A US-based firm, Crowe and Company, has entered into a licensing agreement with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to acquire technology for explosive detection kits.
A US-based firm, Crowe and Company, has entered into a licensing agreement with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to acquire technology for explosive detection kits.
The technology was developed by Pune-based High Energy Material Research Laboratory (HEMRL), a DRDO constituent.
A press statement issued by the DRDO headquarters in New Delhi on Monday said HEMRL had developed the kit for quick detection and identification of explosives based on any combination of nitro-esters, nitramines, trinitrotoluene (TNT),
dynamite or black powder.
The testing requires only 3 to 5 mg of the sample and only 3 or 4 drops of reagents. The explosive detection kit comes packed in a box the size of a vanity case and in miniature vials that can be carried in shirt pockets. It contains reagents capable of detecting explosives even in extremely small trace quantities.
Crowe and Company had approached the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) under the DRDO-Ficci accelerated technology assessment commercialisation (ATAC) programme to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for licensing agreement.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Prahlada, scientist and chief controller R&D (Aeronautics & Services Interaction) at DRDO said, “The ATAC programme has achieved a major milestone with the US company taking DRDO technology for use by US homeland security and for international markets.”
Dr Subhananda Rao, director of HEMRL, said that with the explosive detection kit, security forces can instantly identify the explosive used in a blast. The technology is being used by bomb detection squads of the Indian Army, paramilitary and police in Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Maharashtra, Gujarat and other states.
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