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Homeland Security

Smiths Awarded $28.5M for Advanced Chemical Agent Detectors

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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

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The Defense Department has awarded Smiths Detection an additional $28.5 million contact to supply advanced lightweight detectors under the Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) program. The new order brings to $52.3 million the total Smiths has been awarded this year under JCAD. The company won a $23.8 million low-rate initial production contract in March (TR2, March 19, 2008). "We are pleased that our Lightweight Chemical Detector units are effectively providing troops with advanced chemical threat detection," says Mal Maginnis, president…

Congress

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Army

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