Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference

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Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness
Conference San Francisco, CA Development of a
Bomb Suit Standard November 06, 2007
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public
release distribution is unlimited.
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Development of a Bomb Suit Standard

• David Colanto
• Ballistics Technology Team
• US Army Natick Soldier RDE Center
• [phone]
• David.Colanto_at_us.army.mil

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Bomb Suit Standard

• Program Objective
• Draft a Bomb Suit Standard that provides test
  methods and performance requirements for
  evaluating EOD PPE
• Key research areas
• Blast Overpressure (BOP)
• Fragmentation
• Impact
• Flame
• Optics
• Ergonomics

• Deliverables
• Draft EOD PPE standard
• EOD PPE purchasing guide and video
• Supporting documentation and test reports

• Accomplishments
• Threat analysis and literature survey
• NBSCAB interaction and guidance
• Laboratory Testing Blast, frag, flame, impact,
  optics
• Ergonomic Evaluation
• User and industry workshops

• Benefits
• Provide defined performance requirements.
• Encourage vendors to market compliant products.
• Streamline procurements with certified systems.

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Sponsors Supporters

• Customer Information
• DHS-ST, Standards
• NIST-OLES
• DOJ-NIJ

• Execution Partners
• Natick Soldier RDE Center
• PM Soldier Survivability
• NBSCAB
• University of Virginia
• Biokinetics
• ATC
• ARL
• NAVAIR
• USAARL
• MA State Police
• Hazardous Devices School

UVa Center for Applied Biomechanics
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EOD Threat Analysis

• Literature Search
• ATF/FBI Databases
• ARA, URI (TSWG), AFRL (DOJ)
• User Surveys of Law Enforcement EOD what the
  threat and how situated
• NBSCAB agreement for the threat profile
• Live fire testing (ARL)
• Fragmentation
• Blast overpressure
• Bomb Suit testing
• Result Wide range of threats, most prevalent
  threat is pipe bomb for law enforcement

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Pipe Bomb Deflagration
High speed video (50,000 frames per second)
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Fragmentation

• Tasks Completed
• Threat Analysis at ARL
• Laboratory ballistic testing of shoot packs
• Fragmentation Modeling
• Test method
• Laboratory ballistic testing
• V50 testing using FSPs
• Bomb Suit surrogate shootpacks

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Blast Overpressure

• Tasks Completed
• Threat Analysis at ARL
• Live fire testing of Bomb Suits at ATC
• Shock Tube testing at UVA
• UVA Center for Applied Biomechanics developed a
  recommended test method
• Test method
• Instrumented Hybrid III surrogate
• Shock Tube testing (preliminary component
  head/torso tests)
• Explosive testing (final system test)
• Criteria Blast/blunt Thoracic Head, Blunt Neck

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Impact

• Tasks Completed
• Threat Analysis with UVA and Biokinetics
• Bomb Suit system testing at Biokinetics, UVA, and
  NSRDEC
• Test method
• Laboratory impact testing of helmet and spine
  protector

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Flame

• Tasks Completed
• Threat Analysis and Literature search
• Flame testing of Bomb Suit components and
  materials
• Test method
• Laboratory flame testing of Bomb Suit outer shell
  materials
• Vertical flame test

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Optics

• Tasks Completed
• Benchmarking of Bomb Suit visors with MA State
  Police EOD technicians
• Bomb Suit visor optical testing at USAARL and
  NAVAIR
• Test method
• Laboratory optical testing of visor
• Distortion
• Luminous Transmittance
• Refractive Power
• Prismatic Deviation
• Haze
• Anti-fogging test

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Ergonomics

• Tasks Completed
• Benchmarking of EOD PPE systems
• Created a Purchasing Guide Video
• Test method
• Laboratory ergonomic testing EOD PPE systems
• Donning/doffing
• Emergency doffing
• Body mobility
• Coin Recovery
• Lay on back and stand up
• Test Course (climbing stairs, ladder, disruptor
  placementetc)
• Dynamic/static field of view

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Bomb Suits Evaluated
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Draft Bomb Suit Standard Status

• Finish 2 deliverables in Nov 07
• Recommendations for the Bomb Suit Standard
• Draft Bomb Suit Standard
• Finalized revisions of all supporting test
  reports and documentation
• Next step Standards Development Organization
  (SDO) will use the data package to initiate the
  SDO's promulgation and standard validation
  process

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Questions?
David.Colanto_at_us.army.mil