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Homeland Security

Back To The Drawing Board For U.S. Bio-Threat Detection, Commission Recommends

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, October 14th, 2021

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Back To The Drawing Board For U.S. Bio-Threat Detection, Commission Recommends

BD21 System Concept Illustration from Biological Detection for the 21st Century Virtual Industry Day slideshow, March 18, 2021. (Image: Department of Homeland Security)

The nearly two-decade old BioWatch biological threat detection and warning system is a failure and various attempts to replace it, including the new Biodefense in the 21st Century (BD21) effort, have failed or are failing as well, so the U.S. government needs to develop a new approach to acquire and deploy technology that could rapidly detect a biological attack in the nation’s urban areas to enable a quick response, says a new report from a bipartisan commission. The Bipartisan Commission…

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