Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 04.27.2020
A new frontier for testing protective masks that safeguard warfighters from chemical and biological threat agents. The Wearable Respirator Protection Assessment System (WRPAS) does what the previous mask-fit-evaluation device cannot do: it can test the fit of a warfighter’s protective mask while the warfighter is engaged in activities that simulate those required for military operations.......
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 04.27.2020
How organs-on-chips and computer modeling are changing the game in predicting the effects of emerging chemical and biological threat agents. Research studies typically take months or years to yield data on how a new chemical and biological threat agent can hurt the human body. However, scientists have learned that combining select state-of-the-art assessment methods can yield data in far......
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 03.19.2020
Warfighters will soon be able to attach a new technology to their uniforms to collect a sample of chemicals present in their operational environment. The technology is a passive, chemical sampler that complements a current technology — the handheld detector, which immediately alerts the warfighter of chemical warfare agents present at concentrations considered suspicious....
