Ploughshare and KeTech sign Licence Agreement for Nerve Agent Technology.

February 2012

As part of continuing to develop specialist solutions for Nerve Agent detection, KeTech has today signed an agreement with Ploughshare Innovations to licence technology from the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (Dstl).  The licence agreement allows KeTech to incorporate Intellectual Property from Dstl, to provide worldwide Defence and Homeland Security agencies with the tools they need to manage a wide range of threats.
For more information about KeTech please visit: www.ketech.com
Notes to Editors:

1.  For further information please contact Ploughshare on 01794 301602.
2.  Ploughshare Innovations is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dstl responsible for identifying Dstl developed technologies that are suitable for wider commercial benefit. This is achieved either by licensing of the technologies Intellectual Property to industry or the establishment of a new venture or ‘spin-out’ company
3. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) maximises the impact of science and technology (S&T) for the defence and security of the UK. It supplies sensitive and specialist S&T services for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and wider government, saving lives in the UK, overseas and on the frontline. Dstl acts as a trusted interface between MOD, wider government, the private sector, academia and allies to deliver battle-winning technologies. It is a trading fund of the MOD and is accountable to government, to the taxpayer and the troops it supports in the field every day.

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