Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received an order for two of its Biological Aerosol Warning Systems (BAWS) from the Japan Ground Self Defense Force. Lockheed Martin began delivering BAWS to the Japanese military in 2004. The system consists of an array of networked, remote sensors that can provide tactical, early warning of the possible presence of a hazardous aerosol cloud. Lockheed Martin says the system fuses data from each of the sensors, allowing it to distinguish a bio-event from a dust…
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