COVID-19

Home / Tags

Recent Inquiries

https://media.defense.gov/2020/Aug/04/2002473143/-1/-1/0/200804-F-ZZ999-1010.JPG

Long-Lasting Antimicrobial and Antiviral Surface Coatings

  The Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) was asked to determine if commercial or government off-the-shelf, long-lasting antiviral surface coatings exist.  DSIAC researchers compiled relevant information as of April 2020 and reached out to…

COVID-19 Test Kits Reagents and Formulae

  The Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) was tasked with researching the chemical reagents and formula of seven different SARS-CoV-2 test kits approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as of April…

Use of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) as a COVID-19 Disinfectant

  The Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) was asked to determine if there was any relevant research and data on the efficacy of ultraviolet C (UVC) germicidal irradiation light to effectively disinfect touch surfaces…

Articles

U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Uses 3-D Printing to Create N95 Respirators

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity’s (USAMMDA’s) Warfighter Expeditionary Medicine and Treatment Project Management Office (WEMT PMO), as part of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command’s…

Five Ways the U.S. Military Will Change After the Pandemic

The global pandemic is about to profoundly change the U.S. military’s role in defending the United States — even if Pentagon leaders don’t know it yet. As we noted in our last column, many Americans will…

DoD Uses 3-D Printers to Ease COVID-19 Ventilator Shortage

Developers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) are collaborating with civilian partners to manufacture low-cost, emergency ventilators using 3-D printers. The handheld gas ventilator, dubbed the Illinois RapidVent, is roughly the size of a…