The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has awarded ICx Technologies [ICXT] two awards worth up to $9.1 million total to participate in two separate Advanced Technology Demonstrations, one for site restoration and the other for rapid surveillance of a potentially hazardous area. The Hazard Mitigation Material and Equipment Restoration effort is aimed at developing an integrated system of decontaminants, applications and processes that provide a means to mitigate chemical and biological hazards. ICx will further develop its Agentase Disclosure Spray and its ‘smart’ strippable coatings which will detect the presence of chemical warfare agents on a surface and identify their locations. This will allow first responders to focus their decontamination efforts. Under the Rapid Area Sensitive Site Reconnaissance program, ICx will develop a semi-autonomous standoff detection system to provide rapid reconnaissance for hazardous chemicals, homemade explosives and radioactive materials. The company will integrate standoff detection and identification technologies with semi-autonomous mapping capability for the clearing of potentially hazardous areas.
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