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Homeland Security

Contract Awards

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 31st, 2021

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Contract Awards

Mirion Technologies' AccuRad personal radiation detector. Photo: Mirion

Mirion Technologies to Provide Rad Detectors for Securing the Cities Mirion Technologies says it is an awardee on the $121 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract by Department of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office Securing the Cities (STC) program to supply personal radiation detectors (PRDs). Mirion says it has delivered its first shipment of 880 AccuRad PRDs under the contract and expects to deliver 4,001 of the body-worn devices in support of the STC program in…

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