ITT Battlefield Chemical Detector Successfully Completes Field Trials

(Alexandria, Va., July 13, 2009) -- ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) today announced that its Joint Contamination Surface Detector (JCSD), a vehicle mounted tactical detector, successfully completed two weeks of field trials at Fort Sumner, N.M. with excellent results. The JCSD was developed by ITT for the Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Unmanned Ground Reconnaissance Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration and is funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Research Chemical/Biological Technologies Directorate.

The trials evaluated the detector's ability to detect very small concentrations of chemical agent simulants on primary, secondary, and cross country road surfaces while traveling as fast as 45 mph. The system detects chemicals using a downward looking laser to read the chemical signatures of the ground as the vehicle is in motion. It can detect chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals and non-traditional agents. This system is a leap-ahead capability that enables real-time, non-contact chemical reconnaissance entirely on the move.

Source : ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT)