The Active Denial System (ADS) Completes
its Formal Military Utility Assessment

(Система активного отказа (ADS) завершает
официальную оценку военной эффективности)

20.12.2006

jnlwp.defense.gov

The Active Denial System (ADS) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) program successfully completed the third and final phase of its Joint Military Utility Assessment (JMUA) at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida in April 2006. This third phase evaluated ADS in a harbor/ maritime environment and included engagements against a variety of open and closed cockpit boats at sea at various ranges. Pier protection scenarios were also evaluated, during which ADS System 1 operated extremely well. Coast Guard personnel comprised the maritime opposing force.

Joint Military Utility Assessment of the ADS ACTD
at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (Official DoD Photo)

Preparations and training began in late March and culminated with three days of scenario play on 10-12 April. On 11 April, approximately 56 government visitors observed the day’s activities. Some also volunteered to participate as subjects during the land-based pier protection scenario and were able to experience the effects of the ADS beam first-hand. Detachment 1 of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Command (AFOTEC) coordinated and conducted the assessment under the management of the ACTD’s Operational Manager, U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) and Headquarter (HQ) Air Combat Command Security Forces Group. All activities were conducted under human use experimentation protocols approved by the Air Force Surgeon General.

Phase three of the Joint Military Utility Assess ment (JMUA) was preceded by two land-based assessments. The first was held at Creech Air Force Base near Las Vegas, Nevada in August 2005, and the second was held at the McKenna Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) facility at Fort Benning, Georgia in September 2005. The JMUA events concentrated on assessing the performance of ADS in scenarios involving perimeter protection, checkpoint operations, and maneuver support of urban operations. The ADS ACTD prototype/residual will next enter an Extended User Evaluation (EUE) phase where selected units will be able to train with the system, conduct exercises and demonstrations, and con tinue to evaluate its day-to-day supportability and reliability factors. The ADS ACTD program is scheduled to continue through September 2007.

The ADS tested in a maritime scenario (Official DoD Photo)

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