Ahura Scientific Honored with GSN: Government Security News Homeland Security Award

FirstDefender Named Best in Explosives and Hazmat Detection in Awards
Recognizing Excellence and Innovation
WILMINGTON, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Ahura Scientific, Inc., the leader in field-deployed analytical instruments for
human health and public safety, today announced that FirstDefender has been
selected as the Best Explosives/Hazmat Detection Product in GSN: Government
Security News` First Annual Homeland Security Awards. The winners were presented
their honors at an awards dinner in New York City on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.

"We are extremely gratified that the GSN team has recognized the critical role
that field deployable analytical solutions such as FirstDefender can play in
helping ensure the safety of our nation," said Duane Sword, vice president at
Ahura Scientific. "We are committed to delivering instruments that help our
military and civilian first responders better complete their incident response,
while minimizing their exposure to risk."

FirstDefender is a lightweight, rugged instrument designed to rapidly identify
unknown solid and liquids chemicals, including narcotics, toxic industrial
chemicals, explosives, chemical warfare agents, white powders and more, all in
just seconds. FirstDefender can be brought directly to an incident to provide
rapid, reliable, and accurate analysis results to better inform the response and
mitigation process. To date, Ahura Scientific has deployed several thousand
instruments worldwide to agencies including homeland security, military, law
enforcement, hazmat and forensic personnel.

Organized by GSN: Government Security News, the First Annual Homeland Security
Awards were created to honor the dedicated government officials at the federal,
state and local levels who have created and executed effective security programs
across the country, along with leading vendors in IT and physical security who
have researched, developed and supplied innovative security solutions during the
past year.

For more information about Ahura Scientific`s full line of chemical
identification products, please contact sales@ahurascientific.com.

About Ahura Scientific, Inc.

Ahura Scientific is dedicated to bringing lab-accurate analysis directly to the
point of need. The company's field-deployed analytical instruments consistently
deliver precise and actionable intelligence to human health and public safety
specialists. Founded in 2002, Ahura Scientific is headquartered in Wilmington,
MA. For more information, visit www.ahurascientific.com.

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