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  • Report: DTRA Plans IT Contract Recompete - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: DTRA Plans IT Contract Recompete

    The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has issued a draft request for proposals for a recompete of its information technology services contract and raised the potential ceiling value of the procurement vehicle to $535 million, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday. DTRA will hold a full and open competition for the Agency-Wide IT Service Design contract that covers work to design […] More

  • John Heller: PAE Aims to Help Counter CBNRE Threats via DTRA Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Heller: PAE Aims to Help Counter CBNRE Threats via DTRA Contract Vehicle

    PAE has secured a position on a potential eight-year, $970 million contract to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency‘s Cooperative Threat Reduction program that aims to counter weapons of mass destruction. The company said Thursday it will vie for task orders to facilitate transportation, storage and destruction of WMD threats through the contract vehicle. “PAE’s CTRIC III […] More

  • Leidos to Support DTRA's Biological Threat Reduction Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Support DTRA’s Biological Threat Reduction Efforts

    Leidos has received a $33.7 million contract modification to provide scientific and technical services for a Defense Threat Reduction Agency program that aims to thwart biological threats. DTRA exercised the option period 1 of a previously awarded time-and-materials contract for the company to support multiple projects under the Cooperative Biological Engagement program, the Defense Department said Monday. The program […] More

  • Roboteam Starts Production of Unmanned Logistics Carriers for US, Israeli Govt Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Roboteam Starts Production of Unmanned Logistics Carriers for US, Israeli Govt Customers

    Roboteam has begun full-rate production and initial delivery of 40 unmanned logistics carriers for the Israeli military and two U.S. government customers, including the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The company said Tuesday its second-generation Probot unmanned vehicle is designed to perform “silent” operations for up to 72 hours and feature an onboard generator that would charge batteries […] More

  • DTRA Wants Info on Potential Sources of Chemical & Biological Defense Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DTRA Wants Info on Potential Sources of Chemical & Biological Defense Platform

    The Defense Threat Reduction Agency seeks information on vendors that can maintain and update the agency’s chemical and biological defense platform called Biosurveillance Ecosystem, or BSVE. DTRA said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice that respondents should provide information on their capacity to maintain BSVE and upgrade the cloud-based system to support the integration of multiple chemical and […] More

  • DTRA Funds MerLion-Led Project to Counter Biological Threat Agents - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DTRA Funds MerLion-Led Project to Counter Biological Threat Agents

    A joint project of MerLion Pharmaceuticals and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has received a grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to study the effectiveness of an antibiotic called finafloxacin against biological threat agents. The Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company said Wednesday the project will explore the effectiveness of MerLion’s fluoroquinolone finafloxacin against infections caused by […] More

  • Centra Technology Wins $61M DTRA Contract to Examine Military Asset Survivability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Centra Technology Wins $61M DTRA Contract to Examine Military Asset Survivability

    Centra Technology has won a potential $61.8 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to assess the survivability of U.S. military assets. The Defense Department said Friday the company will evaluate U.S. and allied national/theater mission systems, networks, architectures, infrastructures and assets from DTRA’s headquarters at Fort Belvoir in Virginia through Aug. 11, 2022. The Balanced Survivability […] More

  • Retired Navy Capt. Charles Litz Joins ARServices as R&D Operations Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Retired Navy Capt. Charles Litz Joins ARServices as R&D Operations Director

    Charles Litz, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former program manager at Advanced Technology Systems Company, has joined management and technology consulting firm ARServices as director of research and development operations. ARServices said Tuesday Litz will lead the company’s efforts to grow its federal market footprint and oversee business relationships with government customers such as the Defense Threat […] More

  • Chimera Secures DTRA Advisory, Assistance Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chimera Secures DTRA Advisory, Assistance Services Contract

    Chimera Enterprises International has received a potential five-year, $45 million contract for advisory and assistance services to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency‘s operations, readiness and exercises directorate. The Defense Department said Monday Chimera will help the directorate research. plan, design, develop, implement, integrate and apply transitioning systems that deal with weapons of mass destruction. Work will occur […] More

  • Leidos to Help Manage DTRA Meteorological Data Servers, Weather Prediction Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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. The company will offer targeted research-and-development […] More

  • MeMed Secures DTRA Funds to Complete Point-of-Care Platform Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MeMed Secures DTRA Funds to Complete Point-of-Care Platform Devt

    The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded MeMed a $9.2 million contract to fund development work on a medical technology designed to help clinicians diagnose bacterial and viral infections at the point of care. The company said Wednesday it has teamed up with several researchers and clinicians worldwide in efforts to create a human immune signature that will work […] More

  • Parsons Lands DTRA Task Order for Phase 2 Lebanon Border Surveillance Project; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Lands DTRA Task Order for Phase 2 Lebanon Border Surveillance Project; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has received a task order from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to continue to provide surveillance services for land border regiments in Lebanon in support of the country’s Border Security Project. The task order for the project’s second increment was awarded through DTRA’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract II and covers equipment delivery and training […] More