Summary
SPADA develops open, documented consensus standards,
consistent with NTTAA and OMB A-119, that support the
biothreat detection community
SPADA has developed and published Standard Method
Performance Requirements for a number of biothreat agents
SPADA has developed a testing and certification process for
biological threat detectors
Tools have been tested to SPADA Standards
SPADA standards have supported government programs
- BioWatch Gen3 T&E
- DoD Critical Reagents Program
- Guided sequencing programs of DHS S&T and DTRA-CB
SPADA currently supports the standards needs of the DHS
BioWatch Program and the First Responder Community
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