May 24, 2006—Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of chemical, biological and explosives detectors, and X-ray security screening equipment, has announced its Military unit has been awarded a $27.3 million Automatic Chemical Agent Detector Alarm (ACADA) contract from the Department of Defense, with a contract ceiling of $74 million over the next five years.
Smiths Detection is supplying the military with GID-3 chemical agent detectors for the ACADA program. The ACADA is an advanced point-sampling, chemical warfare agent detection system that continuously monitors for the presence of nerve agents and blister chemicals using IMS (Ion Mobility Spectrometry) technology. It provides early warning of chemical attacks and can be remotely deployed, vehicle mounted or carried by soldiers.
Since 1998, Smiths Detection has supplied more than 30,000 ACADA (GID-3) units to the Department of Defense for deployment with the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and National Guard. 10,000 GID-3 units have been purchased by other customers and deployed worldwide.
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