Short Range Biological Standoff Detection System (SR-BSDS)

摘要

US Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command (SBCCOM) at Aberdeen RPoving Ground, MD, with contractor Fibertek, Inc., Herndon, VA, is deveoping a multi-wavelength lidar system to provide detection adn discrimination of potential Biological Warfare (BW) clouds at standoff distances of several kilometers. Under this effort, a prototype system using light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) technology has been designed, fabricated and successfully tested against a range of BW simulants at the Dugway Proving Ground, UT. The system, known as the Short Range Biological Standoff Detection System (SR-BSDS), has demonstrated the capability of detecting biological aerosols using infrared LIDAR while discriminating between biological and non-biological using ultraviolet LIDAR. The SR-BSDS is a component of the Joint Biological Remote Early Warning System (JBREWS) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) program. This paper describes the technology and the hardware and presents recent field testing results.