Basis of Issue Plan - BOIP

A. DESCRIPTION: THE XM22 ACADA IS AN ADVANCED MAN-PORTABLE, POINT SAMPLING, CHEMICAL AGENT ALARM SYSTEM BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF ION MOBILE SPECTROMETRY (IMS) IN WHICH AGENTS ARE SEPARATED AND IDENTIFIED BY THEIR RELATIVE SPEEDS OF TRAVEL (MOBILITIES) IN AN ELECTRIC FIELD. THE XM22 ACADA REQUIRES NO LIQUID REAGENTS AND WILL DETECT AND IDENTIFY ALL STANDARD NERVE, MUSTARD AND LEWISITE AGENTS. THE XM22 ACADA IS A MULTI-PURPOSE SYSTEM THAT WILL REPLACE THE M8A1 ALARM AS AN AUTOMATIC POINT DETECTOR AND WILL AUGMENT THE CHEMICAL AGENT MONITOR (CAM) AS A SURVEY INSTRUMENT. IN ADDITION, THE XM22 ACADA WILL PROVIDE AN INTERIOR MONITORING CAPABILITY FOR COLLECTIVE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT (CPE) ENVIRONMENTS. THE DETECTOR UNIT WITH BATTERY ASSEMEBLY WILL NOT EXCEED 25 POUNDS IN WEIGHT OR 1 CUBE IN VOLUME. B. CAPABILITIES: THE XM22 ACADA WILL MONITOR AND DETECT THE PRESENCE OF HAZARDOUS AGENTS. IT WILL THEN PROVIDE AN ALARM AND ESSENTIAL DATA TO THE AFFECTED UNIT. IT WILL MONITOR SPECIFIC SITES IN THE MOUNTED OR DISMOUNTED ROLES AND MONITOR WITHIN COLLECTIVE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT (CPE). THE DETECTOR WILL PROVIDE UNIT WARNING AND HAZARD DATA THROUGH THE MULTIPURPOSE INTEGRATED CHEMICAL DETECTOR (MICAD) SYSTEM. AS PART OF THE MULTIPURPOSE INTEGRATED CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR (MICAD) SYSTEM, THE DETECTOR WILL MONITOR AND DETECT THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT FOR AGENT AFFECTING VEHICLES WITH CPE, SUCH AS THE ARMORED FAMILY OF VEHICLES (AFV) AND CPE SHELTERS. ONCE AN AGENT IS DETECTED, THE DETECTOR TRANSMITS DATA THROUGH THE MICAD SYSTEM WHICH ACTIVATES THE CPE SYSTEMS AND WARNS REQUIRED UNITS. THE DETECTOR MOUNTED INSIDE THE NBC RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM (NBCRS) WILL PROVIDE CONTINUOUS MONITORING, DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION WARNING AND VERIFICATION CAPABILITES. C. EMPLOYMENT: THE ACADA WILL BE EMPLOYED AS A POINT SAMPLING ALARM. THE XM22 ACADA WILL BE USEABLE BY SOLDIERS OF ANY MOS WITH MINIMAL SPECIFIC TRAINING. D. BASIS OF ISSUE: (FOR AREA WARNING:) (1) 1 PER COMPANY HQ (2) 1 PER PLATOON OR EQUIVALENT SIZE UNIT (3) 1 PER S1/S4 (4) 1 PER S2/S3 (5) 1 PER ELEMENT HABITUALLY OPERATING INDEPENDENTLY (FOR MONITORYING:) (6) 1 PER M51 SHELTER OR IT'S REPLACEMENT, CHEMICALLY BIOLOGICALLY PROTECTED SHELTER (7) 2 PER EQUIPMENT DECON STATION (8) 1 PER NBC RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM (9) 18 PER GENERAL HOSPITAL (10) 7 PER FIELD HOSPITAL UNDER MEDICAL FORCE 2000 (MF2K) (11) 6 PER COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL UNDER MF2K (12) 4 PER MOBILE ARMY SURGICAL HOSPITAL UNDER MF2K (13) 1 PER BIOLOGICAL INTEGRATED DETECTION SYSTEM E. POWER REQUIREMENTS: THE XM22 ACADA WILL BE CAPBLE OF OPERATING FROM BATTERY AND/OR LINE POWER SOURCES. F. TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS: NONE. G. PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE IMPACTS: (1) OPERATOR: (A) CREW SIZE/MOS: CREW SIZE OF 1, ANY USER MOS. (B) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS (MOS/GENERAL): TO BE DETERMINED (2) MAINTAINERS: (A) UNIT LEVEL: 31U (B) DIRECT SUPPORT: 35F (C) GENERAL SUPPORT: NONE (D) DEPOT SUPPORT: WG2602/WG3314 H. SPECIAL NOTES: (1) THIS ITEM IS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE FOR INCLUSION IN AR 71-13. (2) DATA INTERCHANGE SUBMITTED FOR COMPONENT MAJOR ITEM A33120, AND ASIOE R20684. DATA INTERCHANGE NOT REQUIRED FOR AS W37251 BECAUSE IT IS A STOCK FUND ITEM.