US Gets Serious about Portable Nuke-Detector Prototypes
A sign warns of radioactivity near a wind direction flag indicator at the "C" tank farm on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash., July 9, 2014.
By Mohana Ravindranath Nextgov Read bio
August 23, 2016
Homeland Security spends $20M to develop devices to find bombs being transported in ships, on metro systems, or in public places.
The Homeland Security Department is trying to ramp up wearable devices that can detect nuclear radiation.
DHS has made a handful of awards for well-developed prototypes, of wearable products from companies including Leidos and Physical Sciences, Inc., according to a recent FBO posting.
Last year, DHS made a broad agency announcement soliciting proposals for so-called Wearable Intelligent Nuclear Detection, or WIND, technology. Employees would wear the products to ensure nuclear devices weren’t secretly being transported in areas like marine vessels, metro systems, or other public areas, according to DHS.
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