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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 toโ€ฆ

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 Aprilโ€ฆ

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 surfacesโ€ฆ

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 Activityโ€™s (USAMMDAโ€™s) Warfighter Expeditionary Medicine and Treatment Project Management Office (WEMT PMO), as part of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Commandโ€™sโ€ฆ

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

The global pandemic is about to profoundly change the U.S. militaryโ€™s role in defending the United States โ€” even if Pentagon leaders donโ€™t know it yet. As we noted in our last column, many Americans willโ€ฆ

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 aโ€ฆ