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908 Devices<br />
<strong>2015</strong> Winner<br />
<strong>GSN</strong> <strong>2015</strong> DIGITAL YEARBOOK OF HOMELAND SECURITY AWARDS RECIPIENTS<br />
Physical Security Products and Solutions<br />
DETECTION PRODUCTS<br />
Awards Category:<br />
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Best Chemical Detection Product or Solution<br />
Name of Nominated Product, Service,<br />
or Program:<br />
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M908<br />
Reason this entry deserves to win:<br />
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Today’s First Responders require many different tools to<br />
get answers. With more than six billion chemicals in the<br />
world, First Responders are encountering and uncovering<br />
more unknowns than ever before. As a result,<br />
First Responders require an expansion of the tools and<br />
capabilities used directly in the hotzone. 908 Devices<br />
has expanded First Responder capabilities with their<br />
flagship product, M908TM – the first and only handheld<br />
mass spectrometer for downrange threat detection and<br />
identification. M908 utilizes high-pressure mass spectrometry<br />
(HPMS) to provide first responders, CST<br />
teams and the military with the capabilities to detect<br />
and identify a wide range of priority threats at the point<br />
of need. HPMS enables M908 to operate in the field with<br />
unprecedented levels of selectivity and sensitivity. As a<br />
result, the device alerts the user in seconds to the presence<br />
of priority chemical warfare agents, toxic industry<br />
chemicals, and precursor materials with incredibly low<br />
false alarm rates even when interferents are present.<br />
Weighing in at 4.4lbs, M908 is battery powered for continuous<br />
operation in the field and has been ruggedized<br />
to MIL-SPEC standards. In addition, unlike conventional<br />
mass spectrometry devices, the device requires little to<br />
no training to operate effectively. Regardless of their<br />
level of experience, first responders across multiple disciplines<br />
can operate the device with confidence. M908<br />
was specifically purpose-built to fill technology gaps<br />
and meet the evolving needs of today’s response mission.<br />
When used in conjunction with presently fielded<br />
Raman, FTIR and IMS devices, M908 adds the “gold<br />
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