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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 29th, 2018

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Radiabeam Technologies has won a $3 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction under a Broad Agency Announcement for exploratory research related to radiation detection. Radiabeam’s research proposal is titled, CW Racetrack Reflexotron for Active Interrogation with X-Rays.PAE has joined the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Consortium, giving the company the opportunity to more quickly provide solutions to the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense. “The consortium offers us…

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