http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2004/08/16/daily4.html, The U.S. Army has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products a $25 million contract for the production of Joint Biological Point Detection Systems.
If all options are exercised, the contract has a potential value of $750 million for up to 1,089 systems through 2009.
The system is used to detect and identify biological warfare agents such as airborne viruses, bacteria and toxins.
It collects and analyzes environmental samples and reports information about agents detected to contacts at both local and remote locations.
Charlotte-based General Dynamics Armament is a division of General Dynamics Corp., which is based in Falls Church, Va.
