Radioactive Threat Detection System Completes Emergency Vehicle Test Deployment in Nation's Capital
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Channel: DARPAtv · 2017 · Science & Technology
DARPA’s SIGMA program—whose goal is to prevent attacks involving radiological “dirty bombs” and other nuclear threats—concluded its biggest and longest test deployment of vehicle-mounted radiation detectors in Washington, D.C., in February 2017. For approximately seven months starting in July 2016, the fleet of D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services ambulances was outfitted with DARPA-developed nuclear and radiological detectors, providing the first city-scale, dynamic, real-time map of background radiation levels throughout the Capital as well as identifying any unusual spikes that could indicate a threat. For more information visit http://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2017-03-01
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