocks nerve agent
- Pralidoxime Chloride (2-PAM Cl) (Mk I)
- Regenerates Cholinesterase
- Diazepam (CANA)
- Anti-convulsant
- Diagnosis
- Field Cholinesterase Kit