MICHIGAN AEROSPACE AWARDED $1.3M ARMY CONTRACT FOR AIRBORNE BIOLOGICAL SIMULANT DETECTOR SYSTEM WILL CHARACTERIZE SIGNATURES FROM POTENTIALLY HARMFULL BIOLOGICAL THREATS

Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC), an advanced engineering services and products company, today announced that it has received a $1.3M contract from the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah . The goal of this contract is the design, development and fabrication of a Spectral Characterization Instrument to measure the spectral signatures and cross-sections of biological simulants and agents in support of open-air range tests of Infrared/Ultraviolet Laser-Induced Fluorescence Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) systems. The LIDAR systems are intended to detect potentially harmful biological threat clouds. The computer-controlled instrument developed under this contract will provide the user with spectral characteristics of materials within seconds and will be capable of handling bio-level III samples. The program will be managed by Dr. Dominique Fourguette , Senior Scientist and Manager of Michigan Aerospace Corporation’s Los Angeles , CA office.