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DNDO Awards Several Contracts for Advanced Radiation Monitoring Device

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Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

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The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has awarded multi-million dollar contracts to Canberra Industries, SCI Technology, Inc., and Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] for research, development, design and demonstration of and Advanced Radiation Monitoring Device (ARMD). Canberra, a division of France's AREVA Group, received a $4.4 million award to fund the evaluation of the key technologies and system requirements with a bias toward detection and identification with practical usability. SAIC won a $6.6 million contract to validate a core detection…

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