Nuclear Solutions (fka NSOL.OLD)

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Homeland Security Advanced Research and Projects Agency Broad Agency Announcement 04-02

The evaluation of white papers and proposals under BAA04-02 has been temporarily placed on hold. This delay is not anticipated to impact the funding or technical content of BAA04-02. A new schedule for this solicitation will be published on or before April 5, 2004.

Detection Systems for Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasure (DSRNC)

Description

The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) invests in programs offering the potential for revolutionary changes in technologies that promote homeland security and accelerates the prototyping and deployment of technologies that reduce homeland vulnerabilities. HSARPA performs these functions in part by awarding procurement contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions for research or prototypes to public or private entities, businesses, federally funded research and development centers and universities.

A critical area of focus for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the development of radiological and nuclear countermeasure systems that improve our capability to address the threat of a radiological dispersal device (RDD), an improvised nuclear device (IND), or a nuclear weapon being used by terrorists within the US. DHS is implementing a comprehensive systems approach that emphasizes early detection and effective intervention capabilities at the Federal, state, and local levels, as well as post-event capabilities for remediation. Under the Detector Systems for Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasures (DSRNC) program Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), HSARPA solicits detector systems that will contribute to an overall system of countermeasures.
http://www.hsarpabaa.com/