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Alliant to Supply M1028 120mm Tank Rounds

Alliant to Supply M1028 120mm Tank Rounds

M1028 120mm Tank Round(click to view larger) Alliant Techsystems in Minneapolis, MN received a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $7.6 million to supply M1028 120mm canister catridges to the U.S. Army. The contract has a base year and 4 one-year...

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$8.5M to Taos for U.S. Military Equipment Disposal

$8.5M to Taos for U.S. Military Equipment Disposal

Recycling at DRMO(click to view larger) Taos Industries in Huntsville, AL, received 2 task orders worth $8.5 million for the operation of 6 Defense Reutilization and Marketing Offices (DRMOs) in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. The DRMOs demilitarize and dispose of...

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US Funds Novel Anti-Bacterial Research at PolyMedix

US Funds Novel Anti-Bacterial Research at PolyMedix

PolyMedix of Radnor, PA has now received 3 biodefense-related contracts from the US government, including a a $1.6 million, 1-year contract from the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to develop new "defensin-mimetic antibiotic compounds." The primary goal of...

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Can DARPA Teach Machines to Read? (updated)

Can DARPA Teach Machines to Read? (updated)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched the Machine Reading program to develop a revolutionary, automated reading system that bridges the gap between naturally occurring text and the artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning systems that need...

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