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Army Awards GD $43M for JBPDS

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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

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The Army has awarded General Dynamics [GD] Armament and Technical Products a $43 million contract option to produce and test Joint Biological Point Detection Systems (JBPDS). The award is a modification to a 2004 contract and brings the total value to date to over $200 million. The option includes field support packages and training for the technology. The JBPDS is a self-contained instrument suite--available in man-portable, shelter-based, ship-based and trailer-mounted variants--that rapidly detects and identifies airborne biological warfare agents.

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