30 April 2003

About CAM:

CAM is the world's first and leading Chemical Agent Monitor. Its operational role is to locate liquid chemical warfare agents on people, equipment or ground areas where there is the possibility of  contamination and subsequently to confirm that the threat has passed.  CAM is a key tool in the decontamination of people, their equipment and for reconnaissance.  Since its initial introduction into service with the UK Armed Forces, CAM has been continuously upgraded and improved. CAM can detect nerve, blood, blister, choking agents and certain toxic industrial chemicals (TICS). South Korea is the thirty-seventh country to take CAM into operational service in quantity, which means more than 67,000 CAMs will be in operational service throughout the world with defence forces, civil defence and the security services.

About Smiths:

Smiths Detection and Smiths Heimann form the detection and security systems business of Smiths Aerospace. They are both world leaders in their markets - Smiths Detection in trace detection equipment for chemical & biological agents, explosives and narcotics; Smiths Heimann in x-ray security systems to detect illegal or hazardous items and explosives. Smiths Aerospace, a part of Smiths Group, is the leading transatlantic aerospace equipment company, with its 12,000 staff and $2bn revenues split equally between Europe and North America.