William King, an executive adviser at Booz Allen Hamilton and a retired U.S. Army brigadier general, has said the complexity of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear explosive defense missions demands an integrated and mission-focused approach to counter weapons of mass destruction.
Read More »Kratos Mobile Lab Platform Adapted for National Guard’s COVID-19 Response; Eric DeMarco Quoted
The Department of Defense has adapted and deployed a laboratory platform built partly by Kratos Defense and Security Solutions to help National Guard personnel test clinical specimens during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »BAE Secures DARPA Funds for Threat Analytics Tech R&D
A BAE Systems research and development organization has secured funds from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to create a data analytics technology for government analysts to detect and deter the use of weapons of mass destruction.
Read More »Block MEMS to Help SRI Build Chemical, Bio Threat Sensor for DARPA
Block MEMS has received a $3.5M contract to help SRI International develop a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive detection system for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Read More »Battelle-Designed Threat Analysis System Completes First End User Training
Battelle completed a three-week training event for a mobile laboratory designed to help the Department of Defense and military branches perform on-site analysis of chemical, biological and radiological threats.
Read More »PAE to Help DHS Detect Potential Airborne Biothreats; John Heller Quoted
PAE has secured a potential $75.2M contract to support the Department of Homeland Security‘s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office in efforts to detect potential biological threats. The company said Monday its team of scientists will work in laboratories equipped with frontline early warning systems built to monitor airborne attacks as part of …
Read More »DTRA Details Technical Reachback Support Requirements in Presolicitation Notice
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has issued a presolicitation to lay out its technical reachback operational support needs. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says DTRA wants potential contractors that could help develop weapons of mass destruction modeling tools and manage decision support analysis programs related to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear explosives. Other tasks include …
Read More »Kratos to Produce Specialized Equipment for CBRNE Defense Mission
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has secured a $6.3 million contract to supply tools and hardware in support of a national security organization’s efforts to counter chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats. The company said Tuesday its modular systems division will manufacture specialized equipment for the unnamed customer under the contract. Tom Mills, …
Read More »Ensco to Continue IT Services for Pentagon’s CBRNE Warning & Decision Support System
Ensco has received a five-year, $8.2 million contract to continue support work on a warning and decision support tool the company built for the Pentagon Force Protection Agency’s branch for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense. The company said Tuesday it will develop software and provide customization services for the SENTRY application that works …
Read More »Jeff Murter: Alion to Help Army Counter CBRNE Threats Under Potential $8.3B IDIQ
Alion Science and Technology will assist the U.S. Army in efforts to research and develop weapons against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats under a 10-year, $8.3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Thursday it will vie for task or delivery orders to provide CBRNE radiological and nuclear defense systems along …
Read More »Engility to Support DoD’s CBRNE Defense Efforts Under $8.3B Contract Vehicle
Engility will assist in the Defense Department‘s research and development activities on defense systems against chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives through the company’s position on a potential $8.3 billion contract vehicle. The company said Wednesday it landed a spot on the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense’s …
Read More »DSA Lands Spot on Potential $8B Army CBRNE Defense IDIQ; Fran Pierce Comments
Data Systems Analysts has won a spot on a potential 10-year, $8.27 billion multiple-award contract from the U.S. Army to support research and development of defense measures against chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats. DSA said it will work to help the service branch develop CBRNE defense systems and …
Read More »Battelle to Help National Guard Train WMD, CBRNE Response Teams
Battelle has received a three-year, $13.8 million task order to provide training support to the National Guard Bureau‘s Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Division. The nonproft organization said Wednesday it will help train WMD and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives response teams under the task order. The order falls under the Defense …
Read More »Leidos to Help Manage DTRA Meteorological Data Servers, Weather Prediction Service
Leidos has secured a potential five-year, $13 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to provide operations and maintenance support for DTRA’s Meteorological Data Servers and Numerical Weather Prediction services. DTRA awarded the contract, which contains one base year and four option years, through its Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction procurement vehicle, Leidos said Thursday. …
Read More »Leidos to Continue CBRNE Threat Simulation, Modeling Support for DTRA
Leidos has been awarded a potential three-year, $17 million task order to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency model and simulate chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats. The company said Thursday it will support web-based joint assessment tools that work to facilitate collaboration among subject matter experts and help the Defense Department and other government agencies respond to …
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