The Defense Logistics Agency has ordered 60 mask decontamination units from Battelle through the award of  a potential $415M contract on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services. Lt. Col. Mike Andrews, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement released Monday the nonprofit company will provide systems designed to sanitize up to 80K N95 mask respirators each on a daily basis.

Battelle and Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center have collaborated to develop a novel coronavirus test that the hospital intends to administer under an existing Food and Drug Administration certification. The partnership created the test in efforts to shorten the turnaround time for COVID-19 diagnosis and accelerate test processing in accordance with clinical guidelines in the state.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Lou Von Thaer, president and CEO of Battelle, as an inductee into the 2020 Wash100 Award for expanding the company’s revenue and influence in the sector through valuable contract awards, partnerships and important executive appointments.

Stephen Steinour, president and CEO of bank holding company Huntington Bancshares, has joined the board of directors of Battelle.

Alex Morrow, an 18-year veteran of nonprofit research and development organization Battelle, has joined counter-drone technology developer Dedrone as vice president of defense solutions.

Dedrone has acquired the rights to Battelle’s DroneDefender counter-small unmanned aerial system and established a consultancy business unit to offer sUAS detection and mitigation support to the Department of Defense.

Battelle is offering representatives from the government and academic sectors a chance to tour the National Science Foundation’s ecological data collection aircraft at the nonprofit company’s Columbus, Ohio, facility.

Battelle has entered into a contractor agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a platform designed to identify epigenome signatures that could be used to determine an individual’s exposure to materials associated with weapons of mass destruction.

The Department of Homeland Security has chosen Battelle as one of the eight finalists for a two-phase, $1.55M contest that seeks nonintrusive systems to automatically detect opioids in mail coming into the U.S.

Sanjeeth Pai, a more than two-decade global health care industry veteran, has been named vice president and general manager of Battelle’s health research and technology business. He will provide strategic leadership for the nonprofit company’s public health, medical devices and clinical and nonclinical research business groups as well as oversee operational, …