Edgewood Biosensors Test Bed Hand-held and Man-Portable Edition

Abstract

This Biosensors Test Bed Report was funded by the Department of Defense Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) Joint Program Manager (JPM) - Transformational Medical Technologies (now JPM C Medical Countermeasure Systems) to provide program managers and other acquisition decision makers with a comprehensive snapshot of commercially available biosensors that may be applied to biological agent detection and identification. Importantly, the actual performance of the systems in the hands of both dedicated laboratory personnel and field end \users was assessed. Commercial off-the-shelf and advanced concept biological agent identifiers were directly compared against a broad set of conditions and criteria in order to benchmark the current state of biodetection hardware. In addition, we hope this study provides data for existing and future DoD acquisitions and is applicable in biodefense programs throughout the United States Government. The information in this report was gathered using online surveys completed by the vendors, laboratory testing, and end \user assessments in relevant field environments. The data was analyzed using an adjustable scoring matrix specific to the needs of JPEO-CBD.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA586522

Entities

People

  • Bryan Rivers
  • Eric Schaffer
  • Evan Skowronski
  • Janet Betters
  • Peter Emanuel
  • Robert Dorsey

Organizations

  • Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Factors
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Programs
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Dna Viruses
  • Equine Encephalitis
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mobile Laboratories
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Rna Viruses
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Beds
  • Thermal Cyclers
  • Viruses

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology