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A bit flimsy head-gear, don't you think?
Space Suit Designer Enters Homeland Security Market
The maker of NASA space suits, ILC Dover, has released the Chem-Bio Escape Hood.
After years of protecting astronauts in the harsh environment of space, the Delaware-based space suit designer has turned its attention to civilian and homeland security markets.
ILC is offering SCape â„¢, incorporating a filter-blower that automatically activates when removed from its case. The hood offers a protection factor significantly higher than can be attained with traditional gas masks. SCape and a companion hood Baby SCape protects the wearer up to four hours from nasty run-ins with chemical warfare agents, as well as biological, radiological, and nuclear particulate inhalation hazards.
Engineers at ILC drew upon its space and military product-making expertise.
"There's a lot of heat sealing that goes on in the space suit, and similar technology has been used in the hood," said LeRoy Garey, ILC's Homeland Security Manager in Frederica, Delaware. The firm has long been in the business of making critical, high-quality items that must work 100 percent of the time, he told SPACE.com .
Also a longtime producer of a widely used gas mask for the military, the easy-to-use SCape has been specifically designed for civilians. The SCape and Baby SCape retail for $170 each.
"First of all, we hope that it's never used. Sadly, the reality of the world the way it is, that situation might occur, however," Garey said.
The maker of NASA space suits, ILC Dover, has released the Chem-Bio Escape Hood.
After years of protecting astronauts in the harsh environment of space, the Delaware-based space suit designer has turned its attention to civilian and homeland security markets.
ILC is offering SCape â„¢, incorporating a filter-blower that automatically activates when removed from its case. The hood offers a protection factor significantly higher than can be attained with traditional gas masks. SCape and a companion hood Baby SCape protects the wearer up to four hours from nasty run-ins with chemical warfare agents, as well as biological, radiological, and nuclear particulate inhalation hazards.
Engineers at ILC drew upon its space and military product-making expertise.
"There's a lot of heat sealing that goes on in the space suit, and similar technology has been used in the hood," said LeRoy Garey, ILC's Homeland Security Manager in Frederica, Delaware. The firm has long been in the business of making critical, high-quality items that must work 100 percent of the time, he told SPACE.com .
Also a longtime producer of a widely used gas mask for the military, the easy-to-use SCape has been specifically designed for civilians. The SCape and Baby SCape retail for $170 each.
"First of all, we hope that it's never used. Sadly, the reality of the world the way it is, that situation might occur, however," Garey said.
A bit flimsy head-gear, don't you think?
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