WILMINGTON, MA--(Marketwire - May 05, 2008) - Ahura Scientific, Inc., a leader in rugged, ultra-compact handheld instruments for chemical identification, today announced that more than 200 FirstDefenders® have been delivered as part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s 2007 Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP). In its first year as part of CEDAP, FirstDefender was offered as a bundle with MSA’s Sirius Multigas Detector in the CEDAP Chemical Detection Kit, with more kits requested and awarded than any other equipment offered in the chemical detection category.
