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Article: Smiths Detection Selected for Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) Increment 2 Evaluation.
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- September 26, 2007
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Department of Defense (DoD) will test two different detector configurations of Smiths Detection's advanced chemical detectors
EDGEWOOD, Md. -- Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announced its military unit has been selected to participate in the first major phase of Increment 2 of the Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) Program. Earlier this year, Smiths Detection was awarded an initial $3.9 million firm-fixed price contract to supply M4 JCADs to Increment 1 of the JCAD Program.
The M4 JCAD is an advanced, non-radioactive chemical point detector that is designed to help save the lives of troops by automatically ...