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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.

John David, director of national security science and technology practice at LMI, discussed in an interview published Thursday about the company’s efforts to help government clients keep pace with the changing threat landscape for weapons of mass destruction.

Disease diagnostics company INanoBio has received a four-year, $5.4M contract to help an Icahn School of Medicine-led consortium develop a prototype portable detector for illnesses caused by weapons of mass destruction.

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.

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 …

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 …

AECOM has secured one of six contracts worth up to $970 million in total to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency manage a partnership effort to reduce potential risks from weapons of mass destruction and related technology. John Vollmer, president of AECOM’S management services group and a three-time Wash100 recipient, said …

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on Feb. 23 in Arlington, Virginia to discuss a program that aims to develop technology that can detect whether an individual has been exposed to materials associated with weapons of mass destruction. DARPA said Friday the Epigenetic Characterization and Observation (ECHO) program would …

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 …

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants information on current products and services that can help increase the detection rate for weapons of mass destruction via networked sensors. DARPA said in a FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday it aims to explore new technologies to help defend metropolitan- and city-sized environments from radiological and nuclear-based threats under the …

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. …

Ernest Moniz, former secretary of the Energy Department, will serve as co-chairman and CEO of the nonprofit Nuclear Threat Initiative beginning June 1. The organization said Friday Moniz will co-chair the board of directors alongside incumbents and NTI founders Sam Nunn and Ted Turner. “Ernie comes to us with sterling credentials, deep expertise and …

Leidos has secured a one-year, $35.9 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to provide scientific and technical services for a program that seeks to prevent the potential development of biological weapons. The Defense Department said Friday the company will perform support projects under the Cooperative Biological Engagement Program at various locations worldwide. DTRA established the Cooperative …

Parsons has been selected to provide border security services to Lebanon and Georgia under two task orders from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The company will implement systems to identify and deter weapons of mass destruction along the clients’ borders as part of Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract II, Parsons …

Raytheon will provide an electro-optical and infrared surveillance system for Moldova’s border security initiatives under a potential $12.9 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The company said Friday the contract also includes training and sustainment services and the eventual handover of all related functions to the Moldova government, which wants to prevent the transport of weapons …