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    Rigaku Analytical Devices Receives 2023 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Award

    Jen Lynch
    Jen Lynch
    Jen Lynch is a Marketing Director and has been involved in the marketing side of manufacturing companies for almost 20 years. Beginning her career as a Marketing Admin, she worked her way through various roles that included events, database management, social media, channel distributors, digital transformation, and more. Focused really on handheld analytical technology that brings the lab to the field, means she has had her hands in many different industries that include pharmaceutical manufacturing, metal production, mining exploration, consumer goods manufacturing – including children’s products, such as toys, and now heavily involved in safety & security applications used by customs & border patrol, law enforcement, military, and first responders.
        

    December 5, 2023 - Rigaku Analytical Devices today announced it is the recipient of a 2023 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Award from American Security Today (AST) for its CQL Max-ID handheld 1064 nm Raman analyzer in the CBRNE Detection category.

    American Security Today's annual 'ASTORS' Awards, is the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security Awards Program, now in its eighth year, continues to recognize industry leaders of Physical and Border Security, Cybersecurity, Emergency Preparedness - Management and Response, Law Enforcement, First Responders, as well as federal, state, and municipal government agencies in the acknowledgement of their outstanding efforts to keep our nation secure.

    The 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program is specifically designed to honor distinguished government and vendor solutions that deliver enhanced value, benefit, and intelligence to end users in a variety of government, homeland security, and public safety vertical markets.

    "As the nation continues to respond to escalating threats from home and abroad, the innovative solutions being implemented to meet those threats, has led to tremendous growth in the field of homeland security," said Michael Madsen, co-founder and publisher of American Security.

    'ASTORS' nominations are evaluated on their technical innovation, interoperability, specific impact within the category, overall impact to the industry, relatability to other industry technologies, and application feasibility outside of the industry.

    The Rigaku CQL Max-ID is a handheld 1064 nm Raman analyzer that offers features and benefits to maximize chemical threat analysis in safety and security applications.  With an on-board library of over 13,000 items, the CQL Max-ID provides first responders, border security, and the military with a device that can identify narcotics, explosives, toxic industrial chemicals, chemical warfare agents (CWAs), and more - without the concerns of fluorescence interference.

    Additional features available on the new CQL Max-ID include: 

    • Automatic mixture analysis of up to five components
    • Addition of notes and pictorial evidence using an on-board camera
    • Integrated Chemwatch SDS information
    • Pre-configured setting selections based on application
    • CommandSuite integrated fleet management capability

    The Rigaku CQL Max-ID is built upon the updated CQL platform accepted as part of the U.S. DoD JPEO DR SKO System Modernization Program.

     

    About American Security Today

    American Security Today (AST), the "New Face in Homeland Security™, is the premier digital media platform in the U.S. Homeland Security and Public Safety industry, focused on breaking news and in-depth coverage of the newest initiatives and hottest technologies in physical & IT security on the market today.

    AST highlights the most cutting-edge and forward-thinking security solutions across a wide variety of media products delivered weekly, and monthly to over 75,000 qualified government and security industry readers, essential to meeting today's growing security challenges to 'Secure our Nation, One City at a Time™.