The purpose of the Autumn Gold test program was to examine shipboard vulnerabilities and capabilities during a chemical or biological warfare agent attack. The test’s primary objective was to determine the efficiency of shipboard protection systems such as detectors and decontaminants. The Autumn Gold test used a biological tracer.

The primary purpose of the Eager Belle, Phase II test was to study the downwind travel of biological aerosols.

This is an update to the original Autumn Gold Fact Sheet

Shady Grove, Desert Test Center (DTC) test 64-4, was originally named Red Beva.

The purpose of West Side, Phase I was to evaluate the A/B 45Y-4 dry agent disseminator in a frigid environment

This fact sheet explains the HIPAA Security Rule and states who must comply with it.

The purpose of DTC Test 70-C was to characterize the naturally occurring airborne particulates in a marine atmosphere for background data applicable to the operation of biological detectors under development and to detection concepts under consideration.

The purpose of DTC Test 70-74 was to determine the viability decay, and variability thereof,of microbiological organisms impacted on microfilaments in the Controlled Environmental Mobile Facility (a closed system) at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, under a variety of environmental conditions.

The purpose of DTC Test 70-11, Phase I, Subtest 4 was to obtain data on the dissemination characteristics of the BIGEYE Dissemination Test Vehicle (DTV) containing agent VXsimulant payload and to determine if the BIGEYE DTV could be used to obtain field data forevaluating hazards to US forces after a massive chemical attack with a ballistic weapon.

The purpose of DTC Test 70-11, Phase I, Subtest 3 was to provide deposition data for theadvanced development test of the TMU-28/B spray system fitted with the MLU-40/B cutterassembly and to evaluate the F-100 and/or the F-4 Series Aircraft-TMU-28/U spray systemwith agent simulants bis (2-ethylhexyl) hydrogen phosphite and trioctyl phosphate.

The purposes of the Blue Tango test were to determine the decay rates of Serratia marcescensand Escherichia coli aerosols when released at ground level into a tropical rain forestenvironment, and when released from above the canopy of a tropical rain forest.

The objectives of DTC Test 73-30 were to determine viability decay of selected microorganisms impacted on microfilaments and exposed to a spectrum of sunlight conditions, and to obtain general trend information from a limited comparison of biological aerosol decay data using the microfilament and the free-floating aerosol techniques.

The original objectives of Errand Boy were to determine the degree biological agent aerosols penetrate a ship’s interior and the extent of any associated surface contamination hazard under various combinations of shipboard collective protection and ventilation systems; and to evaluate the effectiveness of various decontamination procedures for ...

The purpose of DTC Test 74-10, Phase I was to evaluate and assess the vulnerability of amarine amphibious force in LVTP-7 vehicles when subjected to selected forms of chemicalattack.

The purpose of Folded Arrow was to study over-ocean downwind travel of a biological aerosol material when disseminated from a submarine-biological system; to demonstrate the submarine weapon system capability to carry out an effective biological attack against an island complex; and to study the effects of a biological attack against a naval port ...