The US Department of Defense has awarded Smiths Group’s military unit Smiths Detection a contract with a potential total value of US$75m to supply Automatic Chemical Agent Detector Alarm (ACADA) units to the US Army.

The ACADA is an advanced point-sampling, chemical warfare agent detection system that continuously monitors for the presence of nerve agents and blister chemicals using ion mobility spectrometry technology.

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The detectors can be mounted in vehicles, deployed remotely or carried by dismounted soldiers.

Smiths Detection will supply its GID-3 chemical detectors in an initial order worth US$10m.

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