Bioflash MailGuard Detects Anthrax, Ricin and Other Bio Threats in Mail and Suspicious Powders At Fraction of Cost of Alternative Solutions Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore bio tech firm, PathSensors, Inc., announced today the launch of its new Bioflash MailGuardtm mail security screening solution. The Bioflash MailGuardtm system provides a fast, highly accurate, easy to use and […]

LONDON (UK)   – Smiths Detection today announced the official opening of its new UK centre of excellence for trace detection, located in Hemel Hempstead. The new facility, which is located approximately 11 miles from its previous location in Watford, provides improved and more efficient customer operations; new amenities for employees; and the opportunity for future […]

– Leader in the Design and Manufacture of Explosives Trace Detection (ETD) Systems and Sensors for Homeland Security and Defense Markets – NEW YORK — L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) announced today that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement (APA) to acquire certain assets of Implant Sciences Corporation (Implant) for $117.5 million in cash, plus […]

908 Devices, a pioneer of purpose-built analytical devices for chemical analysis, today announced several software and hardware improvements for its flagship high-pressure mass spec™ (HPMS) product, M908™. Since its introduction in 2014, M908 has expanded the capabilities of CBRNE and HAZMAT organizations around the world with fast and accurate identification of priority chemical threats, including […]

Following successful completion of SenseNet Phase I, PositiveID and ENSCO have been selected for the Phase II contract DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — PositiveID Corporation (“PositiveID”) (OTCQB:PSID), a life sciences company focused on detection and diagnostics, today announced that it, in conjunction with its partner, ENSCO, Inc., has been awarded a Phase II contract under the […]

Austin, Texas –– Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC) subsidiary 1st Detect Corporation and strategic partner Battelle Memorial Institute completed the Brassboard Phase and were awarded the Final Prototype Phase of the US military’s Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD) Multi-Sample Identifier (MSI) Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction Program. During this upcoming phase, 1st Detect will deliver multiple […]

GenArraytion Developed the First Commercially Available, Multi-Target Zika Virus Assay, which PositiveID Implemented on Its Firefly Dx Prototype System and Successfully Detected the Zika Virus DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — PositiveID Corporation (“PositiveID” or “Company”) (OTCQB:PSID), a life sciences company focused on detection and diagnostics, announced today that it has added Dr. R. Paul Schaudies, the […]

SEATTLE — Visualant, Inc. (OTCQB: VSUL) – an industry-leading provider of chromatic-based identification, authentication and diagnostic solutions, with its ChromaID™ technology, announced that its partner Intellicheck Mobilisa (NYSE MKT: IDN) has secured a new round of financing, a portion of which will advance the development of what are expected to be pioneering products based on […]

Edgewood, MD – Smiths Detection Inc. (SDI) announced a $17.2 million follow-on production order from the U.S. Army under the Department of Defense’s Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) program. The JCAD is based on Smiths Detection’s Lightweight Chemical Detector (LCD) product line of advanced, easy-to-use and lightweight threat detection devices that are handheld or easily […]

Paris, April 21, 2016 – Safran (Euronext Paris: SAF) announced that it has reached an agreement to sell Morpho Detection LLC, a US-based subsidiary of Safran, and other detection related activities to Smiths Group plc for an enterprise value of $710 million. Headquartered in Newark, California, Morpho Detection provides solutions for detecting and identifying chemical, […]