By Lauren C. Williams – Defense One –
And as a byproduct, to boost the U.S. biotech industry.
The Pentagon is looking for tiny sensors that track the health of biological tissue, part of an effort to help soldiers recover from wounds—and give the U.S. biotech industry a leg up.
“The BIO INSPECT, government-directed project through AIM Photonics is seeking to develop an in situ, real-time analysis capability for applications in regenerative medicine,” Nicholas Usechak, director of ultrafast photonics devices and research laboratory in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s sensors directorate, told Defense One during a Pentagon research and engineering event.
