Story by Master Sgt. Jessica Roles | 189th Airlift Wing | 04.26.2023
Due to the high success rate of the initial FAR UV installation throughout the Department of Defense, AFWERX recently awarded an additional $1M to the FAR UV company’s production program, enabling them to engineer an updated version of the FAR UV light system. The new system now features replaceable bulbs, motion sensing, built-in startup checks and end-of-life indicators....
Story by Roland Balik | 436th Airlift Wing | 08.09.2018
The U.S. Department of Agriculture selected Dover AFB as a test site for a Japanese beetle biological control project that consisted of using dead Japanese beetles as a host for a single-cell, fungal-like pathogen to reduce the reproductive capability of the beetle....
Courtesy Story | Naval Health Research Center | 08.27.2017
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Researchers from the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) discussed ongoing surveillance for adenovirus, a contagious pathogen that causes respiratory illness, among U.S. military recruits during basic training at the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHRSRS), Aug. 27....
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 06.30.2016
The U.S. Department of Defense is working to develop effective countermeasures against the pathogen melioidosis, a biowarfare agent, to better protect warfighters. Recent collaboration between the U.S. and Southeast Asia partners is addressing research gaps and prioritizing research avenues from this threat....
