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Contract Awards

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013

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DTRA Awards $30M in Nuclear Threat Detection Initiatives The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded 14 contracts worth $30.1 million to various companies, universities and government laboratories for work on nuclear threat detection in the areas of collecting and sensing, and information management. The awardees include: Alion Science and Technology, $5.3 million for next-generation 3D gamma imaging, $2.5 million for a wearable detection device, and $2.9 million for boron coated straws; The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, $3.4 million for development…

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