General Description
The Low-Cost Biological Standoff Detection System (LC-BSDS) is a lower-costing, modified commercial product that provides JBSDS-like standoff detection capabilities without the military-rugged package at a smaller SWAP footprint. This open architecture, commercial approach results in a lower baseline price starting below 1/4th that of JBSDS, with scalable capabilities via insertion of custom modules. In terms of logistics, the only daily-use consumable is electricity and train-up for non-technical users is within 2-3 days.
Technical Description
The Low-Cost Biological Standoff Detection System (LC-BSDS) is a commercial lidar that uses an integrated transmitter-receiver with a 1067nm low-energy/high pulse-rate laser as a baseline capability. In support of customer needs, the scalable open architecture system can accept other laser wavelengths and/or software capabilities for added performance.
Evaluation Criteria
THROUGHPUT:
- 2 minutes or less for detection
- Multiple samples, multiple tests/sample per run
- 95-32 samples every 2 hours
- The system or device is currently fully automated
- Device or system is intended for multiple detection assays
- 0-1 solutions, buffer, eluents, and/or reagents
- 1 component
- 10-20 minutes is required for set-up
- 1-2 steps are required for detection
LOGISTICS:
- An afternoon of training and some technical skills required
- Approximately the size of a home dishwasher
- More than 50 kg
- Wireless and wired connections are available
- System or device has 110V electrical requirement
OPERATIONS:
- Can be used from -21°C to 41°C
- Device or system has peak performance at normal relative humidity conditions
- Between 1 to 3 years shelf life
- Greater than 10 years expected life
- Results can be viewed in real-time
- The system could easily be adapted into a fully autonomous system
- The system software is open and available for modification
- The system hardware is open and available for modification
DETECTION:
- This system does not test liquids
- Superior specificity. System has a false alarm rate approaching zero (~0%)
- Spore lysis not necessary for detection by system
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