Under the $8.2 billion, multi-vendor contract, Arktis will support the U.S. Army’s Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) through research and development (R&D).
Radiological and nuclear threats range from smuggled nuclear material and bombs, ‘dirty bombs’ (conventional explosives encased in radioactive material to contaminate wide areas when detonated) to stolen ‘orphan sources’ typically from hospital radiology departments or industrial processes.