QualSec enters $2 billion homeland security market

NORTH LOGAN, Utah, 20 June 2008. QualSec has entered the homeland security market, with the development of the NanoNose, the next generation in electronic nose threat-detection devices. Utilizing its patent-pending ROder technology, QualSec is creating a handheld electronic device that can detect explosives, communicable diseases, and hazardous materials in real time with instant read out of the threat and its level of concentration in ambient air.

Estimates of the homeland security market, both domestically and internationally, have been estimated at $2 billion annually.

QualSec is based at the Utah State University Innovation Park, located in North Logan, Utah. Utah State University is a leader among research institutions, with a strong presence in homeland security product development as well as agricultural and food service quality control.