REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (June 29, 2016) -- The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center's expertise in system integration, modeling and simulation is contributing to foreign chemical and biological defense for the Joint U.S. Forces Korea Portal and Integrated Threat Recognition program, also known as JUPITR.
JUPITR, a program led by the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense and supported by the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, will provide chemical and biological detection capabilities to decrease soldier workload, lower operational costs, increase performance and create a stronger chemical and biological defense capability throughout South Korea.
Leaders from Army Materiel Command, AMRDEC, the DoD Chemical and Biological Defense Program, Army Test and Evaluation Command, as well as several Congressional Defense Committee staff members, met in the AMRDEC Soldier Protection Lab June 22 to review program progress and receive a demonstration of JUPITR capability. CBRN defense personnel from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense and Royal Navy were also present. The event highlighted the collaboration between AMRDEC and CBDP necessary for the JUPITR capability to be fielded to USFK.
"We are proud to support the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense for this critical effort," AMRDEC Director James Lackey said. "AMRDEC's value is our expertise in modeling and systems of systems integration. We are not the subject matter expert in chemical and biological sensors themselves. That is done elsewhere in the Army."
"JUPITR integrates four specific capabilities into a system that provides commander a multi-layered approach to their biosurveillance and force protection mission," said JPEO-CBD's Experimentation and Demonstrations Director, Kenneth Kammerer. "The amalgamation of these capabilities will provide early warning and situational awareness of chemical and biological threats to enhance operational decision making at the installation and theater level. Additionally, the web-based Biosurveillance Portal will increase the facilitation and collaboration of information sharing in an unclassified, enterprise environment."
The Soldier Protection Lab's expertise was leveraged for the execution and completion of the JUPITR's integration and cyber security testing. AMRDEC will continue to support the JPEO-CBD's effort of creating models to simulate attack scenarios from various locations around an installation with multiple combinations of agent and using real-world factors such as delivery method, time of day, and metrology.
"This is a perfect example of the Army Enterprise working in great, collaborative fashion," Lackey said. "Without sacrificing efforts supporting our core aviation and missile customers, but still being enterprise oriented, we can find very affordable opportunities for use of taxpayer dollars across a larger customer base. If we have the skill sets and expertise in modeling and systems integration, then it makes perfect sense to build upon other efforts in support of our total Army customer."
JUPITR is scheduled for fielding this fall.
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