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Many believe the greatest threat to our troops and homeland security are attacks using biological weapons. Recent developments of biological warfare agents parallel advances in microbiology, viruses and bacteria can be rendered more lethal through genetic engineering, and many toxins can be mass-produced. However, detecting biological agents is difficult and time consuming because there are thousa ...

For standoff chemical identification applications, the longwave infrared has several key lines for spectral discrimination. Unfortunately, most hyperspectral systems are quite large and fragile, making them unwieldy. Nanohmics proposes to demonstrate a chip-scale longwave infrared hyperspectral imaging technology. The weight and packaging volume will be dominated by the fore-optics instead of the ...

GeneCapture, Inc. is developing a novel, portable and rapid direct infection diagnostic with applications for Warfighter health and readiness. This innovative Sample-to-Answer technology can screen a human sample for many pathogens simultaneously and withstand the rigors of shipping to low resource or restricted areas. It is designed to be easy to use by available personnel. The solution is based ...

Effective collective protection fabrics must have a reliable closure system. During our Phase I Work Plan, Sigma-K began developing a Hermetic Textile Closure Hardware (HATCH) system. The HATCH combines both a magnetic and geometric self locking mechanism that will provide a hermetic seal when closed. Our current Phase I successes include developing self closing samples that can provide a hermetic ...

Future military engagements may involve use of toxic chemical threats such as chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, even pharmaceutical based agents. With their exceptional ability to sense and locate hazardous chemicals, military working dogs are an important asset for protection of personnel and can be deployed in response to a chemical event. Canines face significant danger if ex ...

DNA microarray technology, in combination with statistical and predictive modeling tools, could be used to evaluate thousands of genes against distinct gene expression patterns induced by chemical/biological agents to provide early identification and speed therapeutic intervention. The overall objective of this Phase II effort is to leverage existing public domain resources and commercial tools t ...