U.S. Air Force Procures Handheld Chemical Identification Systems

Veteran Corps of America, O'Fallon, Illinois, has been awarded a $10,070,960 firm-fixed-price contract for TruDefender FTX Handheld Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) for chemical identification. The contractor will provide rugged handheld FTIR chemical identification system, including one-year warranty, one-year support and on-site training (one four-hour course per instrument for up to 10 students; training must be accomplished no later than nine months after date of award). This also includes a two-year extension of warranty and support. The 772 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron/Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity (FA8051-14-P-0016).