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PositiveID's M-BAND System Shipped to Korea for Testing to Protect U.S. Military at GlobeNewswire Wed 8:00am
PositiveID's M-BAND System Shipped to Korea for Testing to Protect U.S. Military
Continued Testing of M-BAND is Part of the JUPITR program to Provide Advanced Biological Detection Capabilities for Stronger Bio-Surveillance on the Korean Peninsula to Protect U.S. Military and Allies
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GlobeNewswire
DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Aug. 20, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PositiveID Corporation ("PositiveID" or "Company") (PSID), a developer of biological detection and diagnostics solutions, today announced that its M-BAND (Microfluidic-based Bioagent Autonomous Networked Detector) system has been sent to the Korean peninsula for continued testing as part of The Joint United States Forces Korea Portal and Integrated Threat Recognition (JUPITR), a program led by the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense and supported by the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, to provide unique biological detection capabilities for advanced bio-surveillance on the Korean peninsula.
PositiveID previously announced an agreement with a large government contractor to support the U.S. Department of Defense ("DoD") JUPITR Program. As part of this program, M-BAND is being tested and evaluated to baseline performance, reliability, maintainability, ease of use, and cost of operation to provide the "best of breed" and most affordable options for the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force.
"We are very proud to work with our partners and the U.S. government to evaluate M-BAND, which we believe offers more rapid and accurate biosurveillance in order to provide enhanced protection for U.S. forces in Korea," said William J. Caragol, Chairman and CEO of PositiveID.
Supporting organizations for JUPITR include the Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Health Affairs and Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
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