A ranar 10 ga Satumba, 2021, Ma'aikatar Tsaro (DOD), a madadin kuma a cikin haɗin gwiwa tare da Ma'aikatar Lafiya da Ayyukan Jama'a (HHS), ta ba da kwangilar dala miliyan 35.8 ga Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC (Rainin) don haɓakawa. Ƙarfin samar da gida na tukwici na pipette don duka hanyoyin bincike na hannu da na atomatik.
Tukwici na pipette na Rainin muhimmin abin amfani ne ga duka bincike na COVID-19 da gwajin samfuran da aka tattara da sauran mahimman ayyukan gano cutar. Wannan yunƙurin fadada tushen masana'antu zai ba da damar Rainin don haɓaka ƙarfin samar da tukwici na bututun na tukwici miliyan 70 a kowane wata zuwa Janairu 2023. Wannan ƙoƙarin kuma zai ba da damar Rain ya shigar da kayan aikin haifuwa na pipette ta Satumba 2023. Za a kammala dukkan ƙoƙarin biyu a Oakland, California don tallafawa gwajin COVID-19 na gida da bincike.
The DOD's Defence Assisted Acquisition Cell (DA2) ya jagoranci wannan ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce tare da Ma'aikatar Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Samun COVID-19 Task Force (DAF ACT). An ba da tallafin wannan ƙoƙarin ta Dokar Tsarin Ceto ta Amurka (ARPA) don tallafawa faɗaɗa tushen masana'antu na cikin gida don mahimman albarkatun kiwon lafiya.
Lokacin aikawa: Maris 15-2022