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Army sensors research leads to Soldier protection advances

ADELPHI, Md. -- Just months after the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory launched an aggressive, innovative research project that has been instrumental to the development of low-cost, lightweight sensors capable of providing novel approaches to the detection of manmade threats to Soldiers, including biological agents, small arms fire, and missile plumes. The Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center's Tactical Biological Detector, an ultraviolet, light-emission diode - based bioaerosol detection device, can trace its heritage to the intellectual capital in wide bandgap semiconductors built from ARL's nearly decade-old research initiative. This device emerged after combined efforts with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and ARL under the Semiconductor Ultraviolet Optical Sources program. Dr. Michael Wraback, ARL Fellow (above), launched radical research in ultraviolet LEDs, laser diodes and detectors that have enabled revolutionary technology developments to detect manmade and natural threats like biological agents, small arms fire and water-borne bacteria. Read more...

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