DHS Advanced Personal Protection System APPS for Law Enforcement

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DHS Advanced Personal Protection System (APPS)
for Law Enforcement
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Program Objective

• Develop and validate a procurable improved
  personal protection system for the U. S. Coast
  Guard and Law Enforcement/First Responders,
  within 15 months.
• Define a PPE development process that will
  address current problems with PPE procurement by
  DHS components, law enforcement and first
  responders.
• Effort is sponsored by TechSolutions, DHS ST

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APPS Program Objectives

• Improve LE user survivability.
• Improve LE user operational performance by
• Reducing operational burden caused by PPE.
• Enhancing PPE component interoperability.
• Expanding PPE effectiveness against multiple
  threats.
• Address shortcomings in sustainment training.

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Common Current PPE Problems

• Buyer lacks of knowledge or understanding of
  emerging PPE technologies products.
• PPE is primarily procured as commercial off the
  shelf and is rarely tailored towards LE missions.
• Testing to validate operational performance is
  rarely performed prior to purchase.
• Interoperability of PPE is rarely considered as
  part of the purchase decision.
• No sustainment process for maintenance, repair or
  replacement of PPE exists.

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APPS Program Approach

• Leverage DoD investment in PPE development.
• Involve users to establish a formal PPE
  requirements definition validation process.
• Focus on product improvement of COTS GOTS PPE
  to reduce technical risk and cost.
• Include technical and operational test
  evaluation in the development process.

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Financial Considerations

• Program requires user participation but does not
  require any user financial investment.
• Maximize leveraging of DoD PPE investment to
  minimize RD cost and technical risk.
• No RD contracts means all RD costs are the
  responsibility of vendors.
• No production contracts means there is no
  Government commitment to procure.
• Use multiple sourcing of PPE to maximize
  competition to minimize cost.

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Other APPS Considerations

• Provide New Equipment Training (NET) using DVD or
  online resources.
• Define a commercial sustainment process to
  maintain, repair and replace PPE.

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What Does Not Change

• Future PPE will be procured using current
  procurement processes.
• Procurement of PPE will be funded using existing
  funding sources.
• QA of COTS items will remain vendor
  responsibility.

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PPE Product Categories

• Environmental
• Tactical Uniform
• Next to skin layers
• Insulative layers
• Outer layers
• Eye protection
• Headwear
• Footwear
• Handwear
• Communications
• Maritime equipment

• Ballistic
• Body armor
• Helmet
• Eye protection
• CB, TICs TIMs
• Garments w/hood
• Mask
• SCBA
• Footwear
• Handwear

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Program Process
National Protection Center
User
Vendors
BASELINE CURRENT USER PPE
EVALUATE PPE PERFORMANCE TRADEOFFS
IDENTIFY COTS PPE PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGIES
CONDUCT PPE DOWN SELECT
DEFINE PRIORITIZE REQUIREMENTS
User Feedback
CONDUCT PPE OPERATIONAL EVALUATIONS
CHARACTERIZES PPE PERFORMANCE TRADEOFFS
FABRICATE PPE PROTOTYPES
Improved PPE
DEFINE PROCUREMENT PATH
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Program Schedule
Months from Project Start
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USCG Down Select
Baseline User PPE Capabilities
USCG Defines Requirements
USCG OpEvals
USCG Path Law Enforcement First
Responder Path
PPE Prototype Development
PPE Prototype Fabrication
Initiate Program
Final Analysis and Deliverables
Vendors Deliver Test Articles
Identify Characterize PPE Products
Technologies
LE Down Select
Baseline User PPE Capabilities
LE Defines Requirements
LE OpEvals
PPE Prototype Development
PPE Prototype Fabrication
Identify Characterize PPE Products
Technologies
Final Analysis and Deliverables
Vendors Deliver Test Articles
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