Chemical/Biological (CB) Protected Mobile Maintenance Shelters

Production Products is proposing a rapidly deployable Chemical/Biological (CB) protected shelter to house fighter aircraft or portions of the aircraft during maintenance operations. The shelter system will be rapidly deployable, have its own filtration and air handling system, and will be highly adaptable to sealing against surfaces. Furthermore, the shelter will be able to ship on the standard military air cargo pallet. The proposed shelter technology to be developed under this program will enable Air Force ground crews to service fighter aircraft in a mobile enclosure that can be quickly positioned over any portion of the aircraft while providing an environment that is protected from CB contamination. In Phase I, the design concepts for the shelter will be developed. We will perform material and equipment trade studies and downselection to optimize CB protection. Further, analysis will be completed to demonstrate the feasibility of fabricating and incorporating CB protected materials into a protective system with an integrated filtration system coupled with and ECU that meets the program goals for protection levels inside the shelter. To demonstrate the feasibility of the shelter, subscale shelter components (shelter body seams and interfaces) will be fabricated and tested. In Phase II, we will fabricate a full-scale prototype that will be field tested to evaluate its CB protection capability, ease of deployment, and ability to meet the program requirements.