Weapons of mass destruction

PAE Expands National Security Scope with DTRA Task Order Under CTRIC Program

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Friday, June 5, 2020
Weapons of mass destruction, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Nuclear proliferation, PAE

PAE President and CEO John Heller said the award recognizes the PAE Counter-Threat Solutions teams wide-ranging subject matter expertise and training capabilities.

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  • PAE President and CEO John Heller said the award recognizes the PAE Counter-Threat Solutions teams wide-ranging subject matter expertise and training capabilities.
  • DTRA has relied on PAE to support their critical missions with counterproliferation, capacity-building, training and international logistics over the past 12 years, Heller said.
  • As we expand our business through new relationships with ICP and PSI, well be sharing our specialized knowledge base through training essential to U.S. national security worldwide.
  • PAE is honored to be selected to continue our record of exceptional service to DTRA by supporting the ICP and PSI missions, said PAE Vice President of Counter-Threat Solutions Will Todd.

William "Will" Harman Joins ARServices as Operations Director, Research and Development Support Services

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Nuclear proliferation, Weapons of mass destruction, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, CBRN defense, International relations, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Nuclear technology, Hazards, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Continuing its focus on strategic growth, ARServices announces that William "Will" Harman has joined the company as Operations Director, Research and Development Support Services.

Key Points: 
  • ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Continuing its focus on strategic growth, ARServices announces that William "Will" Harman has joined the company as Operations Director, Research and Development Support Services.
  • Will has a long and distinguished record supporting scientific organizations with a focus on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats.
  • He spent nine years working at the Defense Threat reduction Agency (DTRA) in multiple roles, culminating as the Deputy Director, Research and Development while a Colonel in the US Army.
  • Most recently, he served as the Director of Operations for Branch Civil Inc., a large construction company in Virginia.

U.S. Government Extends Bechtel Contract for Chemical Weapons Destruction

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Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Military installations, Military of the United States, Military industry, Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, Chemical warfare, Weapons of mass destruction, Pueblo Chemical Depot, ACWA, Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, Chemical weapon

"The team overcame the challenge posed by some munitions and is now simultaneously operating the main plant and building the new destruction facilities."

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  • "The team overcame the challenge posed by some munitions and is now simultaneously operating the main plant and building the new destruction facilities."
  • "This puts us in a good position to complete the mission of the safe destruction of the chemical weapons stockpile stored at Pueblo Chemical Depot by December 2023 and the closure efforts that will follow."
  • The work is being conducted under a cost-plus award fee contract to the U.S. Department of Defense Program Executive Office Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA).
  • Since the 1980s, Bechtel has had an active role in U.S. and international efforts to eliminate chemical weapons.

Experts: Nuclear Weapons Should Be Front-Burner Issue in 2020 Race for White House

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Monday, March 2, 2020
Other Defense, Homeland security, Elections, Campaigns, Public policy, Government, Energy, Nuclear, White House, Federal Government, Public policy, Defense, Nuclear weapons, Contents, Weapons of mass destruction, Weapons, Nuclear proliferation, Nuclear warfare, Nuclear disarmament, China and weapons of mass destruction

Its difficult to express nuclear weapons threats in 240 words or an eight-second quote We should be talking about embracing a no-first-use policy.

Key Points: 
  • Its difficult to express nuclear weapons threats in 240 words or an eight-second quote We should be talking about embracing a no-first-use policy.
  • We have much cheaper and safer ways to deal with conventional and biological attacks than using nuclear weapons and therefore launching a much wider nuclear war.
  • Alexandra Bell, the senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation, said: There are well over 4,000 nuclear weapons in the U.S. stockpile.
  • For more background information, see Nuclear Weapons Policy and the U.S. Presidential Election , an edition of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists available free online until March 31, 2020.

Researchers Present New Positive Interim Data on Appili Therapeutics’ ATI-1701 Biodefense Program at 2019 Chemical and Biological Defense Science & Technology Conference

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Monday, November 18, 2019
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health, Weapons of mass destruction, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Nuclear proliferation, MRIGlobal, Institutes, Organizations, Research, ATI-1701, the Chemical and Biological Defense Science & Technology Conference (CBD S&T)

Appili Therapeutics Inc. (TSXV: APLI) (the Company or Appili), a biopharmaceutical company focused on anti-infective drug development, today announced that Dr. Carl Gelhaus, Senior Program Manager of the Medical Countermeasures Division at MRIGlobal, will present positive interim data on Appilis ATI-1701 program at the Chemical and Biological Defense Science & Technology Conference (CBD S&T).

Key Points: 
  • Appili Therapeutics Inc. (TSXV: APLI) (the Company or Appili), a biopharmaceutical company focused on anti-infective drug development, today announced that Dr. Carl Gelhaus, Senior Program Manager of the Medical Countermeasures Division at MRIGlobal, will present positive interim data on Appilis ATI-1701 program at the Chemical and Biological Defense Science & Technology Conference (CBD S&T).
  • Researchers will conduct an additional evaluation of vaccine efficacy up to 365 days in the same model in H1 2020.
  • The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), an arm of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), is funding this trial.
  • Attendees will also network with DTRA science and technology managers as well as other members of DTRAs Chemical and Biological Defense team.

Sherlock Biosciences Awarded Contract from U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency to Support the Development of Ultra-Fast, Ultra-Sensitive Diagnostics

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Thursday, September 26, 2019
Contracts, Engineering, Chemicals, Plastics, Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health, Defense, Nuclear proliferation, Weapons of mass destruction, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Combat support agency, United States Department of Defense, CBRN defense, Military, International relations, Government, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs, USSTRATCOM Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction, Sherlock Biosciences, DTRA, Defense Innovation Unit

The multiyear grant will accelerate the companys development of infectious disease diagnostic tests for decentralized settings, such as the battlefield.

Key Points: 
  • The multiyear grant will accelerate the companys development of infectious disease diagnostic tests for decentralized settings, such as the battlefield.
  • Sherlock Biosciences is dedicated to making molecular diagnostics better, faster and more affordable through Engineering Biology platforms.
  • The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), an agency within the United States Department of Defense (DoD), is the official Combat Support Agency for countering weapons of mass destruction (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high explosives).
  • The Defense Threat Reduction Agency enables DoD, the U.S. government, and international partners to counter and deter weapons of mass destruction and improvised threat networks.

Bechtel-led Team Begins Destruction of Final U.S. Stockpile of Chemical Weapons

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Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Arms control, Chemical warfare, Weapons of mass destruction, Weapons, Military industry, International security

"To reach this day, at the final site, is a milestone of international significance and I congratulate our team."

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  • "To reach this day, at the final site, is a milestone of international significance and I congratulate our team."
  • Dr. Charles Ball, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control, said the U.S. made the commitment in 1997 when it signed the Chemical Weapons Convention.
  • "We made a commitment 'for the sake of all mankind, to exclude completely the possibility of the use of chemical weapons.'
  • Since the 1980s, Bechtel has had an active role in U.S. and international efforts to eliminate chemical weapons.

Operational Death Star Headed to Space This Christmas

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Thursday, April 11, 2019
Death Star, Megastructures, Fictional technology, Fiction, Weapons of mass destruction

SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Blaze Sanders, Chief Designer of the Death Star in Space (DSiS) project, announced today the unveiling of the Death Star in Space Kickstarter, the Sol System's first 10 centimeter (~4 inch) fully operational and open source Death Star headed to space via an already -PAID- for suborbital 5.5 m (18 feet) payload slot from United Frontiers Inc. All DSiS hardware is Made in America including the LASER from Robots Everywhere LLC, and the launch will occur in New Mexico or out of the Atlantic Ocean.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Blaze Sanders, Chief Designer of the Death Star in Space (DSiS) project, announced today the unveiling of the Death Star in Space Kickstarter, the Sol System's first 10 centimeter (~4 inch) fully operational and open source Death Star headed to space via an already -PAID- for suborbital 5.5 m (18 feet) payload slot from United Frontiers Inc. All DSiS hardware is Made in America including the LASER from Robots Everywhere LLC, and the launch will occur in New Mexico or out of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Blaze on the other hand, "Just wanted to give Star Wars fans the chance to fire a LASER in space, and possibly see a Death Star explode mid rocket flight.
  • The four core objectives of this project are to:
    Etch & gold plate 300 Earthling names into the Death Star PCB's, and then send it to space & back.
  • Launch a functional Death Star into space (100 km) and back for the first time in history.

Culmen International Awarded $150 Million Single-Award Defense Threat Reduction Agency Threat Reduction Logistics Services Contract

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Thursday, February 7, 2019
Nuclear proliferation, Weapons of mass destruction, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction, International relations, IDIQ, United States Department of Defense, Government of the United States, Government

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Culmen International , a leading provider of technical, operations and management services, supporting clients worldwide with extensive experience operating in over 100 countries on six continents, announced today it has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ), single-award Threat Reduction Logistics Services (TRLS) contract with a ceiling of $150 million to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA), Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program.

Key Points: 
  • ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Culmen International , a leading provider of technical, operations and management services, supporting clients worldwide with extensive experience operating in over 100 countries on six continents, announced today it has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ), single-award Threat Reduction Logistics Services (TRLS) contract with a ceiling of $150 million to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA), Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program.
  • The TRLS contract will support DTRA's mission of enabling DoD, the U.S. Government, and International Partners to counter and deter Weapons of Mass Destruction and Improvised Threat Networks.
  • Under this contract, Culmen will provide logistics, language services and surge support across CTR's portfolio including Chemical Weapons Destruction (CWD), Global Nuclear Security (GNS), Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination (SOAE), Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) and the WMD Proliferation Prevention Program (PPP).
  • Culmen International is committed to enhancing international security, strengthening homeland defense, and optimizing government operations.

Leidos Awarded Contract to Help Eliminate Chemical Weapon Stockpiles

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Thursday, November 29, 2018
Chemistry, Chemical warfare, Weapons of mass destruction, Pueblo Chemical Depot, Blue Grass Army Depot, Leidos, Chemical weapon, Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, Destruction of chemical weapons

The contract supports the Program Executive Office for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, which is responsible for the safe and environmentally sound destruction of the nation's remaining chemical weapons stockpiles at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colo. and Blue Grass Army Depot, Ky.

Key Points: 
  • The contract supports the Program Executive Office for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, which is responsible for the safe and environmentally sound destruction of the nation's remaining chemical weapons stockpiles at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colo. and Blue Grass Army Depot, Ky.
  • The Leidos team will deliver services for the systemization, operation, and closure of these demilitarization facilities.
  • Leidos has supported this mission for more than 25 years, during which chemical weapons were successfully eliminated at several sites across the country while protecting the public, workers, and environment.
  • Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.17 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2017.