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Contract Awards

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 6th, 2015

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Smiths Detection Nabs Potential $143M DNDO Award for RIIDsThe Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has awarded Smiths Detection a potential five-year $143 million contract to provide various Department of Homeland Security components with radioisotope identification devices (RIIDs). Smiths Detection will be supplying its handheld RadSeeker CS, which the company designed to meet DHS mission requirements for a next-generation device capable of detecting and identifying varied nuclear threats. DNDO is buying the devices as part of an overall joint acquisition strategy…

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