In The News

August 9, 2011

"Patent issued for chemical weapon detection and identification"

BioPrepWatch.com
1^st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation, recently announced that it has been awarded a patent for a key piece of technology to be used in chemical detection and identification.

February 16, 2011

"Breaking up is so very hard to do..."

CBRNeWORLD
1^st Detect sees a market for them in the first responder field as a detector - the detection times are such that they are directly applicable though that is not the only field that they see themselves in.

September 21, 2010

"How are you influencing medical devices related to military?"

Medical Design Technology
Our company is developing a miniaturized, portable chemical detector that can help the armed forces diagnose exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents and toxic chemicals quickly and pre-symptomatically.

September 16, 2010

"1^st Detect in $735,000 contract for chemical detection in the field"

Homeland Security Newswire
Phase II SBIR contract from the Joint Science & Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense will allow the company to design and develop a novel sample inlet system intended to improve the sensitivity of mass spectrometers used for chemical detection in the field

September 15, 2010

"Contract awarded to 1^st Detect Corporation for CBRN detector"

BioPrepWatch.com
A contract to design and develop an inlet system that will significantly improve the sensitivity of mass spectrometers used for chemical detection in the field has been awarded to 1^st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation.

March 3, 2010

"Austin's 1^st Detect gets $1.8 million state grant"

Austin American Statesman
Austin-based 1^st Detect Corp., which is developing a portable chemical detection device, has received a $1.8 million grant from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund.

Editor's Choice of Pittcon 2010

Pittcon, for those that don't know it, largely centres around lab-based equipment, and lots of it. There are about 1,000 stands and 30,000 delegates. but here and there are some absolute chemical gems. The Editor,s first pick would be 1^st Detect - www.1^stdetect.com - with its man-portable ion trap mass spectrometer, which has recently had $1.8 million pumped into it by the Texan Emerging Technology Fund.
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