
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, according to 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…