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National Defense
August 2006
Robert H. Williams |
Hybrid Respirator Now Offered Commercially A multi-mode respirator, called the PATRIOT hybrid life support system can be operated as an air purifying respirator, an open-circuit self-contained breathing apparatus or a supplied-air respirator.   |
National Defense
November 2004
Robert H. Williams |
Safety, Health Agency Approves New Gas Mask The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has for the first time certified a gas mask that offers protection from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents. |
National Defense
October 2005 |
NIOSH-Validated Gas Mask Emerges Developed for first responders, the Millennium Gas Mask is National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-approved for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agent protection. |
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. |
National Defense
March 2006 |
Respirator Offers Protection From Deadly Agents An air purifying escape respirator produced by ILC Dover that protects against chemical, biological and nuclear contamination has won approval from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. |
National Defense
July 2009
Matthew Rusling |
Specialized Chem-Bio Unit to Fully Stand Up in 2011 The Defense Department is beefing up the nations response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive attacks. |
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. |
Chemistry World
September 4, 2014
Emma Stoye |
De-gassing gas masks with hydrogen peroxide Those involved in the clear-up of chemical weapons are kept safe by protective clothing such as gas masks. But how do you de-contaminate a gas mask and safely dispose of it when it is a chemical hazard? |
National Defense
June 2011
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Program Gives Hazardous Materials Teams Networked Sensors The integrated chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive program developed a set of standards that allows these sensors to transmit data directly back to a higher headquarters where others can sort through the findings on a common operating picture. |
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
May 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Chemical Suits Fitted for Unconventional War The possibility of insurgents using homemade biological and chemical weapons is part of an ongoing debate on what kind of protective suits and masks ground forces need. |
Wired
June 2003
Brendan I. Koerner |
Waiting To Exhale Space is most precious when there's not enough of it. |
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. |
National Defense
April 2009 |
Border Security The U.S. has limited ability to prevent dangerous materials from reaching the shores. |
National Defense
February 2013
Valerie Insinna |
Company Offers Chemical, Radiological Detection Training System The U.S. military has expressed interest in acquiring a training system that simulates chemical and radiological releases such as those created by "dirty bombs" and the Fukushima nuclear meltdown. |
The Motley Fool
March 1, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Unearthing a Bargain? Mine Safety has a strong quarter but misses analysts' earnings projections. The stock is now trading at 21 times trailing earnings. |
National Defense
April 2011
Stew Magnuson |
New Multi-Band Radio Key to Interoperable Communications, But Concerns Are Raised About Price A world where police, fire, and emergency services can seamlessly communicate with each other over the airwaves has been a dream of the Department of Homeland Security since the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina four years later. |
