ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — An ill-fitting chemical-biological protective mask could expose Soldiers to potentially lethal hazards during combat. For Soldiers who cannot find a proper fit with a standard-issue mask, Cindy Learn and her colleagues are working to avoid any gaps in protection. Learn, a system engineer with the U.S. Army Research, Development and [...]
McGuiness says goodbye to Natick
NATICK, Mass. — He was a Yankees fan in Red Sox territory, a longtime infantryman operating in the world of Army research and development. Still, Brig. Gen. John J. McGuiness left an indelible mark on Natick Soldier Systems Center in his 16 months as its senior commander, which come to an end with his Sept. [...]
Army scientists demonstrate rapid detection of nerve agents
ADELPHI, Md. (Sept. 5, 2012) — Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory are exploring ways to quickly alert Soldiers to deadly gaseous nerve agents in the air using a new approach termed multi-wavelength photoacoustics. Kristan Gurton, an experimental physicist in the Battlefield Environment Division, or BED, Computational and Information Sciences Directorate at U.S. Army [...]
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