BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 25, 2009--
Bruker Detection Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a
contract for ten (10) first article test and verification units for the
Improved Point Detection System (IPDS) replacement program of the United
States Navy, based on Bruker’s RAID™-S2
shipboard chemical detector. The award includes ten units and certain
engineering modifications, with a total contract amount greater than one
million dollars.
Bruker’s RAID-S2 is a gas trace detector for the detection
of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) and toxic industrial chemicals (TICs).
It is based on advanced high-performance ion mobility spectrometry (IMS)
technology. The RAID-S2 is specifically designed for
long-term monitoring of ambient air for the presence of hazardous
chemical vapors in the interior or exterior of ships, buildings or
shelters.
Mr. Frank Thibodeau, Vice President of Bruker Detection Corporation,
commented: “The IPDS evaluation program consisted of a challenging
competitive testing regime under demanding environments which pushed the
limits of chemical point detection systems. The RAID-S2
performed very well in these evaluation trials and has been selected by
the U.S. Department of Defense for final test and validation of
production units. We are delighted to have been selected for the IPDS
program by the US Navy, and believe that Bruker’s robust and proven RAID™
IMS technology, unsurpassed detection capability, and proprietary
industry-leading false-alarm suppression have led to this contract
award. These technological features are also built into our
industry-leading RAID™-M handheld detector, RAID™-XP
portable combined chemical and gamma radiation detector, as well as our RAID™-AFM
Autonomous Facility Monitor for critical building
and infrastructure protection, which has been developed under a separate
Department of Homeland Security development contract.”
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Source: Bruker Detection Corporation
Bruker Detection Corporation
Frank Thibodeau, +1 978-663-3660, ext.
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Vice President
fnt@bdal.com