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DHS Looks to Extend Phase 3 of BAND Program

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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

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All three firms developing next generation versions of a networked biological agent detection system have been invited to submit offers to extend for one year the current phase of their development work, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The reason for the extension was due to scope changes proposed last November by the Office of Health Affairs within DHS, which will eventually take over the Bioagent Autonomous Networked Detector (BAND) program from the Science and Technology Directorate once…

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