Dominique Stump
The U.S. Army has exercised the second option of a contract with ChemImage Sensor Systems for the development of final prototype sensors that work to identify and locate chemical warfare agents.
CISS said Thursday it will design, produce and test the sensors to support CWA detection on environmental surfaces under the option in the Next Generation Chemical Detector contract.
Charles Gardner, CISS project manager, said the option allows the company to continue its work on the NGCD program and eventually deliver surface contamination detection sensors.
The final prototype sensors’ operational utility and CWA detection functions are subject to evaluation by the government, CISS noted.
The company added it will also continue to update its portable hyperspectral imaging technology as part of the contract option under the direction of the joint project manager for nuclear, biological and chemical contamination avoidance.
“Proliferation of CWA continues to be a problem in our world,” said Marie Molnar Hammond, CISS business director and vice president of marketing.
Hammond added that the company works to provide the Army handheld instruments designed to reduce the impact of CWAs on warfighters.
