Bruker wins contract to supply Czech army

Bruker Daltonics Inc. won a $4 million contract to supply chemical-agent and radiation detectors for wheeled armored vehicles for the Czech army.

Bruker Daltonics' parent company is Bruker BioSciences Corp. of Billerica, which designs and manufactures life-science systems based on spectrometry technology platforms as well as research tools using X-ray technology.

Bruker Daltonics, which also provides field analytical systems for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detection, said today that the contract for its Raid-XP man-portable chemical agent and radiation detector is from Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug GmbH, an Austrian defense contractor that produces wheeled and tracked vehicles.

The Bruker Raid-XP instruments will be integrated into Steyr's Pandur wheeled armored vehicles and are designed for the protection of crew members against chemical agents and radiation, Bruker Daltonics said.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)