GID-2A

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Feature highlights

  • Rapid identification of Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA) and Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs)
  • Networking capability to ship's display systems for real time information distribution
  • Operates without any maintenance during mission or for extended periods of up to one year
  • Rigorously tested to meet the most demanding conditions encountered in the naval environment.

      The rapid detection and identification of threats from chemical warfare agents are vital in ensuring that personnel can quickly adopt the defensive measures necessary to ensure continuing operational effectiveness and force availability.

      The GID-2A fixed Chemical Agent Detector offers the most advanced Naval continuous detection and assessment capability available. It is designed to run off mains power and be integrated into a wide range of collective protection systems, at sea or on land to safeguard personnel and thereby guarantee operational capabilities.

      It operates using a patented twin drift tube IMS (Ion Mobility Spectrometry) technology, which has been developed to target warfare agents accurately and ensure a very low false alarm rate. The detector responds simultaneously to nerve, blood, blister and choking agents in real time and is capable of being reprogrammed to meet future threats.

      The detector incorporates an automatic self-flushing device, which is activated in very high vapour concentrations enabling the equipment to operate continuously throughout a chemical attack, giving real time information on the rise and fall of the threat levels. The unit can also indicate which agent has been deployed and offers visual warnings which can be interfaced to an external remote alarm. In addition, the standard display/alarm gives:
      - a block display (1-8) showing the severity of the threat level for different agent types.
      - fault information
      - the trend of agent levels

      Information is also available digitally, enabling communication into integrated management or other data systems, including the identity of any CWA detected. The equipment provides the ability to switch instantly between standby and sample mode, therefore there is no heavy logistic burden of consumables.


      GID-2A is is a trade mark of Smiths Detection

      Specifications
      Detection: GID-2A will detect nerve, blister, blood and choking agents to specified NATO requirements. Additional programming can be included to extend the range to cover other agents and certain harmless chemical simulants used as training aids.
      Sensitivity: The levels of detection for each agent are in line with or exceed the present NATO requirements. 
      Mains Power Supply: 115V ac 50-6OHz
      Environmental: DEF STAN 07-55; DG Ships/NES specification EMC and EMP DEF STAN 59-41
      Dimensions: 216mm wide, 560mm high, 284mm deep
      Weight: 17kg approximately
      Maintainability: Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) - seven minutes, Service intervals: Twelve months