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DNDO Awards Raytheon $4.7 Million To Continue SORDS Development

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Thursday, July 10th, 2008

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By Calvin Biesecker Raytheon [RTN] has received a $4.7 million contract to transition into the development phase of a program being sponsored by the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) to find ways to detect radiological threat materials at stand-off ranges. The award follows a successful Phase I effort in which Raytheon went through a preliminary design review of its proposed solution for the Stand-Off Radiation Detection System (SORDS), John McElroy, the head of homeland security advanced technology efforts at Raytheon's…

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