US awards threat reduction contract for Former Soviet states

October 14, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Black & Veatch, Contract Awards, DTRA, logistics, medicine 

Black and Veatch won a contract from the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to provide services to Ukraine in the area of defenses against bioterrorism and bio weapon proliferation.  The contract is worth $175 M and is part of much larger contract worth up to $4 B.  Black and Veatch has worked with DTRA for several years in the Former Soviet Union (FSU) on threat reduction.

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