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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 26th, 2020

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Kratos Mobile Lab in Use by National Guard for COVID-19 Response Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] says a mobile laboratory product it developed for the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Deterrence Analytical Laboratory System has been deployed as part of the National Guard’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The mobile lab provides on-site capability to detect and or identity a wide range of CBRNE materials in environmental samples. The mobile units have been adapted…

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