Ahura Scientific's FirstDefender Now Available Through 2008 CEDAP

WILMINGTON, MA--(Marketwire - June 02, 2008) - Ahura Scientific, Inc., a leader in rugged, ultra-compact handheld instruments for chemical identification, announced today that it has been selected for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Commercial Equipment Direct Assistant Program (CEDAP) for the second year in a row. Designed to complement other DHS grant programs, CEDAP enables acquisition of critical terrorism response equipment by smaller jurisdictions nationwide. Applications for CEDAP awards will be accepted through June 30, 2008 via the Responder Knowledge Base website (www.rkb.us).