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Battelle Introduces BioDetection System For Security, Industry Markets

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 28th, 2014

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Battelle Introduces BioDetection System For Security, Industry Markets

Battelle's REBS biodetection and identification system. Photo: Battelle

Battelle has introduced a next-generation biological detection system that it is offering for a Defense Department program and hopes to offer for other security and industry applications, the company said on Monday. The company is pitching its Resource Effective BioIdentification System (REBS) for the Pentagon’s Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS) and said the technology could also be a candidate for the Department of Homeland Security’s Generation 3 BioWatch system. A Request for Proposals for the lightweight, manportable, JBTDS was…

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