Bruker Daltonics Announces New Options for its RAID(TM)-AFM Autonomous Facility Monitor for Chemical Agents and Toxic Chemicals.RAID-AFM Product Line now available with Optional Integrated Radiation Detection Capability and Optional Non-Radioactive IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. Source GOTHENBURG, Sweden -- At the 9th International CBW cbw - Crypt Breakers Workbench Protection Symposium, the Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear (CBRN CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear CBRN Caribbean Basin Radar Network ) detection business of Bruker Daltonics today announces significant new options and capabilities for its RAID-AFM Automated Facility Monitor. The RAID-AFM product line is designed to monitor large buildings, facilities and key infrastructure for accidents or attacks involving toxic industrial chemicals (TIC) or chemical warfare agents (CWA CWA Clean Water Act (33 USC) CWA Communications Workers of America CWA Concerned Women for America CWA CEN Workshop Agreement (European pre-normative document) CWA County Warning Area CWA Clean Water Action ). The RAID-AFM is of particular value in large buildings, such as government, financial centers, hotels, etc., with targeted deployment in building lobbies and air intake locations. The fixed-site autonomous RAID-AFM is complemented by Bruker's handheld RAID-M chemical detectors for facility walk-throughs and problem localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n. . Bruker Daltonics' RAID[TM]-AFM is based on the Company's successful line of RAID[TM] ion mobility spectrometers (IMS) that feature excellent detection capabilities and sensitivity, combined with superior false positive rejection compared to other commercial IMS systems or technologies. The RAID-AFM can detect and identify up to 20 chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals with short response times at IDLH IDLH Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health IDLH Imminent Danger to Life and Health (Immediate Danger to Live and Health) levels. It is designed to monitor critical infrastructure and larger buildings on a continuous basis 24 hours a day, and 365 days a year, without operator intervention and with minimal annual service requirements. The RAID-AFM represents state-of-the-art technology to protect key facilities from chemical accidents or potential terrorist attacks using weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or . This new stationary detector meets the evolving demand for a small, affordable instrument that is compatible with other typical building infrastructure, along with web-based diagnostics and control capabilities. New options introduced here include: * The RAID-AFM is now available optionally as a bi-functional fully integrated NC (nuclear & chemical) system that can also detect radiological and nuclear threats, including potential attacks using so-called dirty bombs (conventional explosives with radioactive material), in addition to TIC and CWA chemical detection. This combined NC-capability makes the RAID-AFM unique and particularly convenient for many installations. * The RAID-AFM now is offered also with an optional non-radioactive ionization ionization: see ion. ionization Process by which electrically neutral atoms or molecules are converted to electrically charged atoms or molecules (ions) by the removal or addition of negatively charged electrons. source, so there are no license requirements for radioactive sources whatsoever in any jurisdiction or country. In many countries, the RAID-AFM with its standard very low activity ion source is exempt from radiation safety requirements and requires no registration, record keeping or special disposal even in its standard version. In other countries, even the standard very low activity source does require additional administrative steps, and a non-radioactive source is more convenient. Dr. Norbert Kloepper, R&D Manager for CBRN Detection at Bruker Daltonics, commented: "After the launch of the standard RAID-AFM a year ago, the new combined NC-version and the non-radioactive source option are logical next steps to further enhance the capabilities and ease-of-deployment of this product line for homeland security applications. We appreciate the positive customer feedback that we have received so far, and believe these new capabilities will be well received by our international customer base." Bruker Daltonics will exhibit at the 9th International Symposium on Protection against Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents in Gothenburg, Sweden, on May 22-25, 2007. ABOUT BRUKER BIOSCIENCES (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BRKR BRKR Breaker ) Bruker BioSciences Corporation Bruker Biosciences Corporation is a Massachusetts-based company formed in 2003 which develops and manufactures scientific instrumentation for academic research and industrial use. , headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, is the publicly traded parent company of Bruker Daltonics Inc., Bruker AXS Inc. and Bruker Optics Inc. 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