Biral

Biral provides bio-detection solutions which enable commanders to take fast, accurate decisions to mobilise and protect personnel in the event of biological attack.

Recognising the need for affordable bio-detectors with rapid response times and low false alarm rates, Biral have designed and manufactured bio-detectors that provide an exceptional detect to warn capability.

The VeroTect Bio-detector

Early warning of potential biological attack is paramount, and by monitoring the surrounding atmosphere continuously in real time, Biral's latest sensor,

VeroTect, provides this early warning in less than 30 seconds.

Sensors with low false alarm rates enable commanders to make accurate decisions quickly for the protection of their personnel with the confidence that personal protective equipment is only deployed in real attack situations. One of VeroTect's major advantages is that it minimises false alarms from common interferents found on the battlefield such as smokes and diesel fuels. It does this in the way it analyses the number, size, shape and fluorescence of particles in the surrounding atmosphere combined with adaptable detection software to provide a simple Yes/No alarm.

Since these bio-detectors require no costly consumables and reagents, it is envisaged that cost savings can be achieved throughout their entire service life. The UK MoD chose the VeroTect for the ISMS (Integrated Sensor Management System) which is designed to provide a unique deployment of real-time generic bio-detection capability with wide area network coverage for greater protection and security of its personnel and infrastructure. The technology has a trusted pedigree being an original UK invention from DSTL, Porton Down and the University of Hertfordshire, which Biral then developed into operational, robust and reliable products.

PIBBDT Contract

In 2008 Biral was awarded the UK MoD's PIBBDT contract for the Portable Integrated Battlespace Biological Detection Technology technical demonstrator (a fully self-contained, specific, biological warfare agent detector).

Military Biodetectors

Biral bio-detectors have been successfully deployed in the UK Armed Forces Prototype Biological Detection System, (PBDS) for over a decade and are a key element in the upgraded Integrated Biological Detection System (IBDS). The Japanese Defence Agency has also deployed Biral Biosensors.

Weather Station

To further aid command decision making and as part of a complete solution Biral can supply a portable, fully sealed, easily decontaminated weather station (WeatherPak) that is deployable within 60 seconds. Meteorological data is therefore available to track the likely bio-threat plume/cloud size and dispersion.