The Strategic Security Sciences Division (S³) established the Detector Test Facility (DTF) as a premier radiological and nuclear detector testing facility for national security programs.

The DTF was constructed within the former New Brunswick Laboratory and consists of a unique 10,000 sq ft space with a 5,000 sq ft hi-bay, a conference room, test team rooms, offices, and vaults for radiological material storage. The DTF includes static and a dynamic test areas – including a 100 ft long linear motion system– and can accommodate various types radiological/nuclear detector tests. The DTF is the cornerstone of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Detection and Analysis Center (DAC).

The CBRN DAC has expanded to include two large chemical detection laboratories which support chemical detector testing, characterization, analysis, and forensics and two BSL-2 Laboratories, an aerosol chamber, and a clean room focused on biosensor development and decontamination efficacy research. The CBRN DAC will support detector testing, characterization, and analysis.