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Army Center Plans Market Research on PPE

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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

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The Army's Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center is conducting market research to identify commercial sources of personal protection equipment (PPE) approved or authorized by the Defense Department for procurement and use by the military. The National Protection Center at Natick says it is creating and Advanced Personal Protection System (APPS) for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) users and first responders by using PPE components developed, approved and or authorized for use by DoD. The objective of the APPS…

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