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Northrop Grumman Nabs $9.6M BARDA Award to Develop Rapid Bio-Triage System

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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] has received a one-year, $9.6 million contract from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to develop an automated, high-throughput diagnostic system to quickly determine if an individual has been exposed to a biological threat. Northrop Grumman says its BioCHAMP-RSP (Confirmation of Harmful Agents by MassTag PCR-Rapid Screening Platform) will also be a flexible platform in terms of the range of threats it can detect, with initial plans to identify between 10 and 20 pathogens and be…

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