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GD in $15.7M Contract for Standoff Chem Agent Detector Production

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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

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General Dynamics [GD] received a $15.7 million contract from the Army Research Development and Engineering Command at Aberdeen, Md., for the first year's production of the Joint Service Lightweight Standoff Chemical Agent Detector (JSLSCAD) system and spare parts. The JSLSCAD is designed to provide ground vehicles with remote chemical agent detection. GD's Armament and Technical Products business unit uses a passive infrared detection system that automatically searches for chemical agent vapor clouds. GD says the chemical detection system is the…

Congress

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Budget

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Congress

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Space

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