New System Helps US Step up Defense Vs Biological Warfare

Typical detection systems used by the military are about the size of a refrigerator, but the new chamber is big enough to accommodate two at the same time so they can be compared side by side and their ability to perform independently can be tested.

"It is a huge deal," Dugway's commander, Col. Ronald Fizer, told the Deseret News. "We have not had the ability to evaluate these systems in a live environment before. This allows us to have a high degree of confidence in our systems."

Carmen Spencer of the federal Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense said it's paramount that biological agent detection systems operate at the highest efficiency given the evolving nature of global threats.

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