The JCAD replaces the Automatic Chemical Agent Detector and Alarm (ACADA or M22), M90, and M8A1 systems. The JCAD may replace the Chemical Agent Monitor (CAM) and Improved Chemical Agent Monitor ...

The ACADA is an advanced point-sampling, chemical warfare agent detection system that continuously monitors for the presence of nerve agents ... Chemical Agent Detector Alarm (ACADA) contract ...

Understandably, first responders need to be able to quickly identify which nerve agent is in play so that they can respond appropriately. Time lost means lives lost. The problem is that present ...

When the alarm sounds ... Additionally, the detector/collector will be challenged with 20 different agent preparations and one simulant. Testing is rigorous to ensure that the JBTDS functions ...

is a next generation chemical detector that will alert warfighters of the presence of a chemical agent. The AVCAD is designed to detect, identify, alarm and report threat vapors and aerosols.

Nerve agents like VX are chemically similar to pesticides, although far stronger. It was first developed in the UK in the 1950s as a chemical warfare agent. Experts say it has been replicated in ...

But on Friday, Malaysian authorities revealed that an autopsy had turned up not just any poison, but a rare nerve agent known as VX. VX is among the deadliest chemical weapons ever devised.