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Non-Lethal Weapons S&T BAA

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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

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The Defense Department's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons (NLW) Directorate is seeking proposals for research, development and demonstration of next-generation non-lethal weapons and capabilities to address known NLW capability gaps through a Broad Area Announcement (BAA). General applied research focus areas include: non-lethal vessel stopping at extended range; clear a space without entry; non-lethality divert an aircraft in the air or stop and/or disable an aircraft on the ground; individual and crowd behavior in environments where less than lethal force is an…

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