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Homeland Security

Briefing

DDN

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

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*The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) plans to award a five-year, $5 million contract to AMETEK for the acquisition of ORTEC Micro Detective-HX human portable radiation detectors. The award will be made on a sole source basis and is expected to be made by early July, DNDO says in the FedBizOpps. The ORTEC Micro Detective-HX was developed under DNDO's Human Portable Radiation Detection System program. *Aerient, LLC, has received a potential $7.1 million task order to provide administrative and technical…

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