Air Force contracts for ETC M138s

SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., July 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force has contracted Environmental Tectonics Corp. for the company's portable field sterilization technologies.

ETC says its Sterilization Systems Group will manufacture the M138 portable field sterilization systems for the Air Force. Officials say the M138 systems will provide Air Force medical personnel with sterilization capabilities when deployed in combat situations in the field.

ETC's Sterilization Systems Group, a provider of ethylene oxide sterilizers, software and consulting, among other services, says its M138 meets the "field medical requirements of the military services," the release said.

The Sterilization Systems Group has been developing medical support technologies for more than 20 years and has built more than 2,000 of the M138 systems. Officials say with the United States military engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan, among other fronts in the war on terror, demand for the M138 technology has grown significantly.