The US Army will receive the first wearable chemical detector

Chemical weapons and similar dangers are a daily problem in military operations.

Soldiers don't just need to be thoroughly trained on how to perform their duties in protective suits and decontamination equipment.Their responsibilities include working with sophisticated equipment to detect and identify chemical threats.

Modern detectors are still relativelylarge and heavy. They are designed to protect entire units, not individual soldiers. And this is a serious problem - the detector does not cover large areas and is impractical to use on missions such as foot patrols.

Teledyne FLIR, which manufacturesintelligent sensor technology, received $ 4 million in initial funding from the Pentagon to address the issue. For the US Army to develop "the first wearable chemical detector for mass use."

Teledyne FLIR

The wearable detector can not only be attached toclothes, but also install in the drone. It uses dual sensors to detect not only chemical weapons agents, but also toxic industrial chemicals and flammable gases.

In addition, it captures too high orlow oxygen levels. What for? This is because an unusual oxygen level could indicate that the air is unsafe to breathe, suggest the presence of explosives, or that it is unsafe to use a weapon in a confined space due to the danger of an explosion.

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