U.S. Marine Corps with Royal Thai Military Conduct Successful Field Evaluation of XPAK-i

ROCKVILLE, MD –  2009 – U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, Experimentation Center (MEC) successfully field evaluated XPAK-i, explosives detection system with GPS data logging capabilities, in conjunction with the Royal Thai military under the Crimson Viper Experiment.

Additional field data in the operational environment in Thailand will be collected and reevaluation is scheduled under Exercise Cobra Gold in the coming year. The XPAK-i system allows operators to collect and analyze trace explosives data over a wide target area, record samples with barcode and GPS data, preserve samples for further forensics, and using RedX’s proprietary XPAK SPOTLIGHT Software, download data and map it to quickly identify patterns of activity or ‘hot’ zones. XPAK-i combines the XPAK portable trace explosives detection system with the i–MODULE geolocation, referencing, and data logging tool and XPAK SPOTLIGHT Software for the visualization and analysis of this data. The entire system provides the most streamlined system available today in support of nodal analysis that targets terrorist networks and facilities.

The XPAK-i was launched in 2007 and currently is in use by foreign and U.S Military, civilian, and private sector customers. The first XPAK-i systems have been deployed by the Combat Support Directorate of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to Iraq and Afghanistan in support of operations in theater.