HUNTSVILLE, AL – On May 19, 2010, military shelter manufacturer DHS Systems LLC (DRASH) displayed several products featuring the latest in mobile infrastructure technology, including an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) maintenance facility, specially-insulated soft-walled shelters, a 3-lane decontamination system and a satellite support shelter, at the company’s 2010 Capabilities Demonstration. The event, which was held near DHS’s manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama, was attended by military officials and first responders from across the area.
The facilities are based on the company’s line of Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter (DRASH) systems that has been trusted for more than 20 years. Part of the U.S. Army’s Standard Integrated Command Post System (SICPS), DRASH is a mobile, quick erect/strike shelter system that integrates shelter, mobility, environmental control and power in one complete package.
Several shelters were also outfitted with Deployable Command and Control Equipment (DC2E) - a line of communications equipment that joins various feeds of information onto single or multiple screens, allowing users to view images from across the battlefield or incident scene – during the demonstration.
In addition to its newest shelter systems, DHS Systems unveiled several of its new digitally-controlled, energy efficient utility support trailers at the demo. The trailers, which allow users to connect several generators together as part of a single, highly-intelligent power grid, help reduce fuel consumption and provide users with greater flexibility in the field.
More than 17,000 DRASH shelters and over 7,500 trailers are currently in use with the U.S. Military and NATO forces around the world. DRASH shelters and support equipment have also been deployed by emergency responders across the country, including in response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and last year’s H1N1 outbreak.
The DRASH Capabilities Demonstration took place between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM at 401 Lime Quarry Road in Madison.