Johns Hopkins to Support Weapons of Mass Destruction Interdiction

Johns Hopkins University Applied Research Laboratory (JHU/APL) University Affiliated Research Center (UARC), Laurel, Md., is being awarded a $9,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide technologies for the interdiction of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive material. This effort will support the nation’s weapons of mass destruction-related counterforce, consequence assessment, defeat, and arms control objectives. This includes research; technology development; technical, scientific and program analyses; and systems integration efforts that will provide scientific and technological solutions to meet non-proliferation, counter-proliferation, consequence management, and warfighter mission objectives. The contracting activity is the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Va., (HDTRA1-13-D-0012).