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DHS Countering WMD Chief Envisions National Biothreat Detection Infrastructure with New System

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, September 12th, 2019

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DHS Countering WMD Chief Envisions National Biothreat Detection Infrastructure with New System

James McDonnell, assistant secretary of DHS for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction. Photo: DHS

A potential new biological threat detection solution that the Department of Homeland Security recently began to evaluate is expected to lead to a nationwide infrastructure that runs from detection, analysis and response at a far faster pace than currently, says a senior department official. The Biological Detection for the 21st Century (BD21) system of systems will lead to a “national infrastructure for bio-detection and bio-response that doesn’t currently exist,” James McDonnell, assistant secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction…

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