U.S. firm interested in DRDO's explosive detection kit
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 07:05 IST
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New Delhi: An American firm has shown keen interest in the explosive detection kit (EDK) developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and an agreement for transferring technology is likely to be signed soon. The EDK, developed by the DRDO's Pune-based High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), comes packed in a box the size of a vanity case, which contains four reagents capable of detecting even traces of explosives. "The American firm is soon to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the DRDO, which has patented its EDK," a Defence Ministry release said here today. "The Americans have their own ED kits but the foreign technology has certain drawbacks. For example, they lack confirmatory test," according to Reny Roy, a scientist at the HEMRL.
Source: PTI
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