DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah – The Mission and Installation Contracting Command has awarded a $1.7 million contract to develop a state-of-the-art robotic mannequin system designed to test protective gear against chemical warfare agents.
The contract, awarded in February by the MICC-Dugway Proving Ground Contracting Office at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, supports the fabrication and delivery of a Porton Man Robotic Test System. The system is modeled after a similar mannequin used by the United Kingdom’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and is based on the Anthropometric Survey of Military Personnel to accurately represent the size and shape of soldiers.