Smiths Detection Receives $9.5 Million Department of Defense Contract for Improved Chemical Agent Monitor (ICAM) Units; Highly Effective, Easy to Use, Handheld Chemical Warfare Agent Monitor.EDGEWOOD, Md. -- Smiths Detection, a world leading provider of chemical, biological and explosives detectors, and X-ray security screening equipment, today announced its Military unit has been awarded a delivery order for over 2,000 Improved Chemical Agent Monitor (ICAM ICAM - Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing ) units. The contract from the US Department of Defense is valued at $9.5M. ICAM is a hand held post attack device that provides a means of quickly locating the presence of nerve and blister agent A chemical agent which injures the eyes and lungs, and burns or blisters the skin. Also called vesicant agent. contamination on personnel and equipment in both combat and homeland defense missions. The soldier-operated sensor A device that measures or detects a real-world condition, such as motion, heat or light and converts the condition into an analog or digital representation. An optical sensor detects the intensity or brightness of light, or the intensity of red, green and blue for color systems. is also used to confirm the absence of chemical threats in high-risk situations. "Smiths Detection is proud to provide our troops with these highly effective chemical monitors" said Tim Picciotti, Vice President and General Manager, Smiths Detection U.S. Military. "The ICAM is battle proven and reliable and will assist our troops in performing their missions." The ICAM is based on the highly successful Chemical Agent Monitor (CAM cam, mechanical device cam, mechanical device for converting a rotating motion into a reciprocating, or back-and-forth, motion, or for changing a simple motion into a complex one. ), developed by Smiths Detection. Over 70,000 CAM's have been deployed worldwide including to recent conflicts. About Smiths Detection: Smiths Detection is one of four operating divisions of Smiths Group. Based in Edgewood, Maryland Edgewood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Harford County, Maryland, United States. The population was 23,378 at the 2000 census. Geography Edgewood is located at (39.430275, -76.305555)GR1. , Smiths Detection-Military continues its 50 year history of providing the military with a range of products that protect armed forces. Smiths Detection offers technologically advanced security solutions to detect and identify explosives, chemical & biological agents, weapons and contraband contraband, in international law, goods necessary or useful in the prosecution of war that a belligerent may lawfully seize from a neutral who is attempting to deliver them to the enemy. . Employing trace detection technology together with Smiths Heimann X-ray imaging, Smiths Detection provides screening solutions for customers in civil and military markets worldwide. For more information visit: www.smithsdetection.com |
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