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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

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*Raytheon [RTN] has received a $1.2 million contract from the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) for an eight month, phase two effort to develop a capability for Stand-Off Warning Against Radiological Materials (SWARM). "The team is developing modeling capability to optimize the number and types of sensors being used for detection, along with the architecture necessary to implement a distributed sensor network to protect our nation from the threat of nuclear terrorism," says Michael Del Checcolo, vice president of Engineering…

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