General Description
The Warlock was designed to detect contaminated surfaces with chemical agents as well as remotely detecting chemical agent and biological agents that have been aerosolized and dispersed in the atmosphere. The Warlock can be used both in the field and in a laboratory environment to analysis chemical and biological warfare agents. The system is versatile and adaptive for many applications within the Chemical and Biological agent warfare. The Warlock is an imaging spectrometer that operates in the short, mid and long-wave infrared to give the operator an image of the chemical or biological agent on a surface or in a cloud that has been dispersed at an extended range up to many kilometers.
Technical Description
The Warlock is based on an embedded diffractive optical assembly that images in many spectral bands creating an hyper-spectral data cube. Using any number of software tools, some provided with the Warlock and other typical used by the Hyper-spectral community, allows for analysis of the spectral of any object in the field of view of the camera. Various algorithms can be implemented in real-time in an embedded processor in the Warlock or in post processing using PC computers.
Evaluation Criteria
THROUGHPUT:
- 2 minutes or less for detection
- Multiple samples, multiple tests/sample per run
- System is continuous and provides real time analysis with no defined tests/samples
- The system could easily be adapted into a fully automated system
- Device or system is intended for multiple detection assays
- 0-1 solutions, buffer, eluents, and/or reagents
- 5-10 minutes is required for set-up
- 1-2 steps are required for detection
LOGISTICS:
- A day of training and technical skills are required
- Approximately the size of a carry-on luggage suitcase
- Between 5 and 25 kg
- Wired connections are available
- System or device uses batteries
- 4-8 hours battery life
OPERATIONS:
- Can be used from -21°C to 41°C
- Components must be stored at room temperature (27°C)
- Performance is not influenced by relative humidity
- Greater than 3 years shelf life
- 5-10 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 but modification requires licensing
- The system hardware is open but modification requires licensing
DETECTION:
- Less than 10 µL
- >1x10-3 mg/m3
- 100 ppm–1 ppt
- Possible the system could identify aerosolized chemical agent
- Possible system could identify liquid chemical agent