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DNDO Awards $1.5M to Small Businesses for R&D

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, October 10th, 2012

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The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has awarded 10 contracts worth almost $1.5 million to 8 small businesses for initial research and development (R&D) work in a number of areas related to improving nuclear detection and response. The 10 contracts are under the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program and are for Phase 1, which last six months. Phase 1 awards are used to establish technical merit, feasibility, and commercial potential of proposed R&D efforts and to determine the quality…

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