NRL RDTE Protecting Ships and Crew

摘要

The Naval Research Lab's Technology Center for Safety and Survivability develops and tests cuttingedge technologies that involve combustion dynamics modeling, fire extinguishing agentdevelopment, fuel analytics, firefighting doctrine development and more. The center operates twospecialized fire research facilities that include the Chesapeake Bay Fire Test Detachment (CBD)located in Chesapeake Beach, Md., and the full-scale fire test ship, the decommissioned ex-USSShadwell (LSD 15) located in Mobile Bay, Ala.The ex-USS Shadwell is regularly set ablaze in acontrolled environment to advance the safety of operational Navy and civilian shipboard firefighting.