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Johns Hopkins APL to Research, Develop Counter-WMD Tech

APLlogoJohns Hopkins University Applied Research Laboratory has been awarded a $9 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to develop technologies that work to counter weapons of mass destruction.

The DTRA will issue task orders to JHU/APL through September 2016 under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Monday.

JHU/APL will conduct research, develop technology, perform analyses and work to integrate systems to support non-proliferation, counter-proliferation, consequence management and warfighter mission objectives.

The DTRA also intends for the work to support the country’s mass destruction-related counterforce, consequence assessment, defeat and arms control aims.

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