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National Defense November 2014 Stew Magnuson	New Approach to Biological Threat Detection Promises Savings for Defense, Homeland Security The nonprofit lab Battelle recently introduced an all-inclusive chemical-biological-explosive detector the size of a microwave oven that can detect airborne pathogens in minutes with recurring costs of about $1 per day.
National Defense June 2014 Stew Magnuson	BioWatch 3 Ends, But Not 'Lab-in-a-Box' Goal The BioWatch 3 program in April apparently joined the long list of Department of Homeland Security technology development programs that have been canceled or restructured because of cost overruns, or lack of progress.
National Defense March 2014 Stew Magnuson	Company Creates BioWatch 'Lab in a Box' After six years of development, a technology firm says it has created what has been a holy grail for the Department of Homeland Security's BioWatch program: a laboratory in a box.
National Defense June 2007 Breanne Wagner	Government Contracts Focus on Vaccines, Emergency Response Since October 2006, 13 contracts have been awarded to industry and academia, ranging in value from $2.7 million to $28 million.
National Defense December 2003 Geoff S. Fein	Chem-Bio Defense Needs Common Standards Chemical and biological defense equipment is improving, but still is suffering from the lack of technical standards across industry and government agencies. Companies are focused on selling their technology, rather than combining forces and pushing the most promising concepts.
National Defense October 2010 Stew Magnuson	BioWatch Program to Require Sensors to Detect Unknown Pathogens The next generation of machines designed to sniff the air for biological threats may be required to detect pathogens currently unknown to science, a Department of Homeland Security official said.
National Defense August 2013 Steff Thomas	Next-Generation Bio-Surveillance Program's Costs Questioned; Future Remains Murky A plan to field "laboratories in a box" in U.S. cities that can sniff the air for signs of a biological weapon attack have been put on hold, and a Department of Homeland Security official said he has no idea when it will get underway again.
National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Chem-Bio Sensors For Strykers Not Yet Perfected The Army may scale back plans to equip its new Stryker combat vehicles with advanced sensors that detect chemical agents while the vehicle is moving at high speeds.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2008 John McHale	Locked down, sensors everywhere Perimeters today are being protected by sensors that detect everything from x-ray scanners at checkpoints to cameras mounted on unmanned aircraft.
National Defense April 2009	Border Security The U.S. has limited ability to prevent dangerous materials from reaching the shores.
National Defense June 2004 Harold Kennedy	DHS Technology Budget To Exceed $1B in 2005 An array of emerging technologies is the key to defending the United States from its enemies, according to Charles E. McQueary, undersecretary of homeland security for science and technology.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2004 Ben Ames	Private Sector Adapts to Business with DHS Officials at major private-sector security firms and prime contractors say the key to doing business with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is to use current technology instead of developing new technology.
National Defense January 2006 Grace Jean	Pentagon Chem-Bio Program Expands to Homeland Missions The Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security are seeking to homogenize the equipment that military units and local first responders employ to detect and neutralize toxic agents.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010	QinetiQ North America Developing Roving, Early-Warning WMD Detector for U.S. Army The program is designed to meet a stated Department of Defense need for a tactical chemical and biological defense, as well as an intelligent network that can communicate and direct sensors so they provide real-time notice of a threat.
National Defense September 2012 Stew Magnuson	Storm Brewing Over BioWatch3 Program Department of Homeland Security officials in July went to Capitol Hill to give House lawmakers a briefing and demonstration of the BioWatch3 program, which is designed to alert authorities to the release of potentially deadly biological weapons on U.S. soil.
National Defense February 2013 Stew Magnuson	New Way to Test Airborne Pathogens Slated for BioWatch Program The technology will be applied to the Department of Homeland Security's BioWatch program, which places sniffers in various U.S. cities in order to detect the release of biological weapons, as well as the Army's Next Generation Diagnostics System
National Defense July 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Military Bases Getting Protection Against WMD Attacks Up to 200 U.S. military bases will be equipped with chemical and biological detectors during the next several years, under a program that could cost as much as $1.3 billion.
IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Barry E. DiGregorio	A Better Anthrax Screener? A newly marketed anthrax detector that originated in the U.S. space program promises to halve the detection time of the system currently used by the U.S. Postal Service.
National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean	Research Challenge: How to Defend Against Still-Undefined Chemical, Biological Attacks Military scientists are often criticized for not working fast enough and for not pushing technologies into the field more expeditiously. Those working in chemical and biological sciences are no exception.
National Defense November 2006 Harold Kennedy	Army Lab Channels Expertise to Non-Traditional Areas When the United States invaded Iraq, the Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center began tackling a host of problems that were far removed from traditional chemical or biological defense, such as roadside bombs.
National Defense August 2005 Joe Pappalardo	New Science, Strategy Needed to Protect Bases The military is launching a new effort, including equipment purchases, scientific studies and research initiatives, to guard military bases, supply hubs and civilian installations against biological, chemical, radiological or nuclear strikes.
Bio-IT World November 14, 2003 Elizabeth Gardner	Ultimate Analysis With the necessary tools at hand, the race is on to build -- and market -- the first affordable, portable, fully functional DNA analyzer. Is the world ready?
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 Ben Ames	DHS Struggles to List Needed Technologies and Priorities Leaders at the 18 month-old Department of Homeland Security (DHS), are still wading through the process of nailing down what technologies and equipment are needed for specific agencies or tasks, as well as determining who gets priority.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John Keller	DHS Heads-up Initiative to Develop Revolutionary Homeland Security Technologies The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Washington is asking industry for revolutionary technologies to improve homeland security missions and operations.
Technology Research News August 25, 2004	DNA Copier Uses Little Power Today's laboratory DNA detectors require a lot of energy. Researchers have devised a method that copies the way DNA is replicated biologically in order to avoid the energy-intensive heating and cooling process.
National Defense June 2007 Breanne Wagner	Agencies Scramble to Create Vaccine Market Defense and Homeland Security are pursuing disparate vaccination programs to combat different needs for military and civilian populations.
National Defense December 2003 Geoff S. Fein	Chem-Bio Defense Policies Revisted Post-Iraq The industrial base responded remarkably well to the surge in demand for chemical and biological defense equipment in Operation Iraqi Freedom. But troops in the theater encountered problems operating equipment that had not been properly tested.
National Defense July 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Emergency Rooms Unprepared for Bio-Attacks Of all the safety nets designed to cope with a biological attack in U.S. cities, emergency rooms are among the least prepared, lacking diagnostic tools and trained personnel, experts told a Senate panel.
National Defense December 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Dept. Courts Commercial Vendors to Help Defeat WMD Threats The Defense Threats Reduction Agency is looking toward non-traditional commercial suppliers for vaccines and systems capable of alerting personnel in case of a bio-warfare attack.
National Defense March 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Security Beat The Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services will share $275 million to expand the BioWatch program, improve a nationwide bio threat reporting system and upgrade food and animal inspections.
National Defense March 2005 Harold Kennedy	Homeland Defense The Defense Department's agency in charge of developing chemical and biological defense technologies is shifting its focus from large-scale incidents on the battlefield to small-scale terrorist attacks against civilians.
National Defense January 2006 Grace Jean	Laser-Based Sensor Will Sniff Out Chemicals on the Move U.S. Army scientists are working on a next-generation, laser-based chemical detector capable of operating in reconnaissance vehicles while traveling at high speeds.
American History Margaret Davidson	American Biowarrior A pioneer in America's biological weapons program during World War II, the unassuming Dr. Ira Baldwin was critical to the development of methods that made large-scale, safe production of the deadly toxins possible.
Industrial Physicist Aug/Sep 2003 Jennifer Ouellette	A new wave of microfluidic devices Flexibility and a variety of uses are the key
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006	Edgewood Chemical Biological Center Selects iRobot PackBot for CBRN Detection Robot The U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command will integrate a new chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detection payload with the battle-proven iRobot PackBot to create the first-ever robot with such a wide array of sensor capabilities.
National Defense September 2011 David C. Ake	Technology Only a Small Part of Detecting Bioterrorist Threats Perched on rooftops in 30 different U.S. cities are machines that sniff the air searching for weaponized pathogens that could harm the general public.
CIO December 1, 2002 Sarah D. Scalet	When Every Molecule Counts A group of electrical engineers at Purdue University hope that their research could lead to ultrasensitive sensors capable of detecting a single molecule of a biological agent or chemical pollutant.
Reactive Reports David Bradley	Integrated Biochips A new microfluidic device that can perform sample preparation, polymerase chain reaction, and microarray detection functions on a single device has been developed by US researchers.
National Defense September 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Security Beat Vaccine Stockpiles Now Required by Law... Commission: Military Had No Warning During 9/11... Simulated Agent Mimics Bio-Terror Weapons... Cyber-security Hampered by Lack of Attention...
National Defense August 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Pentagon Spurs its Biological And Chemical Defense Programs The Pentagon is trying to buttress the military's defensive posture against biological and chemical weapons by focusing on the development of advanced vaccines and improved therapeutics. A surge in money is fueling this effort.
National Defense July 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Cloud Recognition System Watching Over Pentagon A laser system designed to identify and track chemical or biological attacks on the Pentagon is providing a glimpse into the future of long-range threat detection equipment.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	Army Picks Goodrich for Chemical Agent Detector Soldiers could soon be using advanced optics to find bombs or detect chemical and biological agents.
National Defense September 2012 Stew Magnuson	Firms That Help DHS Save Money Will Make Money, Analysts Say The days of big price tag, cutting-edge technology acquisitions at the Department of Homeland Security are over.
National Defense March 2013 Stew Magnuson	Chemical-Biological Defense Office To Kick Off Dozens of New Programs The previous decade has seen little in terms of advancement of nuclear-radiological detection devices, and there will be a new push to update them.
Chemistry World June 3, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Biosafety blunder as US sends live anthrax to labs around world Revelations that the US Department of Defense accidentally shipped live anthrax samples to at least 24 labs in 11 states and two foreign countries has prompted a congressional committee to demand answers.
National Defense March 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Redirects Priorities In Chemical-Biological Defense The Pentagon will broaden the scope of its chemical and biological defense programs, in an effort to prepare for future domestic emergencies, officials say.
Technology Research News August 25, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Liquid Crystal IDs Pathogens Liquid crystal is not only the stuff of computer screens and watch displays, it is also how your cell membranes are structured. Combining the similarly structured artificial and biological materials makes a device that detects viruses and toxins.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 Hans Kobler	From DARPA to Main Street Technologies developed for Homeland Security are moving into the public sector.
National Defense June 2011 Grace V. Jean	Chem-Bio Directorate Shifting Research Dollars Toward 'Focused Innovative Technology' Despite investing billions of dollars in efforts to protect warriors from hazardous agents, the Pentagon's arsenal to detect and overcome potential exposure to traditional and nontraditional agents is still limited.
National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean	To Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction, U.S. Reaching Out To International Partners U.S. officials believe that terrorists aspire to build bio-weapons. The White House is also expanding collaborative efforts with international partners to help prevent such attacks.