Battelle retains Advint as part of Team to provide Logistics support of U.S. CBRN Defense Systems

Industry leading ruggedized portable test system for biological detection systems

A Battelle led team is supporting the U.S. efforts to help protect U.S. military from Chemical, Biological, Radiological, & Nuclear (CBRN) threats as part of a $333 million, five-year contract. Battelle, as prime contractor, manages the Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) for CBRN Defense Systems program which provides logistical support to the FOX NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle and all fielded biological detection systems to include the JBPDS, JPS, JBSDS, and the P3I BIDS. The Battelle team includes Advint, ALOG, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Odyssey, Sentel, and SESI. The contract provides logistics support with the intent to achieve a significant cost savings through the efficiencies of combining and consolidating the efforts across all systems.

A key part of this strategy is the use of Advint's Puma, also known as the Universal Mobile Tester (UMT), for system maintenance support. Eighty (80) Puma test systems have been fielded to date. The Puma is an industry leading rugged portable tester for factory to field support. It provides a scalable, open-architecture platform for functional testing of a variety of digital, analog, and RF electronics/avionics. It supports organizational, intermediate, and depot level test of biological detection systems with a reduced logistics footprint. The system is currently fielded in support of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Homeland Defense, and multiple prime contractors.

Compact packaging in rugged enclosure supports mobile field deployable operations with a reduced logistics footprint
18-slot PXI and 4-slot SCXI chasses provide digital, analog, RF, EO, and switch instrumentation for functional testing
LabWindows/CVI, LabVIEW, and VB test programming environments under the control of TestStand test management software
IVI instrument drivers and Switch Executive available
GUIs provide direct manual control of the test system resources for debug, troubleshooting, and repair activities
XML and SQL test results available
MacPanel's Series L2000 & SCOUT, or Virginia Panel Gemini Series 90 high density interface available
UPS power pack allows operation from generators or any international power standard
Fully automated system Self-Test provides comprehensive tester operational assurance verification
Field calibration via portable NIST traceable standards allows the system to be calibrated in place
Open architecture for easy and cost effective technology insertion and customization to meet other test requirement needs

About Battelle

As the world’s largest, independent research and development organization, Battelle provides innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing needs through its four global businesses: Laboratory Management; National Security; Health and Life Sciences; and Energy, Environment and Material Sciences. It advances scientific discovery and application by conducting $6.5 billion in global R&D annually through contract research, laboratory management and technology commercialization. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Battelle oversees 22,000 employees in more than 130 locations worldwide, including seven national laboratories which Battelle manages or co-manages for the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a nuclear energy lab in the United Kingdom.

About Advint

Advint is a leading system integrator of automated test systems located in Columbus, OH. The company is an NI Alliance Member, a member of the Teradyne Support Network, and part of the Huntron Integration Service Network. Advint provides hardware/software development and systems integration services in support of the test & measurement, and industrial automation industries.