LINKPLUS GETS ARMY CONTRACT!!!
On Thursday, September 20, 2007, Link Plus was awarded a sole source contract by the U. S. Army. The contract is to develop Link Plus’ Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) technology for explosives detection and deliver to the Army 4000 FN-303 Projectiles with the MIPs payload. The contract is for US$1,000,000 and is for 34 weeks.
Attached is a picture of the FN-303 delivery systems and SAFE-T MIPs Projectiles. One delivery system is attached to the M-16 rifle and the other is a stand-alone launcher both used by U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the world. The SAFE-T MIPs projectile is launched and disperses upon impact with a suspicious object from a distance of 100 meters. If an explosive is present, the MIPs will change colors thereby alerting troops, police, or other security personnel to the explosives from a safe distance.
The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) granted Link Plus the exclusive worldwide rights to the MIPs explosive detection technology as well as MIPs technology for the detection of chemical agents, biological agents, pesticides, toxins, and poisons. All of which could be used by terrorist. JHU/APL is a subcontractor to Link Plus under this contract.
This is a very important effort aimed at protecting troops from improvised explosive devices (IED) and other threats.
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